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InclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest: Dr. Dominique SmithToday we are excited to welcome Dominique Smith to the InclusivEd podcast!  Dominique Smith, Ed.D. is Chief of Educational Services and Teacher Support at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, California. Smith is passionate about creating school environments that honor and empower students. His research and instruction focuses on restorative practices, classroom management, growth mindset, and the culture of achievement. Dominique also provides professional learning to K-12 teachers in small and large groups that address classroom and school climate and organization. 2024-06-0335 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Joleen FernaldDr. Joleen Fernald Ph.D., CCC-SLP was awarded Board Specialty Recognition in Child Language from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Dr. Jo follows Greenspan and Wieder’s model, DIRFloortime®, when working with children and families. She has a special interest in the social-emotional development of young children and its impact on their speech and language skills. As a speech-language pathologist, Dr. Jo works with children who have a variety of communication disorders. She partnered with Easter Seals New Hampshire in 2006 to open the first comprehensive assessment and treatment clinic specifically for children with selective mutism and has recreated the...2024-05-2348 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Suzanne FitzgeraldToday we are excited to welcome Suzanne Fitzgerald to the InclusivEd podcast who is the president of Specially Designed Education Services (SDES). Suzanne specializes in writing curriculum and providing functional academic training and consultation related to programming for students with disabilities. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Services from Western Washington University and her master’s in special education degree from the University of Washington.  Beyond their current role, Suzanne serves as a project Partner with Washington Sensory Disability Services where she assists children who have significant disabilities including deaf blindness. In this role, she provides trai...2024-05-2222 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Shemica AllenShemica is a Special Education Advocate & Business of Special Education Advocacy Instructor for the Council of Parent Attorneys & Advocates (COPAA) where she helps to train others to advocate for students with disabilities. She also founded Personalized Learning Solutions, LLC, and is a former educator with over 15 years of teaching and administration experience working with students with disabilities and their guardians. 2024-05-2125 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Beth StarkToday we are excited to welcome Beth Stark, UDL expert and inclusionary practices strategist for international schools to the InclusivEd Podcast. During Beth’s nearly twenty years in education, she has worked with neurodiverse learners of all ages and exceptionalities. Beth has worked for sixteen years as an IB Learning Support Coordinator and is an active member of the international education community. Her passion for designing learner-centered systems of support, inclusive learning engagements, and professional development experiences to amplify the expertise and compassion of fellow educators, is at the heart of what she does.  Beth is the mother of two...2024-04-0140 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastBehavior Series with Amanda Frank Episode 4This is the final episode of a 4 part series with a focus on Behavior with Amanda Frank. Today we are excited to welcome Amanda Frank to the Inclusive Ed podcast who is a board-certified behavior analyst with a career spanning over 15 years in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Inclusive Education. Amanda has dedicated her educational journey to understanding the intricacies of human development and learning. In addition to advanced degrees in child and adolescent development, teaching, and applied behavior analysis, she has also completed additional master’s coursework in inclusive leadership, whi...2024-03-1434 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Dr. Barbara NoelToday we are excited to welcome Dr. Barbara Noel to the InclusivEd podcast who is an English Language Specialist and Director for Language4Learning Consulting. Her current areas of focus are biliteracy, academic language development, and content-based instruction. This episode will focus on how educators can support multilingual students. 2024-03-1133 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastBehavior Series with Amanda Frank Episode 3This is episode 3 of a 4 part series with a focus on Behavior with Amanda Frank. Today we are excited to welcome Amanda Frank to the Inclusive Ed podcast who is a board-certified behavior analyst with a career spanning over 15 years in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Inclusive Education. Amanda has dedicated her educational journey to understanding the intricacies of human development and learning. In addition to advanced degrees in child and adolescent development, teaching, and applied behavior analysis, she has also completed additional master’s coursework in inclusive leadership, which is a t...2024-02-1528 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastBehavior Series with Amanda Frank Episode 2This is episode 2 of a 4 part series with a focus on Behavior with Amanda Frank. Today we are excited to welcome Amanda Frank to the Inclusive Ed podcast who is a board-certified behavior analyst with a career spanning over 15 years in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Inclusive Education. Amanda has dedicated her educational journey to understanding the intricacies of human development and learning. In addition to advanced degrees in child and adolescent development, teaching, and applied behavior analysis, she has also completed additional master’s coursework in inclusive leadership, which is...2024-01-1516 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastBehavior Series with Amanda Frank Episode 1This is episode 1 of a 4 part series with a focus on Behavior with Amanda Frank. Today we are excited to welcome Amanda Frank to the Inclusive Ed podcast who is a board-certified behavior analyst with a career spanning over 15 years in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Inclusive Education. Amanda has dedicated her educational journey to understanding the intricacies of human development and learning. In addition to advanced degrees in child and adolescent development, teaching, and applied behavior analysis, she has also completed additional master’s coursework in inclusive leadership, which is a testament to...2023-11-0616 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Suzanne FitzgeraldOur guest this week is Suzanne Fitzgerald who is the president of Specially Designed Education Services (SDES). Suzanne specializes in writing curriculum and providing functional academic training and consultation related to programming for students with disabilities. