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Learn Smarter Podcast

Rachel Kapp and Stephanie Pitts- Educational Therapists

The Educational Therapy Podcast

education education for kids

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226: How Business Mindset Impacts Educational...

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2022/09/20

There have been surprises along the way as Rachel & Steph have gone through this podcast journey. Today, they share how the podcast has impacted the work they do, the people they coach, and their approach to educational therapy. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our FB Group Join our e-mail list Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy Group website Steph’s My Ed Therapist website @learnsmarterpodcast, @kappedtherapy, @myedtherapist Other

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225: How to Think About Math with Kapp Educational...

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2022/09/13

Kapp Educational Therapy Group Learning Specialist Anna Aguilar Gardner joins us on the podcast. She talks about how to collaborate with the classroom teacher and how to approach material the same way. Anna talks about the importance of building a student-created resource guide and using notes to find similar practice problems. She talks about how fractions are a predictor of math success in later years, word problems, and which apps to use and how. She also shares how educational therapists can

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28:14

224: Re-Air: New Year New Goals (Educational Therapy...

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2022/09/06

Today, we’re revisiting an important and timely episode all about SMART goals! Listen in to learn why it’s important to set SMART goals and how to do it. Also, Steph coaches Rachel about an issue with one of her clients. At the end, Rachel ends up shifting what the SMART goal acronym means to help make it even easier for you, your learner and your families to establish them. Other episodes mentioned: Ep 37: How Educational Therapy Works Ep 13: Back to School (Part 1) Ep 36: How To Stop Doing the

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223: You Don’t Need All the Answers Right Now...

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2022/08/30

Rachel and Steph discuss why a major role of educational therapy is to guide the parents to next best steps while maintaining the larger picture in mind. They chat about how onboarding parents effectively will allow you to mitigate clinician pressure and perfectionism and how chunking and prioritizing goals is essential. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our FB Group Join our e-mail list Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy Group

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40:57

222: How to Talk to Your Kid About Their Diagnosis...

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2022/08/23

Dr. Liz Angoff is an educational psychologist in private practice. She has also developed books and a framework around how to talk to your learner about their diagnosis. She shares how to explain and prepare learners for testing, giving scripts and establishing language around testing and learning profiles. In this conversation, you’ll hear how important it is for the learners themselves to use their own language because–spoiler alert–they already have their own narrative about what’s going on. She

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221: (Revisiting) Back to School (Educational Therapy...

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2022/08/16

Today, Rachel & Steph re-share how to prepare for going back to school. In this episode, Rachel & Steph talk about how to prevent “academic emergencies” by properly preparing and achievable goal setting. and partnership with your child’s teacher. They talk about calendaring for success. They also do a deep dive on big academic transitions (the leap that occurs from elementary school to middle school, middle school to high school or high school to college). Be sure to scroll back and listen to

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45:17

220: ADHD and Girls with Dr. Kathleen Nadeau (Author...

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2022/08/09

Dr. Kathleen Nadeau is a clinical psychologist and Director of Chesapeake Center for ADHD, Learning & Behavioral Health as well as author of several books on ADHD and girls. She joins Rachel & Steph to talk about the history and trajectory of ADHD and shares how it is not a disorder of childhood. She shares how the DSM diagnostic criteria is derived from boys. She highlights how hyperactivity is not central to ADHD and that the core symptoms have to do with executive functioning stating that,

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7:44

219: Permission to Pivot (Business Practices Series)

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2022/08/02

Rachel and Stephanie talk about how important it is to give ourselves permission as clinicians to pivot. They talk about giving yourself permission to pivot with clients, within your business and permission to not have all the answers. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our FB Group 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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24:26

218: Business Intentionality and New Motherhood with...

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2022/07/26

Educational therapist, new mom and Learn Smarter Pro-ster Alena Houghton joins Rachel and Steph to talk about her experience deciding to build a new business while raising a new baby. They chatted about her decision to join Learn Smarter Pro and the mindset work she had to do to make the commitment. They talked about how Learn Smarter Pro helped her become very intentional about what she was building and why. They discussed the mindset work of new business ownership and how motherhood would help

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217: Why Virtual Educational Therapy is NOT Online...

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2022/07/19

Rachel & Steph chat about how they thought about virtual educational therapy before the pandemic and how the pandemic completely shifted their thinking. They discuss the challenges that online school presented for learners and their families and how virtual educational therapy is not the same thing. They chat about the virtues of educational therapy and how to have a conversation with your clinician about what would work best for your family. Support us on

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216: How Educational Therapy Can Help an Adult...

