411: Re-air: Emotionally Charged Task Avoidance (Educational Therapy Series)

About this episode

Rachel Kapp and Stephanie Pitts discuss emotional responses to task avoidance in learners and share insights from their experiences.

In this re-air of episode 190, Rachel Kapp, M.Ed., BCET, and Stephanie Pitts, M.Ed., BCET discuss how the learners they work with at Kapp Educational Therapy Group and My Ed Therapist ALL have some emotional response to tasks that they avoid. Rachel and Steph dig into this–they talk about what it means, what it looks like, how to figure it out through getting curious, and some examples from their own experiences. 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

People in this episode

Hosts: Rachel Kapp, Stephanie Pitts

Topics covered

• emotional response
• task avoidance
• educational therapy
• learner experiences
• curiosity in learning

Keywords

• emotional response
• task avoidance
• educational therapy
• learner engagement
• curiosity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kapp Educational Therapy Group, My Ed Therapist

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