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- 🇦🇺AU · Parenting#20300K to 1M
- 🇮🇳IN · Parenting#1631K to 10K
- 🇳🇿NZ · Parenting#145500 to 3K
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#64 - Burnout and School Can't: Telltale Signs, Myths to Unlearn, What Helps
Jun 22, 2026
42m 50s
#63 - Designing a Nervous System Friendly Home with Cecilia Macaulay
Jun 15, 2026
45m 31s
#62 - School Attendance Plans: Red Flags, Research and What Actually Works with Tiffany Westphal
Jun 8, 2026
41m 21s
#61 - Rachel's Lived Experience: What School Flexibility Looks Like for a PDA Child
Jun 1, 2026
39m 50s
#60 - Why School Can't Kids Struggle with Self Care & Hygiene & What Actually Helps, with Laura Hellfeld
May 25, 2026
48m 41s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/22/26 |  #64 - Burnout and School Can't: Telltale Signs, Myths to Unlearn, What Helps | Get in touch? Email us at schoolcantpodcast@gmail.com with your feedback, suggestions or to volunteer to share your School Can't experience. This episode takes a different shape from our usual format. Rather than a single guest, it draws together voices from more than a dozen past guests and lived experience parents to build a fuller picture of burnout. At its centre is a reframe: burnout isn't a medical disorder or a character flaw, it's a nervous system response to chronic stress, closer to... | 42m 50s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 |  #63 - Designing a Nervous System Friendly Home with Cecilia Macaulay | Permaculture designer Cecilia Macaulay joins host Leisa Reichelt for a surprising but genuinely practical conversation about how the design of our home environments can either add to or reduce the nervous system burden on School Can't families. Drawing on 34 years of permaculture design, and on Japanese cultural practices she's studied over decades, Cecilia introduces the idea that home can be designed to work for us rather than against us, without requiring willpower, discipline, or a big cl... | 45m 31s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 |  #62 - School Attendance Plans: Red Flags, Research and What Actually Works with Tiffany Westphal | Tiffany Westphal, director of School Can't Australia, joins host Leisa Reichelt to discuss a common stressful experience facing School Can't families: the school attendance plan. Drawing on recent survey research conducted with the School Can't Australia community, Tiffany reveals some genuinely shocking findings, including that 46% of families were presented with an attendance plan with no prior consultation, 29% were never consulted at all, and 73% felt pressured to agree to a plan they did... | 41m 21s | ||||||
| 6/1/26 |  #61 - Rachel's Lived Experience: What School Flexibility Looks Like for a PDA Child | Rachel, a parent from southern Tasmania, joins host Leisa Reichelt to share her lived experience supporting her son, now in Year 11 and engaged with school, through what has been anything but a straightforward journey. Rachel's son is autistic with PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance, or Pervasive Demand for Autonomy), ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia and a high IQ. That combination created enormous challenges in settings that weren't designed to accommodate his needs. But also enormous possibilitie... | 39m 50s | ||||||
| 5/25/26 |  #60 - Why School Can't Kids Struggle with Self Care & Hygiene & What Actually Helps, with Laura Hellfeld | Consulting nurse Laura Hellfeld joins host Leisa Reichelt to explore one of the least-talked-about challenges facing School Can't families - hygiene and self-care. When young people are in burnout, the capacity for everyday self-care tasks like showering, brushing teeth and eating can quietly disappear, often leaving parents feeling confused, worried, and like they're somehow failing. Laura explains why this happens, drawing on nervous system science, interoception, sensory processing and ... | 48m 41s | ||||||
| 5/18/26 |  #59 - From Reluctant Homeschooler to Community Builder with Corinne Smith from KinHub | Corinne Smith describes herself as a "reluctant homeschooler". Someone who never planned to be home educating, but who found herself there after her child experienced School Can't from preschool onwards, through multiple school settings, including Montessori. Rather than retreat, Corinne founded KinHub, a registered charity in Sydney's Inner West. Kinhub is a a community built specifically for kids who don't fit into mainstream school and the families who are holding it all together al... | 39m 00s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 |  #58 - I Missed Half My Schooling and Never Knew Why - Judith's Lived Experience | Judith came across School Can't Australia on the internet and suddenly, something that had puzzled her for over sixty years finally had a name. Now 66, Judith grew up missing roughly half her schooling. Nobody called it School Can't. Nobody really knew what to do. And for most of her adult life, she'd assumed her experience was unique until she stumbled across the School Can't community and realised how familiar her story would sound to families navigating this today. In this episode, Judith ... | 35m 48s | ||||||
