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De Facto Leaders

De Facto Leaders

On the De Facto Leaders podcast, host Dr.

Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan

258 episodesEN-US

Show overview

De Facto Leaders has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 258 episodes. That works out to roughly 230 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 1h 6m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Education show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 11 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan.

Episodes
258
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
52 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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 support language, literacy, executive functioning, and how to help IEP teams working together to support kids across the day. Whether you want to learn more effective strategies for your therapy session or classroom, be a more influential leader on your team, or find creative ways to use your skills to advance in your career, Dr. Karen has you covered.

Latest Episodes

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Three Practices That Turn Language Therapy Into a Scalable System

May 13, 202639 min

BONUS: Using Recess to Build Social Skills and Help Students Discover their Leadership Potential (with Elizabeth Cushing)g

May 6, 20261h 0m

How to Go From “Talking About Students” to Changing School Systems (with Kurtis Hewson)

Apr 29, 202659 min

Student Wellness Is a Design Decision, Not a Siloed Activity (with Lauren Porosoff)

Apr 15, 20261h 1m

Five “clinical containers” to design your language therapy system

Apr 1, 202624 min

Three Pieces of Unconventional Advice I Give SLPs

Mar 18, 202626 min

Education is a business. Let’s stop pretending it isn’t.

Mar 4, 202627 min

A Case for Well-Designed Virtual Field Trips (with Seth Fleischauer)

Feb 18, 20261h 6m

Using a “Virtual Speech Helper” (with Maura Connor)

Feb 4, 202644 min

Defining “EdTech” and the End User (with Maura Connor)

Jan 21, 202645 min

Your clinical expertise is powerful. But is it scalable?

Jan 7, 202625 min

So…can you recommend an app to build my child’s language skills?

Dec 31, 202534 min

Narrative Intervention: Beyond "Cute" Stories and Lesson Plans (with Jane Gebers)

Dec 24, 202542 min

What's the point of teaching storytelling? (with Jane Gebers)

Dec 17, 202542 min

Not seeing generalization? You might be the bottleneck.

Dec 10, 202531 min

Part 3: What’s the Point of a Language Evaluation? Breaking Down Diagnostic Accuracy, Standards, and Scores (with Destiny Johnson and Tiffany Shahoumian-Ruiz)

Dec 3, 202540 min

Part 2: What’s the Point of a Language Evaluation? Breaking Down Diagnostic Accuracy, Standards, and Scores (with Destiny Johnson and Tiffany Shahoumian-Ruiz)

Nov 25, 202536 min

Part 1: What’s the Point of a Language Evaluation? Breaking Down Diagnostic Accuracy, Standards, and Scores (with Destiny Johnson and Tiffany Shahoumian-Ruiz)

Nov 19, 202534 min

Educational Eligibility, Clinical Diagnosis, and the “Just Be Like Finland” Argument (with Dr. Chrishawn Finister)

Nov 12, 20251h 7m

What words should I target in language therapy?

Nov 5, 202523 min
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