Episode 58 – The Yes Brain with Dr. Dan Siegel

12/21/17 • 0 min

Episode 58 Spend Wednesday after work with #psychedpodcast as we chat with Dr. Dan Siegel about his latest book, The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child http://www.drdansiegel.com/ http://www.drdansiegel.com/about/biography/ Daniel J. Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in… Continue reading

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Episode 57 Join #psychedpodcast as we learn about PD and using PD for advocacy! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/confusion-around-school-psychologists-roles-skills-jill Powerpoint: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jQUlvPsTUPezKNdrquSXOyeOdElXj2qL-GXlud4-P18/edit?usp=sharing Dr. Jill Timmons is currently in her first year as a school psychologist in a rural school district in Nebraska. In this position she serves students birth-21 as the only school psychologist for about 1000 students. She is… Continue reading Episode 57 – Strategies for Planning Effective Professional Development

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Episode 59 – Technology for the Win

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Join #psychedpodcast as we talk with school psychs who have created tech to make all our jobs easier!

Behavior Observation Made Easy
http://behaviorobservationmadeeasy.weebly.com/
Learn about Zhanna here:
My name is Zhanna Shekhtmeyster and I am a school psychologist in Santa Monica, California. I received my Masters of Education Degree in Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2010. I am a Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP#: 3530), Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP #: 41355), and carry a Pupil Personnel Services Credential in School Psychology.

I created the Behavior Observation Made Easy app after years of searching for an electronic data collection tool, but not finding the right one on the market. My goal was to simplify the data collection process, increase data reliability, improve data analysis efficiency, and to save time for myself and my colleagues.

The Behavior Observation Made Easy app does just that! It is easy to use, can be used to track single or multiple behavioral targets, and is completely customizable. Observation formats include momentary time sample with or without a randomly generated peer comparison, frequency counter, duration, and a simple interval timer. Results are generated and can be exported as a CSV file (to Excel or Numbers) for further analysis or finalized as a chart to place directly into reports. Observation templates can be saved for future use or shared across multiple devices, so observations can be completed by a multi-disciplinary team.
App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1281984900?pt=118807375&ct=SchoolPsychedPodcast&mt=8

ClickReport
https://schoolpsychclickreport.com/
ClickReport was created by a School Psychologist, for School Psychologist and Special Educators. Like most people who embark on a career in School Psychology, I had dreams of making a difference and positively impacting the lives of young children and adolescents. However, once in the field it became apparent that the reality of school psychology was much different than the dream. More often than not, I noticed that a large amount of my time is taken away from counseling, consulting, collaborating, and intervening to complete the mass amounts of paperwork involved with the position. I began working on ClickReport’s Template Toolkit because I saw a tremendous need for myself, and my colleagues, for a system that would help save time without compromising results when it came to report writing. While my county uses the various score report tools, none of the reports are written to be used as a final product within an evaluation/reevaluation review report. ClickReport’s Template Toolkit helps with the efficiency of report writing by using standard scores and instantly calculating and inputting percentiles and descriptors where they need to go in the report. Once the table is complete a button is pressed to generate the report. The report auto-fills the standard scores, percentiles, descriptors, name, and the appropriate pronoun throughout the report (so no more trying to explain that you know Johnny isn’t a she at the results meeting). The chart of scores can also be copied for an easy to understand table to accompany each report. I am a full-time School Psychologist and this system has been extensively tested with a pilot study of other School Psychologist. As data based decision makers you would be interested to know that:

Learn about ClickReport’s creator, Jenna:
My name is Jenna McCallon, I am a first year School Psychologist in Georgetown County, South Carolina. I graduated from the Citadel in Charleston with my Masters in General Psychology and Specialist in School Psychology (Ed.S.) in June of 2017. I interned with Georgetown County prior to be offered a full-time job. My experience thus far as a School Psychologist has been wonderful and I attribute much of that to the group I have within my district. We only have 10 (amazing) School Psychologists and we all meet on a regular basis to collaborate and share our different experiences. Each and every day is still a learning experience that I welcome. I serve at a Primary School that is PK-3 four days a week and a K-5 school one day a week.

Resources Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7JkmPE1QnD6SUJSNHo0NE...