Learn Smarter Podcast

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, welcome Leah Kuypers, occupational therapist and creator and founder of The Zones of Regulation. Leah shares how the Zones give us a common language to communicate about our emotions and understand what is happening on the inside. Together, they unpack what being “regulated” actually means and why it looks different depending on the person, the environment, and the demands of the moment. They also discuss how we are all working on regul

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome registered dietician Jackie Silver, who specializes in nutrition for neurodivergent people. She talks about executive functioning systems for food, making the mealtime environment fun, and how to introduce new foods. Jackie also addresses how to find opportunities to explore foods outside mealtime and what she wants parents with neurodivergent kids to know about food and eating. Connect with Jackie Silver: www.jackiesilvernutrit

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET welcome Dr. Oren Boxer, pediatric neuropsychologist, to discuss agency. They chat about how learners feel control and how agency is a bioeducational necessity. He shares prediction for movement IS executive functioning. They talk about the role of the parent in providing scaffolding and agency. Dr. Boxer shares that kids who have chores have less anxiety and depression (because it’s giving them agency). He shares the link between chores,

Last week, Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, discussed what learners say versus what educational therapists hear. This week, they flip the conversation and talk about what parents say—and what educational therapists hear underneath those words. Rachel and Stephanie share some of the phrases they hear from parents all the time. They discuss how these statements can give educational therapists and teachers important information about a family’s frustration, exhaustion, ex

Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET, discuss the things learners say all the time—and what educational therapists hear underneath those words. From “I don’t care” and “I forgot” to “I’ll do it later” and “I already studied,” Rachel and Stephanie explain why these statements often tell us much more about a learner’s executive functioning, anxiety, overwhelm, avoidance, or skill gaps than we might initially think. They share how adults can easily interpret these statements a

Newsflash: there is no such thing as an academic emergency. In this re-air of episode 90, Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET share what an academic emergency is, how parents can respond to a perceived emergency, and what some strategies are for preventing them. They also dig into how to keep long term goals in mind when these situations arise. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnsmarterpodcast How to connect with us: Join our e-mail list Rachel’s Kapp Edu