Cognitive Assctes Res Evltion

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BrainWise is founded by Dr. Patricia Gorman Barry Ph.D. as she and several instructors began to teach the BrainWise curriculum to at-risk youth in Denver middle and high schools. Dr. Barry’s basic approach was based on 20 years of working with at-risk youth and her experience in domestic violence prevention, public health, and education. With a research background that included more than 30 in-depth studies of her own, Dr. Barry based the program on the theory that cognitive models can help individuals restructure distorted thinking processes. Working in conjunction with the Piton Foundation, the program was adapted for use by adults and was successfully used in a number of locations and situations, including private companies, welfare-to-work agencies, low-income housing projects and in drug and alcohol treatment programs. BrainWise to China. In 1997, a delegation of visiting Chinese professors from Kunming Medical College observed BrainWise being taught at Denver's Mi Casa Resource Center for Women and requested a copy of the curriculum and student workbook. Dr. Xiaoliang Li, a professor of public health at Kunming Medical Hospital in China, sought permission to translate the BrainWise materials into Chinese to teach the program to teenagers. "There is a big need to teach students about people's life, and we believe the BrainWise curriculum can do this," Dr. Li said via e-mail.

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