Best Stephanie Pitts Educational Therapists Podcasts (2024)

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313: What Parents Can Do In Between Sessions (Parenting Series) 18:34

15h ago18:34

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the tricky idea of intersession parent involvement in educational therapy intervention for middle school through college learners. They share the 3 different levels of parental involvement and how to establish agreements around what the learner and clinician need in each level. They…

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312: The 8 Reasons Learners Don’t Want to Email (Their Teachers) (Educational Therapy Series) 11:10

1d ago11:10

11:10

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share why learners push back about email and emailing their teachers in general 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 we…

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311: How to Know When to Delegate (Business Series) 13:01

19h ago13:01

13:01

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET are back to chatting about business! Today they share how to know when to delegate in your business and work through all the mindset issues that come about when giving up control. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our e-mail list…

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310: Learners Who Don’t Want Educational Therapy (Educational Therapy Series) 7:30

24d ago7:30

7:30

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the many reasons why some learners don’t want educational therapy. They also chat about why a learner’s willingness to participate is actually not a prerequisite to hire an educational therapist. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with …

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309: Pathological Demand Avoidance with Diane Gould 25:26

1M ago25:26

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Diane Gould to the podcast to discuss Pathological Demand Avoidance. She shares how she got interested in PDA, her involvement with bringing awareness to the USA, and how behavioral strategies don’t typically work for those with PDA. She explains how for those who have PDA it’s a ma…

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308: (Reair 56): Why You Should Do Educational Therapy Over the Summer (Time of the Year Series) 20:34

1M ago20:34

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET reshare episode 56 where they chat about why learners should do educational therapy over the summer. They share the numerous benefits to this type of intervention during a learner’s summer break. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join…

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307: Finishing the Year Strong (Time of the Year Series) 13:11

2M ago13:11

13:11

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET chat about what all clinicians, learners, teachers, and parents need to know to finish the academic year strong. We all want the learners we work with to thrive throughout the entire year and it is hard. In this episode, Rachel and Steph share their tips and tricks. Support us on Patreon: h…

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306: School-Related Questions: FAQ 3 (Educational Therapy Series) 22:55

2M ago22:55

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET complete their 3-part series where they answer a final round of Frequently Asked Questions. In episode 304, which aired 2 weeks ago, they tackled Digital Age Questions. In episode 305, they tackled parenting questions. This week they respond to frequently asked school-related questions incl…

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305: Parenting Questions: FAQ 2 (Educational Therapy Series) 19:17

2M ago19:17

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET continue their 3-part series where they answer a new round of Frequently Asked Questions. In episode 304, which aired last week, they tackled Digital Age Questions. Today they dig into frequently asked parenting questions like balancing being involved and allowing autonomy, motivation, cons…

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304: Digital Age Questions: FAQ 1 (Educational Therapy Series) 16:11

2M ago16:11

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET begin a 3-part series where they answer a new round of Frequently Asked Questions. In this episode, they tackle Digital Age Questions regarding screen time, productive use of technology, and parent technological savvy (or lack thereof). Join them the next two weeks where they tackle frequen…

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303: 3 Questions All Parents Should be Asking Their Learners (Educational Therapy Series) 7:51

2M ago7:51

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET answer this frequently asked parenting question: “What can I do to support my learner in between sessions?” In this episode, Rachel and Stephanie share the 3 questions parents should be asking their learners and how to implement this new daily strategy with their learners. Support us on Pat…

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302: The Roadblocks of Writing (Educational Therapy Series) 12:20

3M ago12:20

12:20

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET explore why writing meltdowns occur with learners. They chat about what makes writing difficult to begin with, what can make writing harder and how to understand the learners who struggle with writing. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us…

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301: Using Photos to Support Executive Functioning Skills (Executive Functioning Series) 13:13

3M ago13:13

13:13

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share the origin story of this episode and how it came about. They share about why we should be using tools that learners are already familiar with and examples of opportunities you can use photographs to reinforce your goals and work in session. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.c…

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300: Looking Back and Looking Forward 37:10

3M ago37:10

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome fellow educational therapist and their Director of Operations, Katrina Gonzalez, to celebrate their 300th episode. In this episode, Katrina interviews Rachel & Steph about their experiences with the podcast and on the podcast. They share behind the scenes stories, favorite episodes,…

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299: How to Make Clinical Notes Meaningful (Business Series) 12:53

3M ago12:53

12:53

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss clinical notes. They share why notes are important, what they need to do for you as a clinician, and what should actually be documented. 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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298: Rachel’s Calendaring & Executive Functioning Problem (Executive Functioning Series) 23:22

4M ago23:22

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET display their partnership in helping Rachel figure out how to best manage the family calendar moving forward. As the complexity increases and Rachel’s family life gets busier, she realizes that she needs more explicit rules about calendar management and Stephanie and Rachel work through the…

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297: Time Blindness (Educational Therapy Series) 16:04

4M ago16:04

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET revisit their earlier discussions regarding time blindness. Today they discuss what it is and why it matters. They chat about some benefits of time blindness and how one’s sense of time can be improved. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with u…

