We are very excited to announce a Train-the-Trainer work­shop hosted jointly by:

1. the Osher Life­long Learn­ing Insti­tute (OLLI) at
Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia, Berke­ley,
2. the OLLI at San Fran­cisco State Uni­ver­sity,
3. and SharpBrains.

We are offer­ing a three-day work­shop for edu­ca­tors and brain fit­ness prac­ti­tion­ers seek­ing instruc­tional cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in the Sharp­Brains course, Exer­cis­ing Our Brains.

“Sharp­Brains has intro­duced the first science-based brain fit­ness cen­ter
with infor­ma­tion and pro­grams to help peo­ple of all ages exer­cise their brains.
They have offered the pop­u­lar Exer­cis­ing Our Brains course at SF State’s
Osher Life­long Learn­ing Insti­tute (OLLI) since Octo­ber 2005.”

Who should attend:
Edu­ca­tors and prac­ti­tion­ers who are seek­ing to teach the course Exer­cis­ing Our Brains. Ideal can­di­dates are: edu­ca­tors who are work­ing in the area of psy­chol­ogy, health, and well­ness, and who are ide­ally already affil­i­ated with learn­ing cen­ters eager to offer a brain fit­ness class.

Instruc­tor: Alvaro Fer­nan­dez
Fee: $800
Reg­is­ter: To inquire about dates and reg­is­ter­ing for this work­shop, please call 888.SHARP.OK (888.742.7765) or con­tact us.

What you will learn:

• the sci­ence behind the four pil­lars for brain health, with spe­cial empha­sis on brain exercise
• how to teach the class, com­bin­ing both the­ory and engag­ing group activities
• how to eval­u­ate the grow­ing num­ber of computer-based brain fit­ness pro­grams in the market
• how to answer the most fre­quent ques­tions on brain exer­cise and on the course

What you will take home:

• the Sharp­Brains Instruc­tor Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion will enable you to use Sharp­Brains cur­ricu­lum and receive sup­port for 2 years
• mate­ri­als you will need to teach the course Exer­cis­ing Our Brains includ­ing 150 Pow­er­Point slides
• the 40-page guide Brain Fit­ness 101, by Alvaro Fer­nan­dez and Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg
• access to Sharp­Brains grow­ing net­work of infor­ma­tional resources

Loca­tion:
SF State Down­town Cam­pus
835 Mar­ket Street, 6th Floor
San Fran­cisco, Cal­i­for­nia
(Pow­ell Street BART/Muni Sta­tion)
Find OLLI at SF State

Help­ful Links:

• Hotels
• Loca­tion & Parking/Transit Information

“…the adult brain retains impres­sive pow­ers of ‘neu­ro­plas­tic­ity’ —
the abil­ity to change its struc­ture and func­tion in response to expe­ri­ence.“
—Sharon Beg­ley, Wall Street Jour­nal, Sci­ence Editor

“In the same way that phys­i­cal exer­cise pro­motes mus­cle growth, recent research
has shown that tar­geted men­tal exer­cise pro­motes neu­ro­ge­n­e­sis“
—Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg, neu­ro­sci­en­tist, author of The Exec­u­tive Brain and
The Wis­dom Para­dox, and Chief Sci­en­tific Advi­sor of SharpBrains

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