As a school leader, when is it best to make top-down decisions, and when should you make it a collaborative process?How can you tell which stakeholder input to prioritize?Whats the best way to communicate with your staff in a way that feels transparent

Today, I wanted to share some FAQs that people ask about how to teach executive functioning.Some of those common questions are:How do you teach self-talk, time-perception, and strategic-planning?How do you offer help without making kids prompt-dependent?

Almost every school leader that I know has said they didnt realize what they were getting themselves into when they started their first administrative position.In this episode, I wanted to share clips from past De Facto Leaders guests to showcase some

As a professional field, were getting stuck in old ways of thinking when it comes to designing services for students experiencing executive dysfunction.When we think of therapy the first thing that comes to mind is a clinician sitting in a chair sayin

Language and executive functioning have a bidirectional relationship (Baron & Arbel, 2022; Larson, et al., 2019). This means that building language skills can impact executive functioning, and vice versa. A significant amount of executive functioning

Teacher preparation programs should equip reading teachers with the knowledge they need to provide explicit intervention for students who have dyslexia or other disabilities.But what if they dont?Unfortunately, this situation is quite common.Thats wh

Is it functional to work on parts of speech?Is sentence diagramming useful?How do we improve word-retrieval in kids with developmental disabilities, and is it similar to what wed do for an adult with a brain injury?How can we make therapy academically r

Preparing young people for adulthood is all about providing them with the right blend of experiences; both in and outside of school. Building literacy, numeracy, and content knowledge will give students a foundation for success; but we need to pair that w

My heart sinks when I see how polarizing topics in education have become, as well as the tendency for people to have “all or nothing” thinking.I’ve seen an increasing amount of activities pitted against each other as if doing one means we can’t ALSO do th

About The Authority Podcast:Hosted by leadership coach, storytelling strategist, and edtech advisor Ross Romano, The Authority provides education leaders with proven ideas to increase your influence, hire and develop an excellent staff, build a stronger c