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“I’ve taught ‘thinking skills’ for 20 years, but BrainWise put all the skills into one program. It is a powerful teaching tool.” – High school teacher

BrainWise provides the tools for teachers, counselors and parents to empower students and youth with Social Emotional Learning skills. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process of developing self-control, self-awareness and interpersonal skills that are needed for success in life!​

In 1995, Dr. Barry and several instructors piloted the BrainWise for Grades 6-12 to at-risk youth in Denver middle and high schools. She served as the lead teacher, experiencing first-hand the challenges facing teachers, counselors and students. Daily classroom contact with inner-city teens and feedback from teachers and other students helped her make BrainWise a teacher-friendly and student-receptive program, centered around a scripted curriculum designed to make BrainWise easy to teach, even by peer educators and community volunteers.

The BrainWise materials were designed to be affordable and reproducible and social emotional learning-based activities were created for easy integration into literature, history, social studies, and science courses, as well as experiences and topics inside and outside the classroom.

Research on BrainWise has been published in Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science, a 2007 book published by Oxford University Press. It contains papers from a 2005 conference held at the University of Pennsylvania that highlighted cutting-edge programs and research on the brain.

A 2018 peer-reviewed paper: Homeless Men Living in Transitional Housing: The BrainWise Curriculum and Improvements in Executive Functions and Coping Self-Sufficiency was published in Sage Open.

For a copies of these papers, please contact us at:info@brainwise-plc.org.

 

BrainWise for Children

BrainWise for Grades K-5 Curriculum Package

A Guide to Building Thinking Skills in Children

BrainWise for Grades K-5 now accompanied by new resources.  The BrainWise K-5 Curriculum includes 249 pages of scripted lesson plans and 63 reproducible student worksheets. Each chapter clearly sets forth the goal and objectives of each lesson and flexible lesson plans allow for individual creativity and emphasis.  Along with the curriculum you will receive the BrainWise Companion Book How to Be BrainWise, which provides an essential guide to the BrainWise Curricula.  In addition, templates for specially designed hands-on activities for younger children are included. These activities show how to infuse the BrainWise thinking skills into other subjects and activities outside the classroom. Additional inserts are included describing essential techniques for teaching and reinforcing the 10 Wise Ways, as well as electronic access to our new BrainWise Resource Library which will provide many important resources for the BrainWise Instructor.

Price: $180.00

"For the past nine years, I have been teaching BrainWise in my classroom. It is the best program I have ever used in I my twenty-seven years of teaching."
Wendy Cameron award-winning kindergarten teacher

BrainWise Grades K-5 Curriculum Package and Poster Set

Order a poster set with a curriculum package and receive a $20.00 discount!

Price: $220.00

BrainWise for Youth and Adults

BrainWise for Grades 6-12 Curriculum Package

A Guide to Building Thinking Skills in Young People

The BrainWise for Grades 6-12 Curriculum Package now contains new resources for the instructor.  The curriculum contains over 300 pages of material that includes scripted lesson plans, group teaching activities, reproducible student worksheets, and a review guide. The "Live It!" section provides the instructor with checklists, games, skill sheets, and a "problem solving" worksheet to help the student analyze personal problems of everyday life. Along with the curriculum you will receive the BrainWise Companion Book How to Be BrainWise, which provides an essential guide to the BrainWise Curricula.  Additional inserts also describe essential techniques for teaching and reinforcing the 10 Wise Ways, and electronic access to our new BrainWise Resource Library will provide many important resources for the BrainWise Instructor.

Price: $180.00

"This BrainWise is a great class. I can honestly say that this class helped me with my problems at home, school, and with my relationship with my boyfriend. I think this class should be required to take. It's a great class"
High School Female 16

BrainWise 6-12 Curriculum Package and Poster Set

Order a poster set with a curriculum package and receive a $20.00 discount!

