THE MINDS OF BOYS AND GIRLS^®
Online Course and Parent Coaching
with Dr. Michael Gurian

This online course is divided into 7 Units and 27 sessions of video clips.  The clips are between approximately 7 and 20 minutes in length, depending on the content.  The units, sessions, and clips are presented sequentially, and a power point in PDF form aligns with the sessions.  You can take the course in your own time, as it is convenient for you.

Throughout the course, answers to parents’ questions are attached to practical ideas you can utilize after reading each slide and viewing its video content. Because of this organizational structure, it is not essential that you view each video session and slide in exact order, but we do suggest you work with the sessions in order because new course content grows in some part from previous information and strategies.

A parent might think, “I have girls not boys,” or vice versa, “so why would I take a course that’s partly about the other sex?”  To answer this questions, Michael has made sure to integrate insights on both boys and girls throughout.  Whatever your constellation of kids, each session in the course provides insight and strategies for the whole family, including, also, crucial insights into women and men.

As a course user, you will also be able to register for a coaching session with Michael Gurian so that he can answer your questions and coach in through the parenting journey.

If you are a professional who would like to receive a Certificate of Participation for 6 hours of professional development, please let us know at info@gurianinstitute.com.  We will send you test questions to answer that align with the course and, upon successful completion of the answers, we will send you a Certificate.

Video Course without Coaching

If you would like to order the video course only, not the coaching session, please email gail@gurianinstitute.com to let her know.  The video course and PDF without coaching is $275.00.

Coaching without the Video Course

If you have immediate questions and would like parent coaching without the video course, please write gail@gurianinstitute.com to set up an appointment with Michael.

This Online Course and its Video and Written Content are Copyright © and Trademark® Protected, All Rights Reserved, Michael Gurian 2019

We are proud to be able to offer you six (6) hours of video content that cover the research-based Gurian philosophy and our science-based strategies for raising boys and girls most effectively, as well as parent coaching with Michael Gurian.  Get ready to learn practical applications that have been proven successful in homes and communities around the world. 

This course includes 8 total hours with Michael Gurian personally supporting your work as parents and mentors.

Individual or Couple Parent Coaching with Michael Gurian.  Upon completing the course, please contact gail@gurianinstitute.com to look at schedules for your private phone session with Michael.  Michael’s coaching sessions by phone are normally $200.00, but one session is free to users of the course.

Michael Gurian Extra Coaching Session for Large Groups and Agencies.  For large group purchasers of the course, Michael will provide a bonus coaching/Q @ A session via Conference Call, Skype or other similar technology.   Please email gail@gurianinstitute.com to arrange a large group purchase and session.

Podcasts with Michael Gurian.  Michael Gurian and Tim Wright provide a weekly podcast you can subscribe to via I Tunes or other podcast outlets.

If you would like to just order the video course and not the coaching session, please email gail@gurianinstitute.com to let her know.  The video course and PDF without coaching is $275.00.

Trainer Certification.  If you would like to become a Gurian Certified Trainer, please go to our website, www.gurianinstitute.com/trainers to review the requirements and rewards of that designation.  To apply for certification, you can use that portal or write to Michael Gurian at info@gurianinstitute.com. This course can be used as the pre-requisite for certification.

Pay via credit card to Pay Pal here.  Upon payment, you will receive a password that gives you access to the downloadable PDF connected to the course, as well as a access to the videos for each session.  Once you’ve completed the course, write gail@gurianinstitute.com to schedule a parent coaching session with Michael Gurian by phone.

This online product is sold with the understanding that each student will pay for the course (a couple is the exception: a couple raising kids together counts as one student).   On the basis of this understanding, we have kept the price of the course low.  If you are sharing a computer/projector with others or know of others who would like to take the course, please have them register and pay for it via this website.

Group discounts are available for PTAs, PTOs, large families that would like to take the course either separately or together, staff in organizations, child development agencies, and any other groups.  Please write gail@gurianinstitute.com and let her know how many people wish to take the course and she will get you and the team set up for the group discount.

