Learn Smarter Podcast Rachel Kapp and Stephanie Pitts- Educational Therapists

 Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome back Dr. Ellen Braaten to discuss the origin story of her new book, Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less. Dr. Braaten shares her thoughts on how motivation works and how motivation is not generated the same way each time. She shares how parents need to look at their own expectations and look at their child and reconcile the two. She discusses aptitude, pleasure, and practice and how the definition of aptitude needs to be expanded beyond more than reading, math, and spelling. She further discusses how “there isn’t a treatment for laziness” and her thoughts on how “lazy” is a symptom of something and a time to listen. She also talks about how “laziness” can mask something that’s hard, shameful or a result of a lack of confidence and introduces the word “mailaizy.”

 

Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less

 

Other episodes mentioned: 

Ep 165: Re-Air: Slow Processing Speed with Dr. Ellen Braaten (Author Series)

Ep 166: How Time Perception Impacts Learners with Dr. Ellen Braaten (Author Series)

Ep 167: How Processing Speed Impacts Social Skills with Dr. Ellen Braaten (Author Series)

Ep 168: Processing Speed vs. Sluggish Cognitive Tempo with Dr. Ellen Braaten (Author Series)

 

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Anxiety Expert and OCD Child Therapist Natasha Daniels to the podcast. They chat about how people misunderstand OCD and what the true definition of OCD is. Natasha digs into the different types of OCD and how they play into each other. She shares about how personification of OCD and how it can help. They dig into a conversation about the difference between perfectionism and OCD and their overlap. She shares her thoughts on anxiety and how to talk about it with kids. She further digs into anxiety and OCD and gives concrete examples of OCD red flags.

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 Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET deep dive into note-taking in this re-air of episode 47. They chat about why it is so difficult, the various types of notes that teachers require and several of their favorite strategies.







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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome back Nikki, who initially joined us back in 2019 when she was 15 years old. She was Steph’s client at My Ed Therapist and is now a sophomore in college. Nikki shares what it was like to listen to her 2019 episode and updates us on what’s changed and what’s the same. She talks about how her development of time has changed as she’s entered into adulthood. Nikki also shares how she’s learning not to overwhelm herself, how her values have changed, how daunting the college process was and her thoughts looking back. She shares more about her anxiety journey, how goals have changed and how she's blossoming into a new Nikki.

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Other episodes mentioned:

Ep 57: How to Create Free Time while Maintaining Grades and Minimizing Anxiety with Nikki 

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss why systems for time, physical space, and digital space are essential for high functioning learners. They discuss why simplicity is a virtue, how systems impact the quality of life for learners, and how systems create a roadmap for schooling success.

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Rachel’s client, Marshall. He shares his story about what brought him to seek educational therapy and how his executive functioning impacted his relationships and self-esteem. He also shares how accountability, positive social pressure and systems have helped him reach toward his goals. Marshall explains how he uses his systems as a safety net instead of a list of upcoming failures, how self-forgiveness has been a part of his educational therapy journey and how educational therapy has impacted his marriage. They also chat about the benefits of research and how much research is actually helpful versus how much is simply a form of procrastination.







Neuroanatomy of ADHD with Dr. Russell Barkley







Other episodes mentioned:







Ep 166: How Time Perception Impacts Learners with Dr. Ellen Braaten (Author Series)







Ep 214: ADHD Essentials - The Wall of Awful with Brendan Mahan (Executive Functioning Series)







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