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Each program listed has a description and a list of what Learning Outcomes they meet, as presented in the
Alberta Education Curriculum for Physical Education and Wellness. To see outcomes, click the link on the last bullet of each heading.
Each program heading is also linked to its respective website for more information.
Each program listed has a description and a list of what Learning Outcomes they meet, as presented in the
Alberta Education Curriculum for Physical Education and Wellness. To see outcomes, click the link on the last bullet of each heading.
Each program heading is also linked to its respective website for more information.
Early Learning to Grade 5 Programs Available
Early Learning to Grade 5 Programs Available
Building an awareness of feelings/emotions
Develop emotional literacy
Understanding and practicing emotional regulation
Understand and practice communicating and responding to/with feelings/emotions.
Kelso’s Choice (Kindergarten to Grade 3)
Understanding big problems vs. little problems
Understanding and practice of self-regulation & boundaries
Understanding and engaging in social responsibility
Understanding and practice process for decision making
Review big problems vs. little problems
Practice of self-regulation & boundaries and impacts on others/wellbeing
Engaging in social responsibility
Practice process for decision-making and understanding consequences
Core Traits: Caring, Honest, Respectful, Fair, Responsible
Students will become aware and sensitive to information about the 5 traits (Receiving)
Students will take action and demonstrate behaviours associated with the 5 traits (Responding)
Understand, appreciate and support the value of each trait (Valuing)
Examine and apply the 5 character traits in various situations, at home and at school. (Organizing).
Internalize the 5 traits and act consistently with these values. (Characterization)
Understand the functions of the brain.
Understand influences and distractions that impact the functions of the brain
Develop and practice mindfulness and flexible thinking
Build awareness and understanding for how mindfulness and flexible thinking impacts social situations and contributes to healthy relationships.
Understanding stress
Calming the body
Understanding and managing feelings
Thinking skills to cope with stress and promote resilience
Understanding and practicing empathy, compassion and respect
Develop skills for participation, active listening and assertive communication
Understanding and respecting various attributes and perspectives
Develop emotional literacy
Body image (media influences, gender stereotypes, size discrimination)
Healthy eating/active living (healthy eating/active living, sleep and mental health)
Building healthy relationships (learning to listen and conflict resolution)
Understanding and developing hope
Stress and relationships (friendships)
Happiness- long term & short term
Appreciation- the power of appreciation: gratitude matters
Passions and Strengths- building on your strengths
Perspective- the power of perspective: making choices that work
Inner Meanie & Inner Friend- learning about mindset
Ninja Mastery/Emotional Management- developing emotional management
Empathy- the 5 steps to greater connection
So Similar- celebrating differences & appreciating our common core
Share your Gifts- bringing forward your talents to make a difference
In order to succeed in today’s world, everyone must possess the social, emotional, and critical thinking skills necessary to analyze and respond to ever-more complex situations and to recognize, understand, and appropriately manage their own emotions. We call these essential skills “The 10WiseWays”.
Using the latest understanding of how the brain learns, BrainWise takes complex cognitive concepts and presents them in a concrete, comprehensive, and culturally relevant format that is flexible enough to blend into any program, school, or organization.
Learning how to control impulsive behaviour, accurately identify choices, assess the consequences of actions, and make responsible decisions is what BrainWise is all about!
SPOT Program Evidence-Based (5-8 year olds)
With "A Little SPOT of Learning: A program About Managing Emotions While Learning," children will:
Learn about different emotions and how they can impact learning.
Understand the importance of emotional regulation in managing stress and anxiety.
Develop coping strategies for managing difficult emotions in the classroom.
Focuses on Curiosity and Exploration.
Students learn to try new activities and verbally express feelings when a task feels difficult.
Effort Identification. Students discover the "brain as a muscle" metaphor.
Reframing Mistakes. Students practice changing negative self-talk into constructive statements using "yet".
Goal Persistence. Students learn to set small, manageable daily goals and track their progress through multiple attempts.
Neuroplasticity Concepts. Students examine the science of pathways forming in the brain when overcoming challenges.
Feedback Processing. Students learn to separate constructive feedback from personal identity, treating criticism as helpful data.
Anxiety & Stress Relief: Teaches kids the science of worry and evidence-based calming techniques.
Artie & Brain (ADHD & EF Skills): Focuses on attention, time management, and executive functioning.
Full Moon Falls: Uses wolf characters to teach empathy, handling jealousy, and friendship skills.
Reggie & Scribbles: Teaches impulse control through short, character-driven stories.
GoMindset!: Explores growth mindset concepts, helping children learn from mistakes instead of quitting.
GoCharge!: Guides kids through recognizing and transforming intense feelings of anger.
Grade 6 to 8 Programs Available
Grade 6 to 8 Programs Available
KC’s Choice (Grade 6)
Students interpret how resilience and perseverance can be influenced by a variety of life experiences. Students reflect and relate life experiences to perseverance and well-being.
Students analyze and explain responsibility and how it can impact personal and group safety, as well as the impact on well-being.
Students interpret how resilience and perseverance can be influenced by a variety of life experiences. Students reflect and relate life experiences to perseverance and well-being.