| 5/4/26 |  #57 - What families taught us: insights from our first 50 episodes | We've just passed 50 episodes of The School Can't Experience — and many of those have been lived experience episodes: families coming on to tell us what School Can't has actually been like for them in real life. In going back through all of those episodes to prepare this one, something became very clear. Different families, different states, different children, different journeys — but so many of the same themes appearing again and again Episodes mentioned — listen to the full stories Ep 7 — ... | 40m 45s | ||||||
| 4/27/26 |  #56 - Why Teacher Relationships Matter with Dr Kate Renshaw | Play and filial therapist Dr. Kate Renshaw joins host Leisa Reichelt to explore how play therapy can support children and families experiencing School Can’t, especially when kids struggle with traditional talk-based therapies. Kate describes why play therapy is developmentally sensitive and how the family-based approach, filial therapy can be powerful for both parent and child. She discusses creating consistent, relationally safe support across home and school. This episode also e... | 41m 05s | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  #55 - Jodie's Lived Experience | In this week’s episode, Sydney mum, Jodie, shares her lived experience of School Can’t with host Leisa Reichelt. Jodie’s teenage daughter experienced a sudden mental health and School Can’t crisis after a house move in February 2025, following earlier anxiety, social struggles and bullying. As her daughter became severely dysregulated, ran away, and experienced suicidal ideation, Jodie describes intense pressure from school and clinicians to force attendance and make home “less comfort... | 42m 50s | ||||||
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| 4/13/26 |  #54 - Billy Garvey’s tips for supporting School Can’t Kids | Dr Billy Garvey joins us on the School Can’t Experience Podcast to discuss why it shouldn’t be considered normal for children to struggle at school, and how the education system often fails to meet kids’ emotional and developmental needs. Together with host Leisa Reichelt, they explore early intervention and trusting parental instincts, the harms of dismissing distress as “just a phase,” and why trauma and bullying don’t build resilience. Billy emphasises agency and autonomy, rela... | 52m 25s | ||||||
| 4/7/26 |  #53 - Lucette's Lived Experience | Lucette, a mum of two neurodivergent girls, education advocate and author, speaks with our host, Leisa Reichelt about a School Can’t journey that began as “Daycare Can’t” and “Kinder Can’t.” Lucette describes years of difficult drop-offs, restraint collapse, and escalating distress—including absconding and family crisis—before her eldest child, ‘Big A’, was identified as autistic and ADHD with high sensory needs, and the family began using more PDA-aligned, low-demand communication. Des... | 1h 02m 25s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 |  #52 - Laura's Lived Experience | This week we welcome Laura, a nurse and mum of three in Victoria, to share her family’s experience supporting her 15-year-old daughter, Mimi, through ongoing School Can’t. Laura describes Mimi’s early anxiety, neurodivergence, and how returning to school after COVID intensified distress, leading to escalating attendance struggles in high school, especially without close friendships and with limited school wellbeing capacity. She explains the daily realities of getting out the door... | 45m 20s | ||||||
| 3/24/26 |  #51 - Jessica's Lived Experience | This week we welcomed Jessica, an OT and mother of two neurodivergent children, to share her lived experience of School Can’t. Jess’s eldest child experienced early anxiety and separation difficulties through escalating distress in primary school. Jess describes navigating borderline ADHD diagnosis, later recognising broader neurodivergence, trialling and stopping stimulants due to aggression on comedown, and finding both supportive and adverse school interactions. After a severe ... | 47m 09s | ||||||
| 3/16/26 |  #50 - Professor Linda Graham on Inclusive Education | Professor Linda Graham (Queensland University of Technology), Director of the QUT Centre for Inclusive Education, joins host, Leisa Reichelt to discuss research showing that universally accessible teaching and assessment improves outcomes for neurodivergent students and benefits all learners. Professor Graham shares her own experience of being pushed out of school, her pathway to university, and her commitment to changing education for students like herself and her neurodivergent childr... | 49m 26s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 |  #49 - Student Voice - Claire & Althea’s Lived Experience | Host Leisa Reichelt is joined by 18-year-old Althea and her mum, Claire to talk about about Althea’s School Can’t experience through high school in Melbourne. After early positive years at school COVID stuck, meaning much of Years 7–8 were done on Zoom, disrupting connection and engagement with school. By Years 9–10 sensory overwhelm was escalating but getting accommodations involved battles, meanwhile academic pressures and worsening mental health led made it harder and harder fo... | 42m 30s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 |  #48 - Rachel's Lived Experience - What an OT Can Do for School Can't | Rachel, a School Can’t mum and occupational therapist, joins host Leisa Reichelt to talk about her family’s experience supporting her child through severe school distress and School Can’t. Rachel describes