Episódios

  • 369: Good Intentions are Not a Strategy (Educational Therapy Series)

    369: Good Intentions are Not a Strategy (Educational Therapy Series)
    Jul 15 2025
    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET chat about a familiar story–“This year is going to be different.” Students start off the school year optimistic, energized, and determined to stay on top of their assignments, keep their binders neat, and avoid procrastination. Rachel and Steph unpack why students are so certain each new year will be different, typical executive functioning traps and what can be done to support systemic and sustainable change. 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
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    12 minutos
  • 368: Executive Functioning Skills at the Beach, Camp, or Vacation (Executive Functioning Series)

    368: Executive Functioning Skills at the Beach, Camp, or Vacation (Executive Functioning Series)
    Jul 8 2025
    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share all the ways strengthening executive functioning skills are layered into all the traditional summer things: beaches, camps and vacations. In this episode they break down all the executive functioning skills that learners can and do acquire over the course of their summers and some simple, non-demanding ways the adults in their lives can reinforce their growth. 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
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    15 minutos
  • 367: Independent Skill-Building Games (Educational Therapy Series)

    367: Independent Skill-Building Games (Educational Therapy Series)
    Jul 1 2025
    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET are excited to share this much requested episode about independent games that learners can play. Steph, the resident Game Guru, shares some of her favorite games and why they strengthen skills in an independent, fun, engaging way that mitigates learner resistance. 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
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    14 minutos
  • 366: Nutrition and ADHD with Sara Langley (Professionals Series)

    366: Nutrition and ADHD with Sara Langley (Professionals Series)
    Jun 24 2025
    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Integrative Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Sara Langley. She talks about what integrative psychiatric nurse practitioners do, how nutrition works in tandem with medication, and why it’s beneficial to look at the whole picture of a learner. She also makes some simple recommendations that are easy to implement and can have a tremendous impact. Connect with Sara Langley: www.childkindpsychiatry.com www.mommiesinmind.com 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
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    35 minutos
  • 364: Anya Kamenetz and The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now (Author Series)

    364: Anya Kamenetz and The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now (Author Series)
    Jun 10 2025
    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET are thrilled to welcome Anya Kamenetz to the podcast to discuss her book, The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now. This is an incredibly rich discussion about how remote learning was a force multiplier for inequity, what it revealed about our values in the United States, and so much more. 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
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    37 minutos
  • 363: Parent Coach Sari Goodman and Demystifying Educational Jargon (Local Professionals Series)

    363: Parent Coach Sari Goodman and Demystifying Educational Jargon (Local Professionals Series)
    Jun 3 2025
    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome parent educator, coach, former elementary school administrator and former special education teacher, Sari Goodman. She talks about the importance of empathy, being a resource for parents who don’t know what to do and need help, and how critical a village is. We talk about how important it is to demystify educational jargon and some simple tricks to helping parents and lay people to understand their learner. She talks about prioritizing story telling in our communication with parents. Connect with Sari: www.theparentaledge.com, IG: @theparentaledge 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
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    28 minutos
  • 362: Digital Addiction with Debbie Murad, LCSW (Professionals Series)

    362: Digital Addiction with Debbie Murad, LCSW (Professionals Series)
    May 27 2025
    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome LCSW Debbie Murad. She shares how digital addiction is akin to other addictions and the consequences. She shares the differences between heavy screen use and digital addiction. She discusses risk factors and discusses how relationship issues are often evident in digital addiction. She shares suggestions for reestablishing connection and prioritizing the relationship to begin addressing the digital addiction. She shares how to set up the relationship with the digital world initially and then what to do if digital addiction is already present. Connect with Debbie: beachcitiesgateway.com debbie@beachcitiesgateway.com 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
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    31 minutos
  • 361: Bandwidth (Educational Therapy Series)

    361: Bandwidth (Educational Therapy Series)
    May 20 2025
    Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET talk about one of the hidden and often overlooked elements of educational therapy–bandwidth. Bandwidth is the mental energy one has to devote to a task and understanding bandwidth in relation to school, learning and studenting is critical in the educational therapy process. In this episode, Rachel and Stephanie explore the impact of bandwidth. 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 354: When Session Progress Feels Slow (Educational Therapy Series)
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    12 minutos