Students analyze and explain responsibility and how it can impact personal and group safety, as well as the impact on well-being.
Students examine risk and identify factors that influence action, understanding the relationship between choice and consequences.
Students consider a variety of perspectives that support the development of healthy relationships, examining the characteristics and developing skills to enhance healthy relationships. As well as evaluate and personalize various styles of conflict resolution.
Students connect strategies for well-being to life opportunities and lifelong learning.
Students examine risk and identify factors that influence action, understanding the relationship between choice and consequences.
Students will analyze and appreciate safety and responsibility for physical, emotional and social. Identify various forms of harassment and develop characteristics of resiliency (i.e. problem solving, self-esteem, and social bonding). Further, develop strategies to effectively seek and access support.
Students will describe characteristics associated with feelings/emotions and evaluate the relationship between risk management and stress management.
Students interpret how resilience and perseverance can be influenced by a variety of life experiences. Students reflect and relate life experiences to perseverance and well-being.
Students analyze and explain responsibility and how it can impact personal and group safety, as well as the impact on well-being.
Students will analyze and appreciate safety and responsibility for physical, emotional and social. Identify various forms of harassment and develop characteristics of resiliency (i.e. problem solving, self-esteem, and social bonding). Further, develop strategies to effectively seek and access support.
Students examine risk and identify factors that influence action, understanding the relationship between choice and consequences.
Students examine physical, social, personal, and environmental factors connected to maturation during adolescence.
Students consider a variety of perspectives that support the development of healthy relationships, examining the characteristics and developing skills to enhance healthy relationships. As well as evaluate and personalize various styles of conflict resolution.
Students will describe characteristics associated with feelings/emotions and evaluate the relationship between risk management and stress management.
Stress Management & Coping: Students learn the mechanics of stress, identify their specific personal triggers, and practice actionable somatic relief like progressive muscle relaxation or deep breathing.
Body Image & Self-Esteem: This module addresses size discrimination and deconstructs unrealistic media influences to foster healthy self-identity.
Healthy Relationships & Communication: Early teens learn active listening, empathy, boundaries, and how to spot toxic peer group dynamics.
Conflict Resolution & Bullying: Frameworks give students strategies to navigate digital safety, tackle cyberbullying, and resolve social disputes constructively.
Substance Use Awareness: Rather than utilizing scare tactics, kits build real-world substance literacy and explore the direct link between usage and mental wellness.
High School Transition: Targeted lessons for Grade 8 students explicitly ease the academic and social anxiety of moving into secondary education.
4thR Healthy Relationships Program
Students interpret how resilience and perseverance can be influenced by a variety of life experiences. Students reflect and relate life experiences to perseverance and well-being.
Students analyze and explain responsibility and how it can impact personal and group safety, as well as the impact on well-being.
Students will analyze and appreciate safety and responsibility for physical, emotional and social. Identify various forms of harassment and develop characteristics of resiliency (i.e. problem solving, self-esteem, and social bonding). Further, develop strategies to effectively seek and access support.
Students examine risk and identify factors that influence action, understanding the relationship between choice and consequences.
Students examine physical, social, personal, and environmental factors connected to maturation during adolescence.
Students consider a variety of perspectives that support the development of healthy relationships, examining the characteristics and developing skills to enhance healthy relationships. As well as evaluate and personalize various styles of conflict resolution.
Students will describe characteristics associated with feelings/emotions and evaluate the relationship between risk management and stress management.
GeminAI Rising (Grades 7 & 8)
Students interpret how resilience and perseverance can be influenced by a variety of life experiences. Students reflect and relate life experiences to perseverance and well-being.
Students analyze and explain responsibility and how it can impact personal and group safety, as well as the impact on well-being.
Students will analyze and appreciate safety and responsibility for physical, emotional and social. Identify various forms of harassment and develop characteristics of resiliency (i.e. problem solving, self-esteem, and social bonding). Further, develop strategies to effectively seek and access support.
Students examine risk and identify factors that influence action, understanding the relationship between choice and consequences.
Students consider a variety of perspectives that support the development of healthy relationships, examining the characteristics and developing skills to enhance healthy relationships. As well as evaluate and personalize various styles of conflict resolution.
Students will describe characteristics associated with feelings/emotions and evaluate the relationship between risk management and stress management.
In order to succeed in today’s world, everyone must possess the social, emotional, and critical thinking skills necessary to analyze and respond to ever-more complex situations and to recognize, understand, and appropriately manage their own emotions. We call these essential skills “The 10WiseWays”.
Using the latest understanding of how the brain learns, BrainWise takes complex cognitive concepts and presents them in a concrete, comprehensive, and culturally relevant format that is flexible enough to blend into any program, school, or organization.
Learning how to control impulsive behavior, accurately identify choices, assess the consequences of actions, and make responsible decisions is what BrainWise is all about!
Adaptive Problem-Solving. Students are taught that if a strategy fails, it is a cue to try a different approach, not give up.
Stress Biology. Students learn how the amygdala drives "fight, flight, or freeze" responses during failure, and how to use the prefrontal cortex to regulate stress.