years of intense support, including leaving work for three years and spending hours daily on school grounds, difficulties with school responses, and the impact on the whole family during COVID, before transitioning to home education to reduce stress and improve wellbeing. They d... | 39m 06s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 |  #47 - Insights from School Can't Research with Dawn Adams, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC) | Leisa Reichelt speaks with autism researcher and clinical psychologist Dawn Adams (OTARC, La Trobe University) about what the latest School Can’t research is showing. Dawn shares international insights on how neuro-normative school policy and assessment can drive school distress, and why lived experience and co-designed research matter. She outlines OTARC findings that child anxiety can predict later school non-attendance years in advance, and that an autism-specific, parent-based anxie... | 43m 23s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 |  #46 Individual Learning Plans that really work with Emma-Rose Parsons | Psychologist Emma-Rose Parsons joins host, Leisa Reichelt to discuss how Individual Learning Plans (ILPs/IEPs) can become practical, neurodiversity-affirming tools rather than “tick-the-box” paperwork. Emma-Rose explains ILPs should document reasonable adjustments, support equal access to curriculum and school life, and help schools meet obligations under relevant disability and equal opportunity legislation—ideally through true collaboration with parents and, where possible, students. ... | 45m 29s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  #45 - What I Wish I Knew Earlier - Lived Experience Panel | This week we bring you a special live recording of the Lived Experience panel from the launch of the 'Understanding School Can’t' ebook. Featuring previous podcast guests Diana, Mark, Simone, and Yani, the discussion ranges draws from their personal journeys and explores the challenges they faced with School Can’t, and the wisdom they wish they had known earlier. The panel offers powerful reflections on the importance of community, dealing with isolation and stress, and practical advice on ... | 32m 01s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 |  #44 - Understanding School Can't with Tiffany Westphal and Louise Rogers | In the first episode of the 2026 School Can't Experience Podcast, host Leisa Reichelt discusses the challenges 'School Can't,' with the Directors of School Can't Australia, Tiffany Westphal and Louise Rogers and discuss some of the content of the new ebook, Understanding School Can’t published by School Can’t Australia in January. Download a copy of the Understanding School Can’t ebook here: https://www.schoolcantaustralia.com.au/minibook We explore the early and often missed signs of School ... | 48m 12s | ||||||
| 12/23/25 |  2025 Year End Update and Reflection | You're invited to attend the virtual launch of School Can't Australia's new ebook. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/resource-launch-understanding-school-can-t-a-guide-for-parents-and-carers Please help us plan content for next years episodes - send your feedback and ideas to schoolcantpodcast@gmail.com or send us a text. Send us Fan Mail Support the show School Can’t Australia Facebook Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolphobiaschoolrefusalaustralia If this po... | 3m 24s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 |  #43 - Wendy's Lived Experience | Welcome to the School Can't Experience Podcast hosted by Leisa Reichelt. In this episode, Wendy, a high school teacher and foster parent, shares her story of caring for her foster son Jax, who has struggled with school attendance for several years. Wendy shares the various challenges they have faced with the education system, their experiences with foster care, and their journey towards finding an appropriate learning environment for Jax where he is now truly seen, understood and supported.&n... | 35m 09s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 |  #42 - Tanya Valentin on School Can't Parental Grief and Transformation | In this episode, host Leisa Reichelt is joined by Tanya Valentin, a neuro-affirming family coach from New Zealand. Tanya shares her journey of discovering her neurodivergence and her family's experiences with school burnout and autism. They discuss the challenges, grief, and shame faced by parents, and the transformative power of finding new paths to education and parenting. Tanya also talks about the resources and support available for families dealing with similar issues. Tune i... | 47m 07s | ||||||
| 11/24/25 |  #41 - ICYMI - Home Education: Busting Myths and Misunderstandings with Pavlina McMaster | In this episode of the School Can't Experience Podcast, host Leisa Reichelt is joined by Pavlina McMaster, Coordinator at the Home Education Network to shed light on some common myths about Home Education, including: Myth #1:Home Education is a last resortMyth #2: I have to work so don’t have time to Home EducateMyth #3: I’m not smart/educated enough to teach my kidsMyth #4: Home Education restricts our kids future opportunitiesMyth #5: Home Education kids miss out on social opportuniti... | 33m 06s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
4 placements across 3 markets.
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4 placements across 3 markets.