HOPE Online Academy Compiling Data

Dr. Susan McAlonan, HOPE Academy’s Director of Student Services, was the catalyst behind arranging a BrainWise training for 130 faculty and staff members at the school in November, 2014.  Dr. McAlonan’s experience with BrainWise came from her previous job as...

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BrainWise, Special Needs Students and Conflict Resolution

BrainWise board member Dan Himelspach, JD, co-founder of  Dispute Management, Inc. and an expert litigator and mediator,  saw a grant announcement from the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), in partnership with the JAMS Foundation, to fund “unique and innovative” projects...

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Local 10 and 11 year old Girl Scouts recommend BrainWise to their School Board

The bright spot at the last Board meeting of the Jefferson County School Board was the presentation by a local Girl Scout Troop that asked the Jeffco School Board to teach the BrainWise program in all of its schools. Here...

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539 Children Show EF and SEL Improvements after BrainWise

[caption id="attachment_759" align="alignleft" width="150"] Students Using an Electronic Reader with BrainWise Content[/caption] [caption id="attachment_757" align="alignright" width="150"] Students Showing Their Own BrainWise Posters[/caption] The Manitou Springs school district has done an incredible job of teaching BrainWise to their students.  Trained by...

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Helping BrainWise Grow

Shawn Cohen, a social work intern, teaches BrainWise to groups of 4th and 5th graders twice a week. She says that one of the reasons she loves BrainWise is that it explains the skill and gives activities to teach the skill, but...

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