Professional Development Courses for Teachers and Educators
Online Professional Development Courses for Teachers that are actually engaging!
Most online professional development courses are dry and boring. Watching hours of videos is especially hard when you’re managing distractions.
Brain Power Academy is different. Rather than offering lectures, we created lessons that engage you through interactive features such as click-through videos, quizzes, and activities, all while learning at your own pace!
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Online Professional Development Courses for Teachers that are actually engaging!
Brain Power Academy is an approved provider of Professional Development in Special Education and Comprehensive Health. Our courses are designed to help you grow in your profession and guide all of your students to reach their full potential.
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Professional Development Courses
Our teacher professional development courses are developed by neuroscientists, doctors, and education experts with an emphasis on the scientific research behind the logic. We understand the difficulties educators are facing due to COVID-19, and our courses are created with remote access in mind. Learn how to reach your students digitally.
Only $12.50/month
All-Access Pass
Pay one price, get unlimited access to ALL of our content, including:
- ALL full PD Courses
- ALL “Brain Bites”
- ALL “Power-Up” live events
- ALL Webinars
PowerPD
Distance Learning for Special Education:
Tips & Hacks
$49 $25
IEP Goal Tracking: Remote and In-Person
$49 $25
SEL and Distance Learning: Empowering Your Students
$49 $25
Stress Management:
For Teachers & Their Students
$49 $25
Brain Bites
Brain Bite: How to Talk to Students About Scary News and Difficult Topics
Brain Bite: Tapping Into Student Motivation
Brain Bite: Engaging Students with ADHD
BENEFITS
Outcomes and value for teachers
- Practical courses to meet the needs of a variety of student populations
- Course topics that address the real-world needs of you and your students
- Ready-to-use strategies to apply with your students in any learning environment
- Time-saving tools and tips for classroom and remote learning
Testimonials
4.5/5 average star rating from teachers across the country!
Practical Online Professional Development
Social-emotional Learning (SEL)
Rooted in Brain Science
Interactive
Distance Learning
Testimonials
Meet Your Instructors
Dr. Ned T. Sahin, PhD
Dr. Sahin was trained in neuroscience at Harvard, MIT and Oxford. His academic work has been published in journals such as Science and Nature Neuroscience, and his PhD dissertation won the prize for the best dissertation across all departments at Harvard that year. At MIT, he won several teaching prizes. Dr. Sahin founded Brain Power, LLC to bring neuroscience ideas and technological innovations to people with special challenges who can directly benefit from them the most
Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh, MD
Dr. Vahabzadeh is a Harvard Medical School based physician, trained in both medicine and psychiatry. He is the former Chair of the Council on Communications of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and a consultant to Khan Academy, Neurolaunch, and Anthem. Dr. Vahabzadeh has published extensively in clinical neuroscience and neurobiology, and has over 20 awards, including from the APA and the American Medical Association.
Dr. Neha Keshav, PhD
Dr. Keshav completed her PhD and postdoc in neuroscience with a concentration and special interest in autism. She has also worked at a neurotechnology startup and thus brings industry as well as academic experience, in addition to her will-do and winning attitude. She superintends all scientific research at Brain Power as well as all government grants
Dr. Rafiq Abdus-Sabur, M.Ed.
A scholar, former educator, and edu-tech entrepreneur, Rafiq is a Boston-area native and understands the real nature of our educational system. His graduate studies at Harvard gave him a theory-based toolset for educating those with special needs, grounded by his real-world and practical experience with the nuances of the educational system in action
Michelle Donahue, M.Ed.
Michelle brings to Brain Power 10 years of inclusion-model classroom experience in Massachusetts public schools. She has extensive experience with curriculum design (Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the Common Core) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). For the past two decades, Michelle has worked with children in some capacity, and now combines her passion for helping students succeed with her enthusiasm for EdTech innovation
James Coleman, B.S
James joined the Brain Power team after graduating from Northeastern University in 2020 with a B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience. In addition to his studies, James was actively involved in neuroscience research on-campus, as well as at Harvard Medical School studying topics ranging from learning & memory, sleep & depression, and the effects of cannabis on the brain. He brings a methodical and research-focused mindset to his work at Brain Power where he is involved with operational duties and new product development.
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- This means we have signed the “Massachusetts Student Data Privacy Agreement” which sets a high standard for how we protect student data, not just in Massachusetts but everywhere in the United States.
