BrainWise Blog

Navajo Youth Project: Teaching BrainWise and Technology at Window Rock High

Technology leaders and software engineers identify communication as the strongest predictor of software project success.  Studies show that communication breakdowns—not coding errors—cause most IT project failures, reworked cycles, and misaligned expectations. Senior engineers agree communication is the most important survival skill...

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BrainWise + Community Service: A Double Dose of Doing Good

What happens when a simple idea —“teach thinking by doing”—is put into practice for 20 straight years? BrainWise has long championed community service as a powerful way to reinforce the 10 Wise Ways, giving youth a “double dose” of critical‑thinking...

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How the Five Senses Prepare Children and Youth to Understand the Brain

Children and youth live in a world filled with constant stimulation, emotional overload, and impulsive decisionmaking. BrainWise CPR’s first‑response skills begin by having children identify problems they and others face, then segue to the five senses to help them connect...

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BrainWise Introduces Scientific Research to Nonscientists

Children and youth are growing up in a world defined by rapid change, constant distraction, emotional overload, and an unprecedented volume of misinformation. Previous newsletters have highlighted how leaders in education, health, and parenting agree that critical thinking skills are...

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Combating the Spread of Social Disinformation

Spreading deceptive information has become a new social norm--one fueled by emotional triggers and algorithmic amplifications that hijack the brain’s reactive circuits. Young people who lack skills to critically evaluate   information are especially vulnerable to manipulation, deception, and harm– the...

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