Before starting a private practice, veteran BrainWise instructor Pat Austin, LCSW, taught the program to high school students with special needs. The students attended a public high school, but their classes were held in a contained classroom. They shared the...
Read More »[caption id="attachment_861" align="alignleft" width="150"] Braille Brain[/caption] [caption id="attachment_863" align="alignright" width="150"] 10 wise ways in Braille[/caption] Aurora Central High school in Colorado serves a high needs population, including refugees from all over the world. The school has 300 IEP (Individualized Education Programs) students,...
Read More »After a Rotarian gave Dr. Marguerite (Marga) Theophil a copy of How To Be BrainWise, Marga immediately saw how teaching the program’s 10 Wise Ways would enhance the work she and other educators were doing with children and families across a wide...
Read More »[caption id="attachment_314" align="alignleft" width="226"] Marilyn Welsh, Ph.D.[/caption] University of Northern Colorado professor and executive functions expert Marilyn Welsh, PhD, presented results on research of BrainWise taught to homeless men at the 2016 International Neuropsychological Society meetings in Boston, Massachusetts. The Treatment group,...
Read More »Xiaoliang Li, M.D., translated the BrainWise curriculum to Mandarin in 2000, and today is teaching the 10 Wise Ways as part of a tobacco prevention/cessation program for youth funded by the Bloomberg Foundation. Dr. Li uses Wechat, a mobile text and communications...
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