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296: Why (Some) Learners Aren’t Thriving…Yet (Educational Therapy Series) 9:14

4M ago9:14

9:14

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss why some learners haven’t started thriving yet and how we should be thinking about these learners, their motivations, and their challenges. They also dig into some ideas of what to do about it! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us…

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295: The Importance of Specificity in Praise and Feedback (Parenting Series) 7:12

4M ago7:12

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET round out their 3 episode arc on how parenting and educational therapy intersect. Two weeks ago they discussed why it’s important for parents to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Last week they chatted about the whys and hows of displaying failure, and today they dig into how praise…

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294: Displaying Failure (The Importance of Making Mistakes Out Loud in Front of Your Children) Parenting Series 18:11

5M ago18:11

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the importance of failing forward. Last week, they chatted about getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. Today they dig into why you want to show your learner or your partner failure and how to model it effectively in your home. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/l…

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293: How to Let Learners Be Uncomfortable (Parenting Series) 13:16

5M ago13:16

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, discuss the way parenting and educational therapy intersect. For the next 3 episodes, they are chatting about some of the more uncomfortable parts of parenting and how it impacts the work that they do as educational therapists. In this episode they discuss why it is important to learn to b…

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292: How Workflows Create More Free Time in your Business (Business Series) 17:34

5M ago17:34

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the importance of business workflows today. They discuss how having workflows specifically allowed them to free up time in their businesses, allowed them to teach other people how to do things, and created simplicity for their team and clients. Support us on Patreon: https://www.pat…

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Happy Holidays! 0:54

5M ago0:54

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Listen for a special holiday message from Rachel and Steph. 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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291: How to Support Reading Comprehension through Inferencing (Reading Series) 8:27

5M ago8:27

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how inferencing supports reading comprehension. They go into detail about inference, why it’s important, and how to guide readers to thinking, understanding and using inferencing to support reading comprehension. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How…

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290: Re-Air 175: What to do About Learners Who Lie (Part 2) (Educational Therapy Series) 9:51

6M ago9:51

9:51

In this re-air of episode 175, Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET continue the conversation from last week and discuss what they do about learners who lie, avoid reality and avoid the truth. They share some tips and tricks they’ve learned along the way that have dramatically helped the learners in their practices. Support us…

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289: Re-Air: Why Learners Lie (Part 1) (Educational Therapy Series) 14:49

6M ago14:49

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET re-air an important episode about the many reasons why learners lie. Be sure to listen next week when they talk about what to do about learners who lie. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our e-mail list Rachel’s Kapp Educational …

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288: Task Initiation and Completion with Adult Client Nicholas (Client Success Stories) 29:11

6M ago29:11

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Rachel’s adult client Nicholas to the podcast. He talks about his processing issue, professional journey, struggles with task initiation, and how to know when things are done. He talks about how educational therapy has simplified his ability to manage his time and himself digitally …

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287: Do you need an Educational Therapist or a tutor? (Educational Therapy Series) 14:27

6M ago14:27

14:27

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET are frequently asked by parents, “Do I need an educational therapist or a tutor?”. Today, they answer this question in depth, digging into the nuances of both, the differences, and if it’s more appropriate to hire a tutor. They also discuss what an appropriate educational therapist and tuto…

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286: How Educational Therapists Can Responsibly use Artificial Intelligence 12:29

7M ago12:29

12:29

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share how educational therapists can responsibly and ethically use AI to their advantage. They talk about their initial reaction to AI as well as some ideas of how to use AI to support the work that they’re doing with their educational therapy clients. Support us on Patreon: https://www.pat…

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285: Why We Should be Encouraging a Minimum Viable Product for Writing (Writing Series) 17:03

7M ago17:03

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET re-share the idea of Minimum Viable Product when it comes to writing and project management. They chat about keeping the ultimate goal in mind and scaffolding achievement in that way. They also further explore the idea of productive struggle and how that is an important component of making …

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284: Remembering Your Why (Business Series) 16:35

7M ago16:35

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET reminisce about their origin story, why they were attracted to educational therapy and how their friendship influenced their life trajectories. They share why it’s important to remember your “why” and what they’d tell themselves if they could go back in time. Support us on Patreon: https://…

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283: Executive Functioning Skills Expectations (Executive Functioning Series) 13:04

7M ago13:04

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share how they struggled with this episode. They talk about how comparison impacts adult expectations, the importance of independence incrementally, how masking works and the importance of recalibrating expectations. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to …

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282: Next Level Calendaring (Executive Functioning Series) 12:16

8M ago12:16

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss new language around calendaring and how it can magnify the impact of calendaring on the life of learners. 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 The…

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281: Calendar Checklist for College Learners (Executive Functioning Series) 19:54

8M ago19:54

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the different executive functioning needs of college learners. They share what college students need to consider as well as our Calendaring for College Learners checklist. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our e-mail list…

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280: The Executive Functioning of the Learn Smarter Podcast (Business Practices Series) 21:27

8M ago21:27

21:27

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, are back to share some behind-the-scenes news about how the podcast is produced. Additionally they share some personal news, an update about YouTube and the exciting news that Learn Smarter Pro is back! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with …

