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The Educational Therapy Podcast
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320 episodis
393: Is educational therapy just “extra work” for my already overwhelmed learner? (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET talk about one of the most common concerns they hear from parents: “My learner doesn’t want...
392: How to Shift from Nagging to Supportive (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET explore what’s really happening when support starts to feel like nagging. They discuss why...
391: Motivation Mindset with Dr. Ellen Braaten (Author Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome back Dr. Ellen Braaten, clinical psychologist and professor, to discuss her latest...
390: Procrastination vs. Perfectionism (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET dig into the differences, similarities, and overlap between procrastination and perfectioni...
389: “Is now the best time to start Educational Therapy?” (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how there is no perfect time of year to start educational therapy support. They dis...
388: The Executive Functioning Skills Behind Sports (Executive Functioning Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the hot topic of executive functioning skills in sports. They talk about the benefi...
387: What Questions to Ask a School You Are Applying To
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how hard and stressful it can be for parents of learners in educational therapy to...
386: How Study Buddies Boost Executive Functioning (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss a few important strategies that a lot of learners employ: study buddies and body do...
385: “I’m too busy for Educational Therapy” (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how important educational therapy is when learners have a busy schedule. As educati...
384: Metacognition Formula
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss metacognition, which is the idea of “thinking about thinking”. The ability to refle...
383: Executive Functioning of Moving (Executive Functioning Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share a behind the scenes episode on Steph’s executive functioning experience (nightmare?)...
382: Tribute to Dr. Thomas Brown
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET reair episode 50 of Learn Smarter: the Educational Therapy podcast to remember their guest,...
381: Why Strategies Don’t Stick (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss a major parent, learner, and educational therapist frustration today–which is why s...
380: Diane Dempster and Collaborative Parent Dynamics (Local Professional Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome back Diane Dempster, co-founder of Impact Parents. She discusses the different flav...
379: Disclosing Diagnoses – Parent Fears and Learner Realities (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the complex nature of disclosing diagnoses to learners. They discuss parents' fear...
378: Reair – All or Nothing Brain
In this re-air of episode 186, Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET explore the concept of the “all or nothing brain” and how i...
377: Dr. Brennan Chandler and All Things Dyslexia (Reading Series) Part 2
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Dr. Brennan Chandler, Assistant Professor at Georgia State University, for the seco...
376: Dr. Brennan Chandler and All Things Dyslexia – Part 1 (Reading Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Dr. Brennan Chandler, Assistant Professor at Georgia State University for the first...
375: What is Studenting? (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, discuss their favorite word: studenting. They explain the concept, why it’s important to u...
374: Staying Organized with Luke (Student Success Story)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Rachel’s client, Luke, to the podcast. Luke initially started working with Rachel t...
373: Re-air 309: Pathological Demand Avoidance with Diane Gould (Professionals Series)
In this re-air episode, Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, sit down with Diane Gould to explore Pathological Demand Avoidance...
372: Dr. Johan Wiklund – ADHD and Entrepreneurship (Professionals Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Dr. Johan Wiklund, a Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at Syracuse Univer...
371: Reair Ep 10 (Executive Function Series) ADHD and Executive Functioning
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET explore the connection between ADHD and executive functioning in this re-air of episode 10....
370: Re-air 141: Understanding Autism in Girls with Dr. Donna Henderson Part 1 (Professionals Series)
In this re-air of episode 141, Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET sit down with clinical psychologist Dr. Donna Henderson to e...
369: Good Intentions are Not a Strategy (Educational Therapy Series)
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 sc...
368: Executive Functioning Skills at the Beach, Camp, or Vacation (Executive Functioning Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share all the ways strengthening executive functioning skills are layered into all the trad...
367: Independent Skill-Building Games (Educational Therapy Series)
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...
366: Nutrition and ADHD with Sara Langley (Professionals Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Integrative Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Sara Langley. She talks about what integ...
364: Anya Kamenetz and The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now (Author Series)
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:...
363: Parent Coach Sari Goodman and Demystifying Educational Jargon (Local Professionals Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome parent educator, coach, former elementary school administrator and former special e...
362: Digital Addiction with Debbie Murad, LCSW (Professionals Series)
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...
361: Bandwidth (Educational Therapy Series)
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...
360: Emily Kircher Morris & Amanda Morin – Neurodiversity Affirming Schools (Author Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Emily Kircher-Morris and Amanda Morin on the podcast to discuss their new book, Ne...
359: Summer Slide: Planning for Learning without Pressure (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss summer slide. They talk about all the opportunities for growth over the summer and...
358: Negative Self-Talk (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss negative self-talk. They discuss what it is, why it happens and, most importantly,...
357: The Adult Calendar (Executive Functioning Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET are back to discuss their favorite topic: calendaring! Today they dig into ALL THE THINGS a...
356: The Silent Executive Functioning Problem (Executive Functioning Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how executive functioning skills impact social skills. They share how it impacts fr...
355: How to Get Learners to Read More (Reading Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET get asked all the time about how to get learners to read more. In this episode they dig int...
354: When Session Progress Feels Slow (Educational Therapy Series)
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how progress works in educational therapy. Some learners click immediately with the...
353: Why We Need to Teach Learners How to Google
Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how to help learners research quicker, faster and more effectively through getting...