Hosted by School Can't Australia · 🇺🇸 US · EN-AU · 65 episodes
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For parents and caregivers of young people who struggle to attend school, and related education and health professionals. We share experiences and insights into what is going on for our young people and how we can offer support.
School Can't Australia hosts The School Can't Experience, a kids show with 65 episodes published.
We're taking a short break over the school holidays, so this week we're revisiting one of our favourite episodes from the archive. Emma Brooksby , Managing Director at U&I Educational Partners, ADHDer, and former school
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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 conduct
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. R
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 every
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
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
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
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 ther
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 F
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 de
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 di
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, neurodiver
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
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
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 muc
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 inten
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-norma
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
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 ran
Rachel
high school choir teacher · Western Washington
2 appearances on this show
Judith
leadership coach · Awakened & Anchored
1 appearance on this show
Jodie
nurse · Food for Love
1 appearance on this show
Billy Garvey
expert in neurodiversity, clinician · drbillygarvey
1 appearance on this show
Laura
MegalithHunter · Awakenings Online
1 appearance on this show
Jessica
Doctor of Physical Therapy · Jessica in the Kitchen
1 appearance on this show
Linda Graham
Professor · Queensland University of Technology
1 appearance on this show
Claire
Gold Coast-based pain neuroscience physiotherapist · Stars Aligned Tarot
1 appearance on this show
Dawn Adams
founder and CEO of OHM (Open Heart Ministry) Publishing Co. · Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre
1 appearance on this show
Diana
primarily in charge of the wedding side of the business · Gidea Insbrok
1 appearance on this show
Mark
student pursuing massage therapy · Super*Review
1 appearance on this show
Simone
Flow and Nervous System Coach · Black Vegas
1 appearance on this show
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