De Facto Leaders

Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan

On the De Facto Leaders podcast, host Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan helps pediatric therapists and educators become better leaders, so they can make a bigger impact with their services. With over 15 years of experience supporting school-age kids with diverse learning needs, Dr. Karen shares up-to-date evidence-based practices, her own experiences and guest interviews designed to help clinicians, teachers, and aspiring school leaders feel more confident in the way they serve their students and clients. She’ll cover a range of topics designed to help you support students' emotional and academic growth and set kids up for success in adulthood, including how to...

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De Facto Leaders

Episodes (258)

Today Three Practices That Turn Language Therapy Into a Scalable System
Wed May 6th BONUS: Using Recess to Build Social Skills and Help Students Discover their Leadership Potential (with Elizabeth Cushing)g
Apr 29th How to Go From “Talking About Students” to Changing School Systems (with Kurtis Hewson)

De Facto Leaders

May 13, 2026
39 minutes
36 MB

Clinicians who are confidently delivering language and literacy interventions haven't found the perfect "therapy curriculum". They've learned how to build their own using three practices. In this episode, I share what those practices are, plus additional information on a free training I released that explains these concepts further. I cover: ✅ The concept of "clinical containers", and how you can use them to design your language therapy system, informed by my doctoral research and experience working in the schools for 10+ years. ✅ How to fill those linguistic containers over time using "asset...

De Facto Leaders

Three Practices That Turn Language Therapy Into a Scalable System

Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan

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