300 episodes

Learn Smarter: the Educational Therapy Podcast is your go-to resource for the parents and teachers of students with different learning needs. We are two educational therapists who are committed to helping parents and educators find easy, simple and FUN ways of supporting learners. We’ll be covering everything from executive functioning to games to feelings to tricks of the trade. Join us on this journey to support your complex and diverse kids.

Learn Smarter Podcast Rachel Kapp and Stephanie Pitts- Educational Therapists

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Learn Smarter: the Educational Therapy Podcast is your go-to resource for the parents and teachers of students with different learning needs. We are two educational therapists who are committed to helping parents and educators find easy, simple and FUN ways of supporting learners. We’ll be covering everything from executive functioning to games to feelings to tricks of the trade. Join us on this journey to support your complex and diverse kids.

    315: Sarah’s Parenting Journey of a Highly Reluctant Learner (Client Success Story)

    315: Sarah’s Parenting Journey of a Highly Reluctant Learner (Client Success Story)

    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome a parent of one of Stephanie’s clients at My Ed Therapist. Sarah is the mother of Finn, a 10th grader, who has had a very emotional journey in Educational Therapy. Finn was an elite athlete who was struggling to balance his sport and academics. Sarah shares how she partnered with Steph (even when it was hard). Steph shares how difficult it was to build trust with Finn, how she established communication with Finn outside of sessions, and how he learned to trust and partner with her. She also shares how transformative Educational Therapy has been for her whole family.



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    Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy Group website



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    Other episodes mentioned:



    Ep 172: Why Learners Lie (Part 1) (Educational Therapy Series)



    Ep 175: What to do About Learners Who Lie (Part 2) (Educational Therapy Series)



    Ep 179: Classic ADHD: Avoidance and Lies with Annie (Success Stories)



    Ep 215: The Testing Psychologist Podcast - Why Do Learners Lie and What to Do About It (Educational Therapy Series)

    • 45 min
    314: REAIR Episode 112: EF Summer Projects

    314: REAIR Episode 112: EF Summer Projects

    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET reshare episode 112 of Learn Smarter: the Educational Therapy podcast. The teams of Kapp Educational Therapy Group and My Ed Therapist inspired this episode! Nearly every daily activity can be turned into an executive functioning episode. Rachel & Steph dig into all the executive functioning projects they like to do over summer with their learners. They also share how to use metacognition and frameworks to bolster executive functioning.



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    @learnsmarterpodcast, @kappedtherapy, @myedtherapist

    • 21 min
    313: What Parents Can Do In Between Sessions (Parenting Series)

    313: What Parents Can Do In Between Sessions (Parenting Series)

    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the tricky idea of intersession parent involvement in educational therapy intervention for middle school through college learners. They share the 3 different levels of parental involvement and how to establish agreements around what the learner and clinician need in each level. They also discuss what can happen when a parent's level of involvement doesn’t match learner and clinician needs.



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    How to connect with us:



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    Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy Group website



    Steph’s My Ed Therapist website 



    @learnsmarterpodcast, @kappedtherapy, @myedtherapist



     



    Other episodes mentioned: 



    Ep 37: How Educational Therapy Works



    Ep 303: 3 Questions All Parents Should be Asking Their Learners (Educational Therapy Series)

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    312: The 8 Reasons Learners Don’t Want to Email (Their Teachers) (Educational Therapy Series)

    312: The 8 Reasons Learners Don’t Want to Email (Their Teachers) (Educational Therapy Series)

    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share why learners push back about email and emailing their teachers in general and what to do about it.



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    How to connect with us:



    Join our e-mail list



    Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy Group website



    Steph’s My Ed Therapist website 



    @learnsmarterpodcast, @kappedtherapy, @myedtherapist

    • 11 min
    311: How to Know When to Delegate (Business Series)

    311: How to Know When to Delegate (Business Series)

    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET are back to chatting about business! Today they share how to know when to delegate in your business and work through all the mindset issues that come about when giving up control.



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    Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy Group website



    Steph’s My Ed Therapist website 



    @learnsmarterpodcast, @kappedtherapy, @myedtherapist

    • 13 min
    310: Learners Who Don’t Want Educational Therapy (Educational Therapy Series)

    310: Learners Who Don’t Want Educational Therapy (Educational Therapy Series)

    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the many reasons why some learners don’t want educational therapy. They also chat about why a learner’s willingness to participate is actually not a prerequisite to hire an educational therapist.



    Support us on Patreon:



    https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast



     



    How to connect with us:



    Join our e-mail list



    Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy Group website



    Steph’s My Ed Therapist website 



    @learnsmarterpodcast, @kappedtherapy, @myedtherapist



     



    Other episodes mentioned:



    Ep 99: How to Explain Educational Therapy to your Child (Educational Therapy Series)



     

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