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Unstuck: The Special Education Podcast

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Discussions between two professionals related to current trends and topics affecting the world of special education. They pull from a combined 40 years in the field to share stories, insight and potential solutions.
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Episodes

Unstuck: The Impact of Absenteeism

Absenteeism in schools is an epidemic, especially post-COVID. On this episode, we talk about the impact of absenteeism and the shift in mindset around the importance of attending school. We talk about strategies to support students and families as well as the increase in students missing school over the past ten years.

Oct 06, 202425 minSeason 2Ep. 45

Unstuck: How Technology Impacts Students

We're back and do we have a great episode for you! Technology has it's strengths and challenges in the classroom. How does one balance the use of technology when education students, minimizing impact on their social and emotional well being. On this episode we talk about the impact of technology for students and how to balance the use of technology with building a classroom community. Enjoy!

Sep 23, 202428 minSeason 2Ep. 44

Unstuck: Boredom

Hi everyone- we hope you are having a good year! On this episode we talk about boredom. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover, feel free to reach out. Thanks for listening!

Feb 16, 202424 minSeason 1Ep. 43

Unstuck: Narcissism

We're back! Thank you all for your patience while we took a little break from the podcast while we caught up on life. On this episode, we talk about narcissism in student. Thanks for listening!

Jan 03, 202423 minSeason 2Ep. 42

Unstuck: Hidden Disabilities with Michelle

Hi everyone! We are so excited to share this episode with you with out guest, Michelle Steiner. Michelle talks about her school experience with a disability, her current work as a paraprofessional, and her writing and photography. Enjoy!

Nov 06, 202324 minSeason 1Ep. 41

Unstuck: School and Home Connection

Hi everyone! We hope the new school year is going well! On this episode we talk about the school and home connection and the gray area where they overlap. Please enjoy!

Sep 24, 202326 minSeason 1Ep. 39

Unstuck: Creating Classroom Culture

Happy school year! On this episode, we talk about creating a positive classroom/school culture. We hope this brings you joy as you start your school year! Thanks for listening!

Sep 05, 202325 minSeason 1Ep. 38

Unstuck: Self-care with Dr. MC

We are so grateful to have our guest Dr. Theresa Melito-Conners join us to talk about self-care. Self-care is an under discussed topic that we should have a bigger focus on. Dr. MC gives us some helpful hints to help us on our self-care journey. Enjoy!

Aug 14, 202329 minSeason 1Ep. 37

Unstuck: Executive Functioning with Carrie Bonnett

Welcome everyone! We are so excited to share this episode with you! We welcome Carrie Bonnett, Executive Functioning coach to talk to us about her work in executive functioning and to share with us some of her tips and tricks to helping build executive functioning strategies. Thank you for listening!

Jul 31, 202328 minSeason 1Ep. 36

Unstuck: Team decision making

Hi everyone! We begin this episode by talking about a Netflix documentary (spoiler alert) and discussing what it means when outside providers make decisions or deliver results without the full conversation of a Team. We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

Jul 16, 202323 minSeason 1Ep. 35

Unstuck: Social Pragmatics

Hello educators! Today we welcome special guest, Alisa. She is a Speech and Language Pathologist who is going to talk with us about social pragmatics. She includes her work with students as well as helpful hints for classroom teachers. Thanks for listening and enjoy!

Jun 27, 202329 minSeason 1Ep. 34

Unstuck: Supporting Colleagues as a Classroom Leader

Hi listeners! Thanks for your patience while we had to postpone putting out an episode. On this episode, we talk about how to lead in a classroom while organizing the related service providers and supporting paraeducators. Thanks to a listener for this recommendation! We had a great discussion. Enjoy!

Jun 13, 202328 minSeason 1Ep. 33

Unstuck: The Magic Wand

Hey Listeners! Today we talk about what we would do if we had unlimited resources and the ability to change education in any way we wanted. We'd love to hear what you think and what you would do if you had a magic wand!

May 22, 202323 minSeason 1Ep. 32

Unstuck: Transition

Let's try this again :) Hello educators! We are in the home stretch, so what better way to celebrate than to talk about transition! On this episode, we talk about students' post-graduate journey, including their options after high school, what we should be teaching them, and how to best support our learners in this life-changing transition. Thank you for listening! Enjoy!