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279: Educational Therapy in High School with Cooper (Client Success Stories) 23:26

8M ago23:26

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Rachel’s client, Cooper, to the podcast. Cooper talks about the impact of educational therapy on his academic journey. He shares what sessions are like with Rachel and they discuss self-advocacy. Cooper talks about his initial reluctance about educational therapy, how he got on boa…

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278: Resilience as a Learned Skill with My Ed Therapist Clinic Director and Educational Therapist Eric Kaufmann 14:40

9M ago14:40

14:40

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, are joined by Eric Kaufmann, the Clinic Director and Professional Educational Therapist from My Ed Therapist. Today he talks about resilience–what it is, what it’s like when a student is resilient, and how to build resilience at school, home, and in life. Support us on Patreon: https://www…

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277: Catie Chase – How to Work with a Learning Specialist (Professionals Series) 23:15

9M ago23:15

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome college coach for neurodiverse learners and life coach, Catie Chase. She chats about her previous role as a school learning support specialist and what the ideal collaboration with outside professionals and parents is like. She shares the idea of core competencies of that partnershi…

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276: Reair: Online Portal Pitfalls (Executive Functioning Series) 18:44

9M ago18:44

18:44

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET dig into everything online portals in this re-air of episode 123. Online portals have long been a sore subject for educational therapists. They are not perfect systems, but they do have so much potential to benefit the lives of learners. Today, Rachel & Steph tackle the pitfalls of online p…

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275: Building Learner Confidence with My Ed Therapist’s Educational Therapist Ali Guydan (Local Professionals Series) 21:46

9M ago21:46

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Ali Guydan, an educational therapist from My Ed Therapist, to the podcast. Ali joins the podcast to talk about what brought her to educational therapy and how she was inspired to create change. She shares her ideas about confidence, how it impacts core beliefs and directly relates t…

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274: The Silent Suffering of Problem Solving (Executive Functioning Series) 14:42

9M ago14:42

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, discuss how problem solving is an often overlooked but major problem for learners. They chat about what they mean by “problem solving” and what it looks like both in and out of the classroom. They also share why this is an important conversation educational therapists should be having amon…

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273: Math Accommodations with Adrianne Meldrum (Math Series) 16:07

10M ago16:07

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome back Adrianne Meldrum, CEO and Founder of Made for Math. Last week she taught us all about multisensory math and this week we’re talking about math accommodations. She breaks down accommodations into different categories including: input accommodations, procedural accommodations, ve…

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272: Multisensory Math with Adrianne Meldrum (Math Series) 31:34

10M ago31:34

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Adrianne Meldrum, CEO of Made for Math, to the podcast. She shares her background and how she came to understanding multisensory math and explains the 5 components of multisensory math. She shares how learners with academic challenges benefit from multisensory math and she shares s…

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271: Reair: Math and Executive Functioning Woes (Math Series) 15:23

10M ago15:23

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Rachel & Steph dig into how executive functioning impacts math functioning and ability. They break down executive functioning when it comes to math and talk about frequent challenges of learners who struggle with math because of executive functioning. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join ou…

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270: Learning Intervention in Action with Kapp Educational Therapy Group’s Learning Specialist Deanna Tayag (Local Professionals Series) 24:13

10M ago24:13

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Deanna Tayag to the podcast. Deanna is a learning specialist at Kapp Educational Therapy Group who really prioritizes the social-emotional connection with learners to help them to be vulnerable and explore their own learning profiles. Through a discussion about two fictional client…

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269: Reconsidering Metacognitive Strategies (Educational Therapy Series) 8:33

11M ago8:33

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, share their tips and tricks for helping learners to understand themselves from a metacognitive perspective. They discussed metacognition in episode 239 where they went over what it is, why it is important, and how to have reflective and collaborative conversations to encourage metacognitiv…

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268: Dr. Jeremy Sharp – When and Why You Should Reassess Your Learner (Professionals Series) 30:57

11M ago30:57

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome back friend of the podcast, Dr. Jeremy Sharp. Dr. Sharp is a licensed psychologist who owns and operates The Colorado Center for Assessment & Psychology. He also hosts the Testing Psychologist podcast, which has featured Rachel and Stephanie before. They dig into assessments and whe…

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267: College Learning Disability Specialist Elizabeth Hamblet and 7 Steps to College Success (Author Series) 39:42

11M ago39:42

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome back College Learning Disability Specialist Elizabeth Hamblet to discuss her new book 7 Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities. She discusses the origin story of the book and the disconnect between what college disability services can do for learners and …

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266: Breaking Down an Essay Prompt (Writing Series) 15:26

11M ago15:26

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, discuss how to break down an essay prompt. This is a long overdue topic on the podcast and Rachel and Stephanie explain why essays are so hard for learners and how to guide learners through a multistep process to produce essays with greater ease and less stress and avoidance. Support us on…

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265: The Importance of Recalibration (Business Practices Series) 10:54

12M ago10:54

10:54

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, discuss the importance of recalibration as a professional. The idea often makes people (particularly women) uncomfortable, but in this episode, Rachel and Stephanie discuss what recalibration is and why it’s critically important. They also discuss when recalibration can become necessary, w…

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