School Psych Simplified

Any school psychs out there busy with writing reports? 🙋‍♀️

You are not alone if you had a stack of reports to write and finish great you after returning from winter break! In this featured Episode, I walk you through how to create templates to help keep report writing as simple as possible! Yes, it's a small time investment up front, but your future self will thank you! In this video I model how to...

📃 Create a new Google Doc to house your template
🥕 Use visuals to help differentiate template from individualization
🎨 Customize the font, formatting, and how to highlight notes to your future self to save time using templates!

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https://youtu.be/ODx2PNG60Zg

Don’t miss this! One of my MOST requested topics —When Does Mental Health Become an Educational Disability?
Limited seats left! Claim your virtual spot now! 💻

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Spots are still open for this VIRTUAL Lunch in Learn session next Tuesday, 12/16/25.
This session focuses on understanding when mental health becomes an educational disability in the K-12 setting and will unpack the state criteria of emotional disturbance, as well as strategies to support student mental health, including those with diagnoses such as Oppositional Defiant Disorder and challenging conduct behaviors.

"Is this a learning disability?" It's more than just a 22 point discrepancy....be sure to save your VIRTUAL seat and go from compliance to confidence with specific learning disability evaluations!

VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSION
Monday, October 27th
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST

There's still time to register!
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Any school psychs feeling a flood of referrals this time of year? 🙋‍♀️

You are not alone if you have a lot of information to gather and synthesize! For this week's , I wanted to highlight this video where I walk you through how to create electronic information forms to help keep this part of the evaluation process as simple as possible! In this video I model how to...

📝 Create a new Google Form
✔️ Select the best question type based on the information you need to gather
🖤 Add your personality within the form to make things less robotic
🖌️ Customize the font, colors, and images
📤 Send your form once it's completed

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https://youtu.be/2ZXey_coSDs

Excited to share all about SLD in MO!

..and I love that this title is a nod to our girl, T Swift, especially this week 🖤

Follow the link below to register!

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This virtual learning session will go in depth about Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) criteria. Participants will gain confidence in using a variety of assessment methods when navigating SLD evaluations and eligibility determinations. Join us for all the practical tools and resources you'll need and that can be readily applied within your professional role!

Ep 5: Creating a Digital Case Log using Google Sheets

Any Google Sheets users out there? 🙋‍♀️

School Psychs have a lot of evaluation pieces to keep track of! In this week's video I walk you through how to create a digital case log using Google Sheets! In this video I model how to...

📅 Create formulas to automagically calculate special education compliance dates
✔️ Use checkboxes to keep track of areas of evaluation
🖌️ Color code checkboxes based on the area of evaluation

🎉 If you're looking for a digital case log that's already built for you, check out my digital case log available for purchase through my TPT store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/DIGITAL-CASE-LOG-10499440?fbclid=IwAR1jh_jPuaSY3LRM8OhTM54pqD03QGrzNRZeyUJJ4cBI-78EAM7NYOTG6wQ

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https://youtu.be/dv52PDbeAAU

Happy ! This week we're highlighting Ep 4: Top 3 List for Task Prioritization using Google Tasks

Any Google Task users out there? 🙋‍♀️

You are not alone if you feel overwhelmed by your ever growing to do list! In this week's video I challenge you to use this new approach for task prioritization and try out Google Tasks! Focusing on those top three helps with that sense of accomplishment in a world of those never ending tasks!

✔️ In this video I model how to use the "brain dump" method and prioritize your to do list with Google Tasks!
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https://youtu.be/dl9mjZWkRRk

Had a blast presenting at the North Dakota School Psychologist Association Fall Conference!

For this week's I'm bringing back Ep 3: Block Scheduling with Google Calendar

Any Google Calendar users out there? 🙋‍♀️

Ever feel like you have too much to do but not enough time? I would challenge you to think about applying the concept of block scheduling to your school psych life! It's the idea that we get more done by batching similar tasks rather than letting our inbox driving what our day looks like. Here's what I mean... create calendar events for everything...no really!

📅 In this video I model how to create your own block schedule system with Google Calendar!

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https://youtu.be/WT-IIS55Atg

For this week's , I'm featuring Ep 2: Google Drive Organization

Any Google Drive users out there? 🙋‍♀️

Do you ever experience digital file clutter or have difficulty finding the document you're looking for?

🗂️ In this video I model how to create folders, subfolders, color code, and create an "archived" folder to help give you the feeling of a fresh start!

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https://youtu.be/DHZ1i9WgHBY

Starting off this year's by taking us back to the basics -- organizing our web browsers!

Check out Ep 1: Google Chrome Tab Management

You've probably heard of bookmarking your most used tabs, but DYK...
📌 You can PIN tabs in your Google chrome browser
🗂️ You can GROUP tabs together and even name the group and COLOR CODE!
💻 Worried about saving those preferences? I'll show you how you can set it up so that you can START WHERE YOU LEFT OFF even after startup!

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Hello! I hope you had a wonderful summer break and had time to rest and do things that make you happy. I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to travel and spend time with friends and family. It's the best way to reset before a new school year.

And now that the new school year is back in full swing, it's time to bring back where I share how I use tech to save time! Here are some of my favorite things to share about:

💻 Google Chrome
📄 Google Docs
📊 Google Sheets
📋 Google Forms
✉️ Gmail
🗓️ Google Calendar
📌 Google Keep
⌨️ Text Automation
🧩 Extensions
🤖 AI tools

I'm wondering...what would you find helpful this school year?

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