138: Adopting a CEO Mindset in Your Testing Practice

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Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Did you know that you’re a CEO? You might call yourself something different…maybe “Founder,” “Owner,” “Director,” or even “President.” But when it comes down to it, you’re the CEO of your business whether you think of yourself that way or not. The trouble is that most of us start our practices with …

137: The State of School Psychology in Fall 2020 w/ Rachael Donnelly, Eric Elias, And Rebecca Comizio from School Psyched!

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I’m lucky to have the School Psyched! folks back on the podcast to talk through the state of school psychology as school resumes in the fall of 2020. The short story: circumstances vary widely depending on where you’re at and your district’s policies. We cover a number of compelling topics during this wide-ranging conversation, including… How to conceptualize gaps in …

136: Five Places to Look for a Psychometrist

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Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. For many of us, hiring a psychometrist is the first venture into expanding our practices. Hiring a psychometrist is an easy way to learn what it’s like to turn over some control to another person, yet still maintain significant influence over how that person conducts themselves. I’ll spend some time today talking …

135: Cultural Identity and the Testing Process w/ Dr. Bridget Rivera

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Dr. Bridget Rivera has had cultural identity on her radar since she was a child and saw her father deported from the US. She’s here for a conversation about cultural identity, for both the clinician and the client, and how it shows up throughout the testing process. Here are just a few things that we get into: Defining cultural identity …

134: Top Five Testing Tasks for a Virtual Assistant

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Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Hot on the heels of last week’s episode on knowing WHEN you need a VA, we’re talking today about some of the most important tasks in your testing practice that you can delegate to a VA. These are all tasks that tend to eat up lots of time in our schedules and …

133: International Assessments Series #3: School Psychology in Russia w/ Dr. Joseph Graybill

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Welcome to the last episode in our international assessment series! Dr. Joseph Graybill is conducting assessments at a school in Moscow, Russia, where he has lived and worked for the last two years after moving from New Jersey. We talk through the ins and outs of being an expat school psychologist, which I find completely fascinating. Some of the topics …

132: When Do You Need a Virtual Assistant?

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Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. We’ve talked a few times about virtual assistants here on the podcast, but really, I can’t say enough about them. Remember last week when I mentioned how people often ask how I get so much done? Well, the truth is that I’m not personally doing as much as it looks like I’m …

131: International Assessment Series #2: Assessment in South Africa w/ Michelle Ireland

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Welcome to the second episode of our international assessment series! Today’s guest is Michelle Ireland, an early-career educational psychologist practicing in South Africa. Similar to last week’s episode, we talk through many of the clinical and cultural nuances of the country as they relate to psychological assessment. Here are just a few things we touch on: Education needed to become …

130:Maximize Your Schedule by “Time Blocking”

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Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. “Jeremy, how do you do SO MANY things??” I’ve heard some version of this question too many times to count over the past few years. A big part of the answer is simple: time blocking. Time blocking is a big reason that I can do 3-4 evaluations a month, run a 15-person …

129: International Assessment Series #1: Assessment in Australia w/ Debbie Anderson

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Welcome to the International Assessment Series! Over the next three episodes, I’ll be talking with clinicians from different countries around the world to get an idea of how they practice. Guests hail from Australia, South Africa, and Russia. If you haven’t subscribed to the podcast, now is a great time to do so in order to catch all of these …