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Resources for Accelerated, Brain-based Learning


These books and products share many of the concepts and principles which foster accelerated learning, although they are not produced by the OptimaLearning Company or Barzak Educational Institute nor use classic OptimaLearning® methodologies. Resources for learners incorporate brain-based learning, multiple intelligences, purposeful use of music, mind-mapping, and other methods. Learn how to develop highly effective accelerated study skills, to prepare for SAT or licensing exams, to help children with ADHD (attention deficient disorder), to nurture the learning of infants and very young children. A special handwriting program can help struggling students or rehabilitate stroke victims.

For teachers especially we recommend two excellent books on brain-based learning, Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain and MindShifts by Renate Nummela Caine, Ph.D., & Geoffrey Caine, Ph.D., both graduates of advanced OptimaLearning training and associate trainers in OptimaLearning Summer Institutes in the eighties.
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Accelerate Your Learning

From Accelerated Learning Systems

Become an accelerated learner and discover ways of learning that suit you.
  • Improve writing skills
  • Improve memory
  • Study more effectively
  • Get the best possible results in exams
  • Use your preferred way of learning
This study program created by Accelerated Learning Systems improves motivation, confidence and results. And it's not just for students! Today, with so many changes in the workplace, everyone needs to be able to learn quickly and effectively, to train and retrain.

RP05 3 cassettes, 8 booklets, 25-minute video $99.95

Student Success System

A study skills kit from Learning Forum

Finally, a study skills program based on the multiple intelligences! This study skills program raises grades, builds self-confidence, boosts self-esteem and reaches the hard-to-reach as well as the average and gifted learner. It gives you life skills and academic skills in "student- friendly" packaging. Build strong study habits and a positive attitude. Get this for your own family or school program. Each kit contains everything you could want for total success.

RP10 6 cassettes, booklets, lots of poster $30.00

Build A Winning Attitude

From Learning Forum

What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail? What are all the feats you would have accomplished if you'd held that belief since childhood? The only failure in life is the failure to participate. Everyone has to make mistakes before they learn from them. Offer those around you the most precious ingredient of happiness and contentment: self-confidence.

RP15 27 minute video, booklet $29.95

How To "Map" Your Way To Better Grades

From Learning Forum

Nancy Margulies demonstrates her popular visual-spatial techniques to children and adults in this exciting video. The system is designed to use the brain's natural way of thinking and organizing thoughts, increasing retention and making note-taking fun.

RP20 Video $29.95

Cracking The SAT

From Learning Forum

If it's on the SAT it's in this book! Learn the techniques you'll need to score high on the SAT. This book will teach you how to think like the test makers. It includes two full length sample tests that will help predict your score on the SAT and PSAT. The questions in these tests are just like the ones you'll find in the real SAT, and give full explanations for every solution.

RP25 Book $19.95

MindShifts by Caine, Caine & Crowell

This landmark book has been radically revised and updated with the best, latest information from brain research and teacher feedback. The book makes philosophical, psychological, biological & theoretical concepts palatable and interesting even for the person beginning to explore the brain's biology and its intimate relationship to education. It provides a logical organization for the large body of complex, education-relevant data currently emerging from neuroscience.

RP30 Book $39.95

Making Connections Teaching and the Human Brain By Renate Nummela Caine & Geoffrey Caine

Explore how the human brain functions during learning with this companion book to MindShifts. Look to well-researched, brain-based theory to help you:
  • Design and orchestrate enriching activities
  • Ensure that students process experiences to gain meaningful knowledge
  • Create a challenging, non-threatening environment that fosters independent learning
RP35 Book $17.95

Discovering The Joy Of Learning By Don A. Blackner, Ph.D.

While it is true that as children we are natural learners, we can't all necessarily transfer these skills to the classroom. This handbook presents unique approaches for teachers, counselors, and parents of struggling students (including those with Attention Deficit Disorder) The information is divided into three sections: the specific strategies for learning academic tasks; communication and motivational techniques; and the specific learning disabilities labeled Attention Deficit Disorder.

RP50 Book $24.95

Callirobics Handwriting Exercises to Music with Liora Laufer

Callirobics (Calligraphy and aerobics) is a series of simple, enjoyable hand-writing exercises set to music. The brief, self-guided daily sessions improve eye-hand coordination, fine motor skills and handwriting. The accompanying music adds rhythm to the writing, making it a creative and fun approach to practicing handwriting.

RP60 Pre-Writing Skills With Music Ages 4-7 Cassette and workbook $19.95
RP65 Handwriting Exercises With Music
Ages 7 -14, Cassette, Workbook & Teacher's Guide
$26.95
RP70 Advanced Handwriting Exercise Cassette and Workbook $19.95
RP75 Handwriting Skills for Adults
with Music in the Style of the 20s, 30s and 40s Cassette, workbook & teacher's guide (*Excellent for Stroke and Parkinson patients)
$26.95
RP80 Replacement Workbooks $6.95

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