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354: When Session Progress Feels Slow (Educational Therapy Series) Apr 01, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how progress works in educational therapy. Some learners click immediately with the process which thrills the student, the parents, and educational therapists alike. However, sometimes this doesn’t happen and slow progress can be one of the more frustrating aspects of educational therapy for educational therapists, for parents, and for students. In this episode, Rachel and Stephanie talk through progress and dig into how they approach sessions when things aren’t working out as anticipated. 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: Ep 315: Sarah's Parenting Journey of a Highly Reluctant Learner (Client Success Story)

353: Why We Need to Teach Learners How to Google Mar 25, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how to help learners research quicker, faster and more effectively through getting specific, structured and neutral. They also give ideas about how to use AI to move learners through research faster. 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: Ep 286: How Educational Therapists Can Responsibly use Artificial Intelligence

352: Assuming Competence (Educational Therapy Series) Mar 18, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss the idea of assuming competence. They define the idea and talk about some challenges to be mindful of when assuming competence. 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

351: Alex’s Transformational Educational Therapy Story (Success Stories Series) Mar 11, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Alex, Rachel’s former client at Kapp Educational Therapy Group. Alex is a 2nd year college learner who began working with Rachel during his 1st year of college. In this episode they talked about the transformation that occurred during his work with Rachel including how valuable rules were, his comfortability around technology, and structure for his note taking and study skills. He shares how transformational educational therapy journey has been for him. 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: Ep 342: Email Templates All Learners Should Have (Educational Therapy Series)

350: Our Favorite Academic Accommodations Part 2 (Educational Therapy Series) Mar 04, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET complete their 4-part series about accommodations. In episode 347, they chatted about what accommodations are, why they’re important, and common misconceptions about them. Then in episode 348, they discussed why some accommodations don’t work as intended (despite the best of intentions). In last week’s episode, episode 349, they discussed some of their favorite accommodations. Listen today to hear the last 5 accommodations that they love and why. 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: Ep 347: All You Need to Know About Accommodations (Educational Therapy Series) Ep 348: Why Some Accommodations Don't Help (Educational Therapy Series) Ep 349: Our Favorite Academic Accommodations Part 1 (Educational Therapy Series)

349: Our Favorite Academic Accommodations Part 1 (Educational Therapy Series) Feb 25, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET continue their 4-part series about accommodations. In episode 347, they chatted about what accommodations are, why they’re important, and common misconceptions about them. Last week, in episode 348, they discussed why some accommodations don’t work as intended (despite the best of intentions). In today and next week’s episodes, Rachel and Steph dig into their top 10 favorite accommodations and discuss why they like them and how they are useful. 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: Ep 347: All You Need to Know About Accommodations (Educational Therapy Series) Ep 348: Why Some Accommodations Don't Help (Educational Therapy Series)

348: Why Some Accommodations Don’t Help (Educational Therapy Series) Feb 18, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, continue their 4-part series about accommodations. Last week they chatted about what accommodations are, why they’re important, and common misconceptions about them. Today they dig into why some accommodations don’t work as intended (despite the best of intentions). In the subsequent two episodes, Rachel and Steph will dig into their favorite accommodations and why. Other episodes mentioned: Ep 347: All You Need to Know About Accommodations (Educational Therapy Series) 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

347: All You Need to Know About Accommodations (Educational Therapy Series) Feb 11, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss accommodations in this episode. They discuss what they are, why they’re important, and common misconceptions about them. They dig into what makes accommodations different from modifications and different goals of accommodations for different ages and stages. Other episodes mentioned: Ep 318: An Adult Autism Diagnosis with Elizabeth (Professionals Series) 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

346: All About Body Doubling (Executive Functioning Series) Feb 04, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss body doubling in today’s episode. They chat about what it is and why it’s effective and discuss various examples of body doubling. 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

345: James’ Mom Ali and their Family’s Journey Back to Joy (Client Success Series) Jan 28, 2025

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Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Ali, James’ mom to the podcast. James was featured in episode 343 and today Ali talks about her experience as James navigated academic challenges in high school. She talks about how James’ relationship with Stephanie and his journey through ed therapy transformed their family life. She also shares how it took the pressure off her and James’ dad and about their own coachability as parents. Ali shares how relieved she is as a parent and how deeply grateful she was for Steph and James’ relationship. We also discuss the importance of thoughtfulness and intentionality when making decisions that impact mental health. 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: Ep 343: James' Educational Therapy Journey (Client Success Stories)

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