Learn Smarter Podcast

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 T...

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 li...

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 abo...

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...

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:...

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 Thera...

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 result...

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

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 ...

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...

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’...

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 , @myedtherapis...

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 ev...

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/lea...

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...

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, withi...

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...

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Dr. Sandra Elliott, Chief Academic Officer for Touch Math. She shares how she came to focus on math, special needs, and dyscalculia and she clearly defines dyscalculia. She shares that dyscalculia is as prevalent as dyslexia among learners. Dr. Elliott also shares how dyscalculia has had bad marketing. Be sure to listen next week t...

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome back neuropsychologist Dr. Karen Wilson, who has a private practice in Los Angeles. She is also the founder of ChildNexus, a platform that connects vetted professionals and parents. Karen shares about why individuals seek out assessment and the differences between all the types of assessments. Be sure to listen to our Patreon where...

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET reshare how business mindset and limiting beliefs have impacted their business. 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: http...

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome executive functioning expert, Marydee Sklar for a continuation of their conversation. Be sure to check out part 1 if you haven’t already! This week, we dig deeper into how emotions and the brain impact our executive functioning. Marydee shares how COVID impacted executive functioning for many and also talks with us about how high a...

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome executive functioning expert, Marydee Sklar. In this first part of our two-part conversation, Marydee shares her background, including how she struggled with time management for much of her life. She explains how crucial it is to understand the relationship between time, the brain, and our emotions. Be sure to catch the second part...

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET reshare a wonderful and important episode this week: Episode 201: Executive Functioning with Peg Dawson.  The school year is around the corner and executive functioning is such a huge part of school and life success.  In this episode, Peg talks about modifying the environment, keeping the supports while habits form and how getting started...

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Alissa Opfer to the podcast. Alissa is a learning specialist at My Ed Therapist and she is joining us today to talk about her journey leaving the classroom environment. She shares why she struggled leaving the classroom and what she has learned since leaving the classroom. Alissa also shares what she would tell others who are thin...

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET talk about how weaker executive functioning skills lead to challenges with making decisions. In episode 274: The Silent Suffering of Problem Solving , they addressed what we mean when we talk about problem solving and why it’s important. In this episode, they further chat about why decision making is often very emotional and difficult for...