Collaborative Mindsets. Students apply growth principles to team dynamics, practicing how to respectfully disagree and negotiate when a group project stalls.
Grade 9 to 12 Programs Available
Grade 9 to 12 Programs Available
Body image (media influences, gender stereotypes, size discrimination)
Healthy eating/active living (healthy eating/active living, sleep and mental health)
Building healthy relationships (learning to listen and conflict resolution)
Understanding and developing hope
Stress and relationships (managing one step at a time, dealing with stress)
Preventing substance use
Cyberbullying
The upside and downside to stress
The science (and art) of stress
My coping kit (everyday gear for managing stress)
Taking stress in stride (having a forward-moving mindset)
Beyond coping (and other expressions of resilience)
Stress conference
4thR Healthy Relationships Plus Program
It’s Your Choice: Friendships/Relationships
Shaping Our Views
Influences on Relationships
Impact of Substance Use and Abuse
Healthy Relationships
Early Warning Signs of Dating Violence
Boundaries and Assertive Communication
Taking Responsibility for Emotions
Standing Up for What is Right
When Friendships and Relationships End
Helping our Friends; Sharing and Celebrating
Provided in collaboration with the FSLC
The Stigma of Mental Illness
Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness
Information on Specific Mental Illness
Experiences of Mental Illness and the Importance of Family Communication
Seeking Help and Find Support
The Importance of Positive Mental Health
To succeed in today’s world, everyone must possess the social, emotional, and critical thinking skills necessary to analyze and respond to ever-more complex situations and to recognize, understand, and appropriately manage their own emotions. We call these essential skills “The 10WiseWays”.
Using the latest understanding of how the brain learns, BrainWise takes complex cognitive concepts and presents them in a concrete, comprehensive, and culturally relevant format that is flexible enough to blend into any program, school, or organization.
Learning how to control impulsive behavior, accurately identify choices, assess the consequences of actions, and make responsible decisions is what BrainWise is all about!
GeminAI Rising (Grade 9)
Students interpret how resilience and perseverance can be influenced by a variety of life experiences. Students reflect and relate life experiences to perseverance and well-being.
Students analyze and explain responsibility and how it can impact personal and group safety, as well as the impact on well-being.
Students will analyze and appreciate safety and responsibility for physical, emotional and social. Identify various forms of harassment and develop characteristics of resiliency (i.e. problem solving, self-esteem, and social bonding). Further, develop strategies to effectively seek and access support.
Students examine risk and identify factors that influence action, understanding the relationship between choice and consequences.
Students consider a variety of perspectives that support the development of healthy relationships, examining the characteristics and developing skills to enhance healthy relationships. As well as evaluate and personalize various styles of conflict resolution.
Students will describe characteristics associated with feelings/emotions and evaluate the relationship between risk management and stress management.
Lower Stress: Less fear of making mistakes reduces everyday anxiety and pressure.
Better Resilience: Bouncing back from tough times becomes easier when setbacks feel temporary.
Positive Self-Talk: Negative inner dialogue shifts toward curiosity, hope, and self-compassion.
Malleable Abilities: Talents and skills are not set in stone; they act as a starting point and grow with time.
Embracing Challenges: Obstacles are viewed as chances to learn rather than threats to self-worth.
Reframing Failure: Mistakes are seen as natural proof that the brain is working, learning, and adapting.
The Power of "Yet": Adding words like "yet" or "next time" turns a roadblock into an ongoing journey.
Value of Effort: Hard work and trying new strategies are recognized as the true path to mastery.
Reduce victimization through self-awareness, assertiveness, and empowerment.
Foster open communication between children and trusted, safe adults.
Teach resilience skills without using fear-based tactics or value statements.
Balance empowerment and protection according to a child's developmental age
Classroom Presentations
Classroom Presentations
Mental Health Capacity Building (MHCB) Family Connections Wellness Coaches offer customized, interactive in-classroom presentations designed around teacher goals, focusing on: social-emotional learning (SEL), stress management, and emotional regulation. Presentations can be a series or one visit depending on the goal and time allowance.
Universal Promotion & Skill-Building
Emotional Literacy: Helping students identify, name, and express a wide range of feelings in healthy ways.
Self-Regulation & Mindfulness: Teaching practical, daily breathing, grounding, and calming tools that kids can use right at their desks.
Stress & Coping: Providing strategies for test anxiety, coping with major life changes, or handling heavy academic workloads.
Social Dynamics & Relationships
Healthy Friendships: Exploring peer pressure, kindness, empathy, and boundary-setting.
Conflict Resolution: Guiding students on how to navigate peer arguments and solve social problems peacefully.
Bullying & Cyber Safety: Addressing online behaviour, cyberbullying, and how to create an inclusive classroom community.
Self-Esteem & Mental Health Literacy
Building Self-Esteem: Interactive sessions focused on personal strengths, resilience, and positive self-image.
Reducing Stigma: Age-appropriate conversations that normalize mental wellness and teach students when and how to ask for help.
If you have an idea for a classroom presentation, please fill out our Booking Request Form, giving specific details of what you're looking for.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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