Educating students about their brain health
The Brainable program
Brainable is a free education program in Ontario geared to students in grades 5-8 about how to protect their brain health, taught in English and French, that supplements the current curriculum.
For students
Students learn about the ways they can help or harm their brain health and why that’s important.
For educators
Brainable is a 75-minute interactive and inspiring program, taught by a qualified, board-certified educator as a guest speaker, that fortifies the topics and themes teachers cover in grades 5-8.
For families
The Brainable program encourages family interaction and discussions about making smart choices for the developing brain.
Why Women’s Brain Health Initiative is bringing Brainable to schools
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults.”
~ F. Douglass.
Children are our future - we must nurture them, teach them, and lead by good and trusted example. Health in the earliest years, strengthens developing biological systems that enable children to thrive and grow up to be healthy adults. Many of the things we do as children have a huge impact on our health as adults.
Women’s Brain Health Initiative (WBHI) is a trusted resource for evidence-based information on the lifestyle choices necessary to keep your brain functioning properly. Science tells us that the earlier in life that you start to take care of your brain, the healthier you and your brain will be.
More on Brain Health
Brain Health is maintaining a clear and active mind.
The best way to prolong and strengthen our brain health, is to prevent or reduce the risk of harming it as we get older by making smart lifestyle choices. The choices that we make today, and every day, can either protect or harm how our brain functions when we are older.
What increases our risk? High blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, poor eating habits, and lack of exercise. What decreases our risk? Staying mentally, physically, and socially active, sleeping 7-8 hours every night, and managing our stress. The more positive things we do for our brain, the stronger the protective effect will be.
Jade Crystal: Brainable Program Director
An experienced and well-respected educator, Jade is Program Director at Brainable. With a strong passion for health, Jade utilizes her knowledge of and experience in teaching to educate others about how best to protect the health of their brain. Prior to her new position, Jade was a Grade 8 Homeroom Teacher – French Immersion, York Region District School Board.
She received her Master of Science in Education from Niagara University in 2016 and is a Member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Jade completed her Master of Arts Degree in French Linguistics from the University of Western Ontario in 2011.
Jade also serves on Women’s Brain Health Initiative’s Young Person’s Cabinet, a dynamic team of young adults who want to educate others on the benefits of protecting their brain health through healthy lifestyle choices.
What people are saying
“The Brainable presentation was so important and educational. The presenter taught the information in an interesting way and got us all to participate. Everyone needs to know how to protect their brain health and take care of their mental health.”
S.S. (student)
"The material covered in the presentation touched directly on several aspects of the curriculum and was useful in supporting and reviewing concepts covered in class. The presenter was engaging and approachable and students felt comfortable participating.”
D.H. (teacher)
“The Brainable magazine that the students received is filled with incredible content. It extends the discussion so that parents can continue talking to their children about how the choices they make now will affect their brain health as they grow older”.
N.P. (parent)
Be a champion for kids and their brain health
Brainable is an innovative program of Women’s Brain Health Initiative, a charitable, non-profit organization that funds research and develops preventative health education programs so that we can prevent and delay brain-aging diseases that rob us of our independence, personalities, and our loved ones.
We rely on philanthropic partners, individuals, and charitable foundations to support these endeavours.
You can support Brainable and be a champion for kids and their brain health. Your charitable donation can further intensify our impact, allowing us to reach more and teach more.
