Build Resiliency and Teach Executive Functioning: Student Success Beyond Expectations Podcast Ep. 50

When students have positive experiences, the outcomes can be many. Such outcomes can be the development of positive self–concepts and an increase of confidence in one’s own abilities. However, when children have repeated negative experiences they can contribute to their inability to be resilient and decrease their confidence in their own skills and abilities. When we explicitly teach students toward their executive functioning skills, they are able to generalize information and strategies learned in their related service sessions such as speech, occupational therapy, counseling etc. as well as in the classroom. When each professional works toward reinforcing the skills learned in each academic setting the needs of the whole child are being met. Proactively build resiliency to avoid mental health concerns such as feeling anxious due to the evidence of repeated failure. The way in which we teach children can support different outcomes. Listen to Dr. Karen as we dive deeper into these topics. About Dr. Karen: Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan is the founder and CEO of Dr. Karen, LLC, a company focused on empowering educators to support language, literacy, executive functioning, and cognitive wellness. She currently offers online professional development focused on helping K-12 therapists (SLPs, psychologists, social workers, and other service providers) develop programs and services that support students in the areas of language, literacy, and executive functioning. She also helps IEP teams work together so they can provide more comprehensive support for students despite having big caseloads. Dr. Karen is a licensed SLP and has a doctorate in special education, a special education director license, and an assistive technology graduate certificate. She spent 14 years in the school systems before starting an online education company in 2015. She's currently the host of the De Facto Leaders podcast, where she shares up-to-date evidence-based practices, my own experience, and guest interviews designed to help clinicians and educators feel more confident in the way they serve their caseloads, so they can help school-age kids grow up to be successful, kind, well-adjusted people. You can listen to the show on most popular podcast directories, and can scroll through past episodes on this page here. You can learn more about her programs for speech-language pathologists here, and you can learn more about her programs for IEP teams and leadership development here. - Visit her website: https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/blog/ - Check out her Executive Functioning Guide: https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/efschools - "Helping Anxious Students Move Forward": chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.efpractice.com/_files/ugd/78deb2_4db857cf443d49a7aea74568ee675dfc.pdf