Price: $220.00

BrainWise for Individuals

BrainWise 1-on1 Curriculum Package

A Guide to Building Thinking Skills in Young People - For Use by Mentors, Counselors, Social Workers and Others

BrainWise One-on-One Curriculum Package, 275 pages of guided teaching activities for mentors, counselors, social workers and others who work one-on-one with children and youth, now contains new resources for the BrainWise Instructor.  The easy-to-follow format sets forth the goals and objectives of each lesson, as well as providing a list of materials to use for each activity. The Curriculum includes material to be used with the individual student: reproducible worksheets, a set of BrainWise cards, a BrainWise bookmark, and a certificate of completion. Along with the curriculum you will receive the BrainWise Companion Book How to Be BrainWise, which provides an essential guide to the BrainWise Curricula.  In addition, specially designed activities, geared toward individual practice, show how to infuse the thinking skills into other subjects and activities outside the classroom or counseling session. Additional inserts also describe essential techniques for teaching and reinforcing the 10 Wise Ways, and electronic access to our new BrainWise Resource Library will provide many important resources for the BrainWise instructor.

Price: $180.00

"BrainWise is an impressive program that helps students develop their emotional self-awareness, which is a cornerstone of healthy human development. All of us -- students and adults alike -- could certainly benefit from the skills nurtured in BrainWise."
David Fulton, Ph.D. Former Education Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Individual Student Sets

These individual student sets are designed for use in conjunction with the BrainWise curricula.

  • BW K-5 Student Sets contain: a bound copy of the BW K-5 Worksheets, a BrainWise Activity Package with 5 hands-on activities including a "make your own" set of BrainWise cards, and a Certificate of Completion.
  • BW 6-12 Student Sets contain: a bound copy of the BW 6-12 Worksheets, an individual set of BrainWise cards, and a Certificate of Completion.
  • BW 1 on 1 Student Sets contain: a bound copy of the BW 1 on 1 Worksheets, an individual set of BrainWise cards, and a Certificate of Completion.

Price: $15.00

BrainWise 1 on 1 Curriculum Package and Poster Set

Order a poster set with a curriculum package and receive a $20.00 discount!

Price: $220.00

BrainWise Companion Book

BrainWise Companion Book

How to Be BrainWise: The Proven Method for Making Smart Choices

A companion book for teachers and parents that summarizes the BrainWise Program which has been successfully taught for more than fifteen years in classrooms and agencies throughout the world. It’s also great for individuals who want to learn about the mind’s emotional mechanics and how to become BrainWise in their daily lives. 112 Pages Paper Bound.

Price: $15.00

"This is a terrific little book that helps parents become more mindful of their parenting…"
David Olds, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Director, 
Prevention Research for Family and Child Health 
University of Colorado, Denver

BrainWise Instructor Teaching Aids

"I am most impressed with the vocabulary the children have developed and the way they internalize this vocabulary to help them stop and think about their actions,and to talk about their feelings."
Janet Spearman, Principal, University Park Elementary School, Denver, CO

Individual Student Sets

These individual student sets are designed for use in conjunction with the BrainWise curricula.

  • BW K-5 Student Sets contain: a bound copy of the BW K-5 Worksheets, a BrainWise Activity Package with 5 hands-on activities including a "make your own" set of BrainWise cards, and a Certificate of Completion.
  • BW 6-12 Student Sets contain: a bound copy of the BW 6-12 Worksheets, an individual set of BrainWise cards, and a Certificate of Completion.
  • BW 1 on 1 Student Sets contain: a bound copy of the BW 1 on 1 Worksheets, an individual set of BrainWise cards, and a Certificate of Completion.

Price: $15.00

BrainWise Classroom Posters

A set of 12 laminated posters (11" X 17") featuring colorful graphics of the 10 Wise Ways.

Price: $60.00*

 *$20.00 discount on poster set if purchased with a curriculum

BrainWise Bookmarks

A laminated set of 20 bookmarks containing the 10 Wise Ways lets you use any book as a teaching aid.

Price: $15.00

BrainWise Cards

An individual set of the 10 Wise Ways cards.

Price: $10.00

*Because it is a non-profit organization, revenue generated from the sale of BrainWise products is used to subsidize program costs at inner city schools, and help pay for the organization's operating expenses. The agency estimates that 90 % of its revenue is spent on the development, production, implementation, and evaluation of the BrainWise program!

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