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2022/07/12

Rachel and Steph dig into how educational therapy can significantly benefit adults. They share how executive functioning skills challenges don’t end with schooling and how it can impact relationships, jobs, and lives. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our FB Group 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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215: The Testing Psychologist Podcast – Why Do...

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2022/07/05

In this special episode, Dr. Jeremy Sharp of The Testing Psychologist podcast shares this conversation he had with Rachel Kapp and Stephanie Pitts. They tackle why learners lie and what to do about it. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our FB Group Join our e-mail list Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy Group website Steph’s My Ed Therapist website @learnsmarterpodcast, @kappedtherapy, @myedtherapist Other episodes

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214: ADHD Essentials – The Wall of Awful with Brendan...

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2022/06/28

ADHD Coach, Podcast Host and Speaker Brendan Mahan joins Rachel and Stephanie on the podcast. Brendan explains his “Wall of Awful”, how the bricks in the Wall of Awful form and the assumption of disappointment. He talks about the moral aspect of ADHD (when it’s really a biological challenge). He talks about the 5 options for responding to the Wall of Awful and Brendan shares how the concept of “done” is really about chunking. Brendan also coaches Rachel and Stephanie on some relationship

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213: How Coaching Led to Balance, Independence and...

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2022/06/21

Educational Therapist Elizabeth Norwood came to coaching with Stephanie concerned that working as an independent educational therapist was not sustainable. She talks about how coaching made her feel supported the way her learners feel in session and how she learned how important it was to get paid. Elizabeth shares how coaching made her take aim and be clear on her goals. She talks about how coaching led to a mindset shift where she no longer took the scraps of what the universe was sending to her,

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30:21

212: How to Know When You Are in the Right (or Wrong)...

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2022/06/14

Shelley Lawrence is the founder of Schoolhouse Collaborative and has spent her entire career helping families navigate their child’s learning. In this conversation, she chats with Rachel and Steph about what to do to establish collaboration with professionals and parents, how to not look at a deficit based model for learners, and why and how to get curious and the importance of being honest and receptive to feedback. She also provides her framework for how to know if your learner is in the right

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211: [Part 2] How Asking For Help Changed Her Life...

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2022/06/07

In Part 2, Steph’s client Gracie joins the podcast to discuss her journey. She talks about focusing on the forest not the trees and the importance of thinking about the big picture. She talks about self-advocacy, the backpack map, and the importance of partnering with adults at school like teachers and counselors. Gracie advocates for people getting help and how things have transformed with her family and home life. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect

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210: [Part 1] Coachability and Self-Reflection with...

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2022/05/31

Megan, a parent of one of Steph’s My Ed Therapist clients, shares her parenting journey of why she sought out educational therapy for her daughter. Megan explains why her daughter stopped educational therapy and what eventually led them to start again. She also shares how she became the executive functioning part of her daughter's brain, how Gracie’s challenges emerged in multiple schools, and how she was consistently inconsistent. Megan chats with us about how working with Steph was “life-changing”

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209: Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Start Business...

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2022/05/24

Everyone is messy. Today, Rachel & Steph share the impact and importance of business coaching in building momentum. They share how coaching meets you where you are and helps you to figure out next best steps. They talk about the mindset of business coaching and the story people tell themselves. Apply for Learn Smarter Pro: https://learnsmarterpodcast.com/lsp/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our FB Group Join our e-mail list Rachel’s

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208: Parenting the Kid You Have with Penny Williams...

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2022/05/17

Penny Williams of the Parenting ADHD Podcast joins us to talk about the power of communication and being in community with other like-minded parents. She chats with us about the importance of accepting kids' neurodiversity, parenting without ego, and getting to know your child deeply. As Penny says, “Kids who feel good, do good." She also shares what she tells parents to let go of and talks about acceptance as a practice. Other episodes mentioned: Ep 91: Raising Complex Children with ADHD/Autism

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207: Building Momentum to the Business and Life You...

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2022/05/10

Educational Therapist Jessica Mintz joins Rachel and Steph for the podcast today. She shares her story of why and how she came to be an educational therapist. Jessica was a part of the last cohort of Learn Smarter Pro, the group coaching program for educational therapists and learning specialists looking to build a private practice. She shares the mindset work she had to do to convince herself she was deserving and worthy of the support, how Learn Smarter Pro helped her identify and establish

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