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Rachel Kapp and Stephanie Pitts- Educational Therapists

The Educational Therapy Podcast

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344: The Single Best Thing We Did to Solve the...

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2025/01/21

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET dig into a business practice that changed the trajectory of their businesses. They dig into how they knew when a change needed to be made, their reluctance to make a change and why they’re ultimately thrilled that they did.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

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Our Message to Los Angeles Families: Supporting Kids...

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2025/01/14

Smarties, we decided not to release a new episode today. Instead, we wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the devastating fires here in Los Angeles and share our thoughts and support with you. Stay tuned for additional resources and tips on talking to your kids about difficult topics and supporting them emotionally during uncertain times. Our hearts are with everyone affected by the fires. Please take care of yourselves and your families. How to connect with us: Join our e-mail

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24:59

343: James’ Educational Therapy Journey (Success...

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2025/01/07

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Steph’s clients James to the podcast. He talks about his initial reluctance and his high level of coachability. He shares about how his improvement in sleep has been transformative and how he learned to make calculated & strategic decisions about efforting. He also talks about how he learned to study meaningfully, his embracing AI, and his shift in college expectations. He said, “Ask for help so you can stay strong,” and his

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2:09

Happy Holidays

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2024/12/31

Join Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, for a quick holiday check-in! In this short and sweet episode, they share warm holiday wishes and give you a sneak peek into the exciting plans ahead for 2025. 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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17:45

342: Email Templates All Learners Should Have...

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2024/12/30

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET dig into why learners should have email templates ready to go to communicate with their teachers. They also share 9 ideas for email templates that the learners at Kapp Educational Therapy Group and My Ed Therapist have used. 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

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27:56

REAIR Ep 166: How Time Perception Impacts Learners...

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2024/12/24

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET re-share a favorite episode of theirs this week: a conversation with Dr. Ellen Braaten! Dr. Braaten discusses how time perception is an incredibly important part of understanding processing speed and ADHD, and she shares some tips and hints to help respond to time perception issues. She explains meta-time blindness and has a discussion about when it is important to keep track of time and when it should be let go. She also chats with Rachel &

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51:17

341: College Autism Experts Dr. Jane Thierfeld Brown...

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2024/12/10

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Dr. Jane Thierfeld Brown and Dr. Lorre Wolf. They are college autism experts and they share the need for parents to let learners make mistakes and not do all the work for them. They further talk about the development of independence. They delve into a conversation of the DSM-V. They further share about resilience and its connection is problem-solving and employment. They share about their updated book, Neurodiversity and College: The

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340: Post-Exam Analysis (Educational Therapy Series)

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2024/12/03

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the important final step of the study process, which is the post-exam analysis. In this episode they share how they view this process and what questions they ask and why. They also share a free resource that can help with this process.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

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11:03

339: How to Highlight “Micro-wins” (Educational...

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2024/11/26

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, discuss the importance of prioritizing and acknowledging the small wins for learners. They chat about what micro-wins are and how to find and highlight them for learners and their families. 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,

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17:21

338: IEP vs. IEE vs. Private Comprehensive Assessment...

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2024/11/19

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Dr. Nicole Michaeli, a pediatric psychologist who specializes in comprehensive psychoeducational assessments. In this robust conversation, Dr. Michaeli shares all the differences between an IEP and a private comprehensive evaluation. She shares how they are inherently different and have different goals, leading to different results and recommendations that are used differently. She also shares some really great guidelines for

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12:26

337: Important Updates!

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2024/11/12

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, share some important updates from the last few months! Big changes comin’! 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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11:55

336: What Apps to Use to Support Your Learners...

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2024/11/05

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss apps in this episode of Learn Smarter: the Educational Therapy Podcast. Their take on apps and support mechanisms may be surprising. 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: Executive

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335: 14 Ways Learners Complicate their Lives...

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2024/10/29

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET have previously shared how executive functioning skills impacts all aspects of studenting (in fact, they’ve given this talk several times at various conferences and schools around the United States). Today, they dig deeper into how learners who struggle with executive functioning skills complicate their lives in order to exert control over their time and things. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to

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13:44

333: Steph’s Secret to Getting Kids to Use a Planner...

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2024/10/15

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET talk about calendaring and planning again! Steph shares a hack and offers up a freebie that should help reluctant planners see the benefits of exerting control over their time–rather than letting time control them. 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,

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332: Test Anxiety (Educational Therapy Series)

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2024/10/08

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET dig into test anxiety–what it is, why it happens and what to do about it. 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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28:56

331: My Ed Therapist’s Client Gigi and Why Mistakes...

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2024/10/01

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET chat with Gigi, a client of Steph’s at My Ed Therapist. Gigi’s mom, Laura, joined us on episode 198 titled “Trusting your Parental Instincts” which was a part of our Success Stories series. She shares her version of her story and how she came to work with Steph and why she enjoyed sessions with Steph so much. Gigi shares how things have evolved since starting intervention with Steph. She talks about how important advocacy is for her and her

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330: The Grades Formula (Educational Therapy Series)

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2024/09/24

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET talk about why grades aren’t reflective of knowledge alone and why that is frustrating for learners and parents. They chat about how grading is a lagging metric for parents, learners and clinicians. They also discuss the 3 foundational elements that have a crucial impact on grades. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our e-mail list Rachel’s Kapp Educational Therapy

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329: Foreign Language Requirement (Educational...

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2024/09/17

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the Foreign Language Requirement for the learners in their practices. They share their ideas and explore alternative but meaningful ways to satisfy this requirement. 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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15:46

328: Recalibrating Learner-Clinician Relationships...

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2024/09/10

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss a really critical event that can happen in the educational therapy process: a recalibration of learner-clinician expectation and relationship. In episode 219 (which was released August 2022) Rachel and Stephanie shared an episode called “Permission to Pivot”. In that episode they talked about permission to pivot with clients, within your business and permission to not have all the answers. This episode is an extension of that

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327: All About Dyscalculia with Dr. Sandra Elliott –...

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2024/09/03

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET continue the conversation with Dr. Sandra Elliott, Chief Academic Officer for Touch Math. She shares principles of helping learners with dyscalculia of 4 instructional strategies and learner strategies. She shares Dyscalculia do’s and don’ts. Be sure to subscribe to our Patreon to hear the extended conversation.Connect with Dr. Elliott: s.elliott@touchmath.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to

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