The Learning Capacity Podcast

Topics covered

•Running and out-of-school learning business

•Learning difficulties

•Growth Mindset

•Using neuroscience programs to develop learning

•Coaching parents to support their children

•Support groups for women in business

People & organisations mentioned

•Dr Norman Doidge

•Carol Dweck

•Kerwin Rae

•Gary Vaynerchuk

•Wollondilly Women in Business,

•Women with Altitude

•Mums in Business

Resources/books/articles/places mentioned

•The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr Norman Doidge

•Sarah 2.0: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Inflammation

•www.brainwiselearning.com.au

•Barbara Arrowsmith

Topics covered

•Progress on rehabilitation after brain inflammation

•Effects of brain inflammation including:Auditory processing difficulties

Chronic pain

Paralysis

Fatigue

Mental & Physical weakness

Vertigo

Memory loss

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

People & organisations mentioned

•Dr Norman Doidge

•World Age Group Triathlon Championships,

Resources/books/articles/places mentioned

•The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr Norman Doidge

•Fast ForWord - cognitive and language training program

•Yoga

•Reading Assistant - online reading aloud practice & coaching

Topics covered

•How to dress for job interviews

People & organisations mentioned

•That's My Style

•https://thatsmystyle.com.au/

•https://www.instagram.com/thatsmystyle_bybernadette/

Topics covered

•Rehabilitation after brain inflammation

People & organisations mentioned

•Monique Peter at Learning Well MacArthur

•Dr Norman Doidge

•Dr Bernie Siegel

•Celine Dion

Resources/books/articles/places mentioned

•The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr Norman Doidge

•Fast ForWord - cognitive and language training program

Topics covered

•Coaching for parents of autistic children

•Using the child's strengths

•The role of "stories" in forming a parent's mindset

People & organisations mentioned

•Autism360

•Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)

•Maria Sharapova

•Kodi Lee

•America's Got Talent

Topics covered

•The meaning of 16 terms used in discussions of learning difficulties

Topics covered

•Individual Learning Plans (ILP)

•Individual Education Plans (IEP)

•ILP meetings

•Roles of teachers, parents, tutors, speech pathologists, occupational therapists

•Neurodiversity, including ASD, ADHD, ADD, anxiety, depression.

People & organisations mentioned

•Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme

Resources mentioned

•Disability Discrimination Act

•Disability Standards for Education

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Topics covered

•How artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used in education

•What the future might be for AI in education & learning

•A teacher's experience with an AI enhanced online learning program

•Brain plasticity

•Educational neuroscience

•Dyslexia and other reading disabilities

•The Enigma Machine

•Algorithms

People & organisations mentioned

•"The Brain That Changes Itself" by Dr Norman Doidge

•Sir Ken Robinson

•Alan Turing

•Winston Churchill

•Professor John McCarthy

•Ita Buttrose of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Resources/books/articles/places mentioned

•The City of Parkes in New South Wales

•Bletchley Park, UK

•Dartmouth College, USA

•USA Education Sector Report

•Individualized Education Programs

•Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

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Topics covered

•Why family involvement is beneficial for students' learning

•Ways to involve parents, carers and other family members

•Teachers and the tutoring relationship

•Homework & parent support

People & organisations mentioned

•Professor John Hattie

•Tandem Tutoring

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Topics covered

•What is Plain Engish?

•Examples of Plain English

•Why it's important

•How to learn to write in Plain English

•Tips for Plain English writers

People & organisations mentioned

•Winston Churchill

•Former US President Ronald Reagan

•The movie "Amadeus"

•The Law Reform Commission of Victoria

•Google

•Fawlty Towers and John Cleese

•C.S. Lewis

•Shakespeare

Resources mentioned

•Grammerly App

•Hemingway App

•The Cambridge Dictionary

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