BrainWise Blog

Dr. Patricia Gorman Barry Named Jefferson County Public Health Champion of the Year

[caption id="attachment_339" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Dr. Barry receives the Jefferson County Public Health Champion Award.[/caption] BrainWise Program founder Dr. Patricia Gorman Barry, PhD, RN, has been named a 2009 Public Health Champion of the Year by Jefferson County. Dr. Barry was...

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BrainWise at Work in Edgewater Elementary

Ask a first grade student at Edgewater Elementary School in Jefferson County to draw a picture of a Red Flag warning which shows he is beginning to feel angry, and he might produce a representation of his face, colored in...

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BrainWise Teaching Strategy Nets EPIC Designation for University Park Elementary

University Park Elementary in Denver, Colorado has been designated as an EPIC school for successfully using the BrainWise program to foster common behavioral expectations and improve student achievement. EPIC, short for the Effective Practice Incentive Community, is a program that...

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BrainWise Makes a New Connection: Confidence Based Learning

BrainWise is taking its curriculum to the next level by joining forces with SatoriEDU - the education arm of Knowledge Factor, Inc. The joint effort introduces Confidence-Based Learning (CBL), an online, interactive method that will be used to measure people’s...

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Rotary Youth Leaders Are BrainWise

Take a look into the personal toolboxes of 120 aspiring future leaders from Northern Colorado, Wyoming and Western Nebraska and you will find a complete set of BrainWise skills. Each year, Rotary International Districts 5440 and 5450 sponsor a 5-day...

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