BrainWise Blog

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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Neuroscience Behind Hot-Headed E-Mails Supports Using BrainWise

The Wall Street Journal reports that research conducted by Duke psychiatrist Murali Doraiswam explains why it is easy for people to send off angry emails.  By scanning people’s brains when they are making decisions, he found that when our emotions get...

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Students Share Thoughts on BrainWise

Brian Swalley, Student Services Coordinator at Hope Online Learning Academy, asked 6th, 7th and 8th grade students questions about BrainWise. The responses below are typical of those he received: How has BrainWise been for you? It has had a great...

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