The School Can't Experience

About The School Can't Experience

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.

Publisher

School Can't Australia

Category

education · health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Feb 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   #75 - When Distress Turns Inward: Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts, with Yellow Ladybugs' Katie & Natasha

   This episode is a collaboration between School Can't Australia and Yellow Ladybugs made possible through funding from the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Grant. This is the second of two special episodes with Yellow Ladybugs, who are dedicated to the happiness, success, and celebration of autistic girls, women, and gender diverse folk. Leisa is joined again by founder Katie Koullas and Natasha Staheli. In the first episode of this series, they talked about distress that is channel...

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Hard Doesn't Mean Wrong: Rethinking Parental Stress with Jackie Hall - Listener Favourite

   This week we're revisiting our conversation with Jackie Hall, first released as Episode 13. Since we recorded this conversation, Jackie has made her programs available free of charge. That includes a nine week autism parenting program, and Inside Autism, a 16 video neuroaffirming training series for teachers, educators, allied health professionals, support workers, counsellors and others supporting Autistic children and young people. Links are in the resources below. Jackie Hall is a counsell...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Two Sides of the School Can't - Simone & Yani's Lived Experience - Listener Favourite

   We're taking a short break over the school holidays, so this week we're revisiting one of our most special episodes from the archive, the first time we've ever had a parent and their young person on the podcast together. Simone and Yani joined us to share their long journey with School Can't, telling the same story from two very different vantage points. What makes this episode unlike almost anything else we've published is the chance to hear directly from Yani - now a teenager attending TAFE...

Who has been a guest on The School Can't Experience

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Wendy
• Tanya Valentin
• Pavlina McMaster
• Kate Broderick
• Melisa

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

10,593

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

28 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

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Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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