Thank you for utilizing this service, and for spreading the word!  We look forward to working with you.

–Michael Gurian and the Gurian Institute Team, www.gurianinstitute.com.

You’ll find 27 video sessions of approximately 7 – 20 minutes per session that align with the content of the very detailed PDF tools.

2 Sessions totaling approximately 40 Minutes, Some Highlights:

Session 1: The Brain Science Approach to Parenting; Nurture, Nature, and Culture; The Human Genome and Your Children’s Genes.

Session 2:  Girls and Drama, Boys and Screen Time; School Issues That Boys Especially Face; Protecting Kids from Violence–at the Source; Helping Shy Kids; Gross Boy Play; Tantrums and Anger; ADD/ADHD.

7 Sessions, Approximately 100 Minutes

Session 3:  Male and Female Brains, Different but Equal; Boy and Girl Friendly Family Systems; Four Aspects of Male/Female; Bridge Brains (1 in 5 exceptions).

Session 4:  Brain Scans; Neuro-plasticity in Your Child; How to Study Your Kids’ Brains; Verbal-Emotive Centers in the Brain; Why Is Our Society So Hard on Boys?

Session 5:  Boys and Playtime; Male/Female Relating Styles; Strategies for Early Literacy and Throughout the Early Years.

Session 6:  Gene Testing for Medications; What To Do If Your Child May Have a Brain Disorder; Depression, Anxiety, ADD/ADHD, and Other Gene Based Issues; Rumination Loops in Girls; Attention and Focus in All Brains; Working to help Process Emotions and Anger.

Session 7:  46,000 Brain Scans; Boys and the Cerebellum; Helping Girls with ‘Multi-Tasking’ Stress; Smart Phones and Video Games; Features of the Female Brain; Mysteries of Brain Activity Revealed.

Session 8:  How Moms and Dads Parent Differently–And Why It’s a Good Thing!  How to Build Resilience in Your Child; Strategies for Emotional Problem-Solving.

Session 9:  Use Your Words; Humor and the Brain;  How Much Homework is Too Much; Strategies for Parenting Children Towards Their Internal Assets.

 3 Sessions, Approximately 47 Minutes

Session 10:  Oxytocin and Testosterone; Aggression and Empathy Nurturance; Father-Daughter Bonding and Communication; Mother-Son Bonding and Communication; Strategies for Healthy Conflict Resolution; Handling Girl Drama; Multi-Strategic Parenting; Teasing vs. Bullying.

Session 11:  Tips for Coaching Girls and Boys; Leadership Training; Healthy Pecking Orders; How to Ensure Healthy Self-Worth and Self-Esteem; Healthy vs. Unhealthy Aggression; Strategies to Help Girls with Rumination and Drama; Can Children Express Themselves Too Much?

Session 12:  Aggression vs. Violence; Tips for Helping with Sibling Rivalry; Resilience-Building Strategies; Schools and Zero-Tolerance Policies; Strategies for Healthy Discipline.

3 Sessions, Approximately 38 Minutes

Session 13: How to Protect your Children from Environmental Neuro-Toxins;  Male Depression, Under-motivation, and Rage; Girls and Obesity; Protecting and Treating Children with Depression.

Session 14:  Strategies to Help Manage Screen Time; Protecting Your Children’s Brains in a Digital Age; Passive vs. Active Brain Development; the Best Age to Give Kids a Smart Phone; Developmental Differences in Digital Brains.

Session 15:  10 Strategies for Keeping the Child’s Brain Active; 12 Strategies for Good Digital Health; Video Games; Intervention vs. Non-Intervention; Discipline and Behavior Management; Girls, Spatial Development, and Science.

4 Sessions, Approximately 54 Minutes

Session 16:  7 Strategies for Ensuring Healthy Social-Emotional Development (SED) in Both Girls and Boys; Similar but Different Social-Emotional Journeys;  Whining vs. Emotional Health; How Women and Men Teach “Emotions” Differently.

Session 17:  What to Do When My Kids Lie; Communication Strategies that Work; Conflict Strategies that Work; Using Debate as a