The ABCs of BrainWise:Tips for Teaching Thinking Skills to Early Learners

The kindergarten students in Room 109 at University Park Elementary might individually represent countries from around the world, but when they are together in the classroom they speak the common language of BrainWise. Judy Cardenas has been teaching BrainWise to...

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Kempe Foundation President and CEO Joins BrainWise Board

BrainWise is pleased to announce that Patricia L. (Pat) Peterson has accepted an invitation to become the newest board member for the program. Peterson, who is President and CEO of the Kempe Foundation for the Treatment and Prevention of Child...

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BrainWise Mentoring Program is Key to Student Success

In a Denver high school comprised entirely of high-risk teens, attendance and graduation rates are rising and the students are being commended for responsible decision making skills. So what is going on? Five years ago, Colorado High School Charter (CHSC)...

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Dr. Barry at Netherlands Teenage Brain Conference

When Dr. Hans Bogt, a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Utrecht, the Netherlands, read a chapter by BrainWise founder and director Dr. Patricia Gorman Barry published in the book, Adolescent Psychology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science,...

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R U BrainWise 2 Day?

Texting is getting a bum rap lately, especially when it leads to distraction on the road. However, texting can also be a powerful tool for providing support and ongoing encouragement to at-risk students such as the participants in the BrainWise...

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