May 08, 202329 minSeason 1Ep. 31

Unstuck: Service Delivery

Our 30th Episode! Thanks everyone for listening along the Unstuck journey! On this episode we discuss the service delivery grid and how determine the amount of services a student needs on their IEP. Enjoy and let us know if you have any episode ideas!

Apr 11, 202330 minSeason 1Ep. 30

Unstuck: Self-monitoring and Initiation

Welcome back to Unstuck! On this episode we do a follow up to our executive functioning episode and do a deeper dive into self-monitoring and executive functioning. Be sure to follow us on social media and let us know what you want to hear! Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Mar 27, 202325 minSeason 1Ep. 29

Unstuck: Using Humor in the Classroom

Hi! Thank you all for your patience. We had some technical difficulties and were not able to get a podcast out on time. On this episode, we bring our special guest, Caitlin, to talk about ways to create a safe environment in the classroom by using humor and making students smile. We hope you enjoy!

Mar 13, 202329 minSeason 1Ep. 28

Unstuck: Social Skills

Hello everyone! Today we talk about social skills and how they affect the classroom setting. Given the complexities of social skills in the classroom, this will be multipart and we'll invite a Speech and Language Pathologist to part 2. Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Feb 14, 202333 minSeason 1Ep. 27

Unstuck: Co-teaching

Hi everyone, thanks for listening! On this episode, we talk about the strengths and challenges of co-teaching. We give our perspective and highlight our experiences with co-teaching in both general education and with related service providers. Enjoy!

Jan 30, 202332 minSeason 1Ep. 26

Unstuck: Independent, transition, and life skills

Happy January! We had a lot of fun recording this episode where we talk about independent, transition, and life skills. We have an in-depth discussion about what students need to be successful in the world and how we can begin to integrate those skills into the natural environment of the classroom. We also talk about ways to integrate specific transition classes into a student's schedule. We hope you enjoy!

Jan 17, 202331 minSeason 1Ep. 25

Unstuck: Physical Disabilities

Happy New Year! We are so excited to have our friend Lauren on this episode to talk about physical disabilities and the classroom. We hope you enjoy the conversation! Thanks for listening!

Jan 06, 202330 minSeason 1Ep. 24

Unstuck: Emotional Disabilities

Thanks everyone for being patient! We are a week late putting this episode out. On this episode, we talk about emotional disabilities, including the challenges with educationally identifying these students who may be making gains academically, and needing that individualized support emotionally. Thanks for listening and enjoy!

Dec 20, 202228 minSeason 1Ep. 23

Unstuck: Paraeducators

Hello! On this episode we talk about Paraeducators and the expectations/stress on teachers to training and support in addition to their other expectations. Please enjoy and thanks for checking us out!

Nov 29, 202234 minSeason 1Ep. 22

Unstuck: IEP's

Thanks for helping us reach 10,000 downloads! We are so very appreciative of everyone who listens. On this episode, we talk about the development of IEP's and the challenges that we endure when writing a solid IEP for our students' unique needs. Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Nov 08, 202230 minSeason 1Ep. 21

Unstuck: Learned Helplessness

Episode 20! We are raw and uncut in this episode (we're raw and uncut in all episodes- we don't know how to edit). We talk about learned helplessness and strategies to help students be more independent. Thanks for helping us celebrate our 20th episode by listening! Enjoy!

Oct 25, 202232 minSeason 1Ep. 20

Unstuck: ADHD

On this episode, we talk about ADHD and its impact on students inside and outside of the classroom. We were so excited to welcome 2 very special guests into our podcast this week to discuss their experiences with undiagnosed ADHD and how it affected them from childhood through adulthood.

Oct 10, 202231 minSeason 1Ep. 19

Unstuck: Noncompliance and refusal

Episode 18! Today we talked about students who are noncompliant and refuse work. We offer stories and suggestions for supporting these students. Thanks for listening and enjoy!

Sep 27, 202232 minSeason 1Ep. 18

Unstuck: Corporal Punishment?

What a start to the school year! On this episode, we talk about the fact that Corporal Punishment still exists in some schools across the country. Be sure to follow us and check us out on all of our social media outlets. Thanks for listening!

Sep 12, 202229 minSeason 1Ep. 17

Unstuck: Where we began

We are so excited to bring you this episode! We talk about how we got started in the field of education and where we are now. We hope you enjoy. Have a wonderful and safe school year! Feel free to reach out on our social media platforms to let us know what you'd like to hear us talk about!

Aug 30, 202230 minSeason 1Ep. 16
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