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Services from Western Washington University and her master’s in special education degree from the University of Washington.  Beyond their current role, Suzanne serves as a Project Partner with Washington Sensory Disability Services where she assists children who have significant disabilities including deaf blindness. In this role, she provides training and other support to famil...2023-09-0622 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Mark Hull Today we are excited to welcome Mark Hull to the InclusivEd podcast. Mark is the Director of International Development for the 3D Institute. He’s spent over 35 years working with coaches, seeing first-hand the pressurized world of sports and the highs and lows of coaching.   Listen to this episode to learn more about Growth Mindset. 2023-08-1544 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuests Paula de Leon Diaz and Kristin MoffittOur guests are Paula de Leon Diaz, and Kristin Moffitt from Behavior Solutions Lab which is a platform that empowers educators with the tools to positively impact lasting behavioral change in the classroom. Paula de Leon Diaz has an educational background in Psychology and Applied Behavior Analysis. She is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with a Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from Penn State University, a Master of Arts in Psychology from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Oregon. Paula believes that an educational experience can...2023-06-2636 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Dr. Amy Szarkowski Dr. Amy Szarkowski is a psychologist who specializes in working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. After residing in Italy for a year on a Fulbright scholarship and living/teaching in Japan for three years, she returned to the U.S. and joined the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program (DHHP) at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she remained for over a decade. Currently, she is the Director of both The Institute and The Clinic - Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf. Additionally, Dr. Szarkowski is faculty in the Leadership Ed...2023-05-1519 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Dr. Liz Angoff Our guest is Dr. Liz Angoff, a Licensed Educational Psychologist, who focuses on neuropsychological assessment and parent support. She is the author of the Brain Building Book, tools for engaging students in understanding their learning and developmental differences as part of the assessment process.  2023-04-0729 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Dr. Susan GrantThis podcast features our guest, Dr. Susan Grant. Dr. Grant holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and specializes and did research in Neurolinguistics, the study of the relationship between brain and language development.  She works in partnership with parents, teachers, learning specialists, and school administrators to deepen their understanding of the child’s learning challenges to facilitate prescribed interventions and remedial programming. Dr. Grant is a lecturer and has given many workshops nationally and internationally on the applicability of brain research to good teaching practice, language and reading acquisition, and learning disabilities. She is Chair of the Advi...2023-03-1337 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Kim HopkinsThis podcast features our guest Kim Hopkins. Kim is an independently licensed clinical social worker and the Director of Outreach for Dr. Ross Greene’s non-profit, Lives in the Balance. In this podcast she discusses a model that moves away from using traditional rewards and consequences and instead focuses on the skills deficits students have and how to craft interventions to teach them what they need to know.2023-02-1431 minRedeemed VisionRedeemed VisionEpisode 34 - Experiencing Exodus with Deacon Michael HalbrookLet's be honest: it is TOUGH to be a man after Jesus Christ. The world calls us to compromise, but God calls us to embrace our greatness. How can we follow this calling when so much of our culture is encouraging us to settle? Join Deacon Michael Halbrook, COO of Exodus 90, and Steve Pokorny, Founder of Freedom Coaching, go deep into a discussion about Exodus 90. Come learn how this  butt-kicking, boot camp of a program -- but much more than a program -- is designed to help you and your brothers embrace discipline that will make you i...2023-02-021h 07InclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Betsy MurrayWe are excited to welcome Betsy Murray to the Inclusive Ed podcast who is an Educational Diagnostician. She has worked in education for over 20 years in a variety of roles from general education teacher, reading specialist, reading coach, and now as an educational diagnostician. 2023-01-2330 minInclusivEd PodcastInclusivEd PodcastGuest Julie SealineJulie Sealine, an Implementation Specialist with Really Great Reading, to the Inclusive Ed podcast. She is a certified early childhood and early childhood special education teacher. She has more than 10 years of experience in the classroom, as a literacy coach, a university instructor, and a State Department consultant. Now, as an Implementation Specialist, Julie has supported thousands of educators and their schools throughout the country and provided literacy professional development to more than 20,000 educators worldwide to grow knowledge and practice of effective literacy instruction.2023-01-0226 min