Learn Smarter Podcast

Learn Smarter Podcast


Latest Episodes

81: Getting your Body Ready for Learning with Annie Mori (Local Professionals Series)
November 19, 2019

Today, Annie Mori joins Rachel & Steph to discuss occupational therapy. She talks about when it’s appropriate to make a referral to occupational therapy. She takes them through a conversation about penmanship and the overarching systems at play that ca...

80: Steph’s Favorite Middle/High School Math Games (Math Series)
November 12, 2019

Today’s episode is a complimentary episode to episode 64. Steph, the game guru, shares her favorite middle and high school math games. Steph breaks them all down, explains why she loves them and how she differentiates each game for each learner.

79: The 4 excuses kids have for not calendaring (Executive Function Series)
November 05, 2019

Building a calendar can be met with a lot of obstacles. In this episode, Rachel & Steph go over the 4 excuses kids have for not calendaring. Of course, they dig deep into the objections and chat about how they respond to the excuses.  

78: How to Calendar like a Pro (Executive Function Series)
October 29, 2019

Today, Rachel & Steph dive back into a favorite topic at Learn Smarter: calendaring! They give an update on Rachel’s calendaring experiment and talk about the goals of a calendar. Then they share their favorite pro-tips for Google Calendar (their calen...

77: Autism with Dr. Albert Knapp (Local Professionals Series)
October 22, 2019

Rachel & Steph welcome Autism expert Dr. Albert Knapp to the podcast. Dr. Knapp talks about the changes to the DSM recently. They chat about the shame associated with the diagnosis.  Dr. Knapp talks about the differences in diagnoses between boys and g...

76: Thinking About Thinking (Educational Therapy Series)
October 15, 2019

Rachel & Steph tackle metacognition today! Metacognition or “thinking about thinking” is critical to the success of educational therapy. Rachel & Steph talk about what metacognition means for educational therapists and why it’s important.

75: Being on the Same Team with Ezra Werb (Author Series)
October 08, 2019

Rachel & Steph are thrilled to welcome the first member of their cohort onto their podcast, Ezra Werb. The three of them met in graduate school when they were becoming educational therapists. Ezra is the author of a new book titled “Teach for Attention...

74: How to Increase Reading Comprehension (Reading Series)
October 01, 2019

In this follow up episode, Rachel and Steph dig deeper into how to increase reading comprehension with their learners. This episode is a partner episode to episode 71 where they dig into the biggest secret of reading comprehension. In this episode,

73: A Parenting Evolution with Karen (Student Success Stories)
September 24, 2019

In this episode of the Student Success Stories series, Steph introduces us to Karen, who is a parent in her practice, My Ed Therapist in Redondo Beach, CA. Karen shares her parenting journey, what brought her family to educational therapy,

72: P.O.P. Academy (Executive Function Series)
September 17, 2019

Rachel & Steph are excited to announce P.O.P. Academy. This new program is the newest launch from Kapp Educational Therapy Group and My Ed Therapist. Rachel & Steph discuss how and why this program came about and the impact that it will have on the liv...