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The Youth BrainHealth Project

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Charisma Virtual Social Coaching

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Adolescent Reasoning Initiative

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Youth Brain Injury Assessment and Monitoring

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Parenting Minds

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SMART Edge

This pilot study investigates the impact of a low immersion virtual reality (LIVR) intervention upon social skill challenges in youths with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or another diagnosis. Findings suggest participants experienced improved recognition of emotions, social cues and self-belief following training in the LIVR environment. 

Charisma Virtual Social Training: A Digital Health Platform and Protocol

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Using the SMART™ protocol, this study investigated outcomes from providing short-term, intensive training to middle school teachers by measuring evidence of higher-order executive function in their students.

Higher-Order Executive Function in Middle School: Training Teachers to Enhance Cognition in Young Adolescents

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The BrainHealth pilot study Kind Minds With Moozie examines the impact of digitally-delivered, self-paced brain science education and kindness activities on resilience and empathy in parents and preschool-aged children. 

Parenting With a Kind Mind: Exploring Kindness as a Potentiator for Enhanced Brain Health

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This study investigates possible predictive factors of novel oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) among children and adolescents in the first 6 months following traumatic brain injury (TBI). 

Novel Oppositional Defiant Disorder 6 Months After Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents

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This study observes children with good rhythm skills understanding grammatically complex sentences better than children with poor rhythm skills. 

Rhythm and Syntax Processing in School-Age Children

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Findings from this study demonstrate SMART™ tactics can remediate higher-order cognitive processes following mild traumatic brain injury and help prevent negative, long-lasting impacts. 

A SMART Approach for Enhancing Higher-Order Cognitive Functioning Following Sports and Recreation-Related Mild TBI in Youth Using Telepractice

Cognitive strategies shown to improve emotion recognition, social reasoning, and self-confidence for youth on the autism spectrum.

The Amazing Results Are in on Virtual Social Learning

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Maria Johnson, MA, CCC - SLP, the director of youth and family innovations at Brain Performance Institute discusses Charisma™ with Bernadette Fiaschetti, of One Life Radio on iHeartRadio.

Virtual Reality Can Help Kids Build Social Skills

The Brain Performance Institute at the Center for BrainHealth now offers Charisma services online for children struggling with social interaction, autism, ADHD, and low self-worth. 

Online Tool Empowers Kids With Social Learning Deficits via  Real-Time, Virtual World Training and Interactions

Explore Center for BrainHealth's family-focused programs that customize SMART Brain Training for youths, including The Youth BrainHealth Project, Adolescent Reasoning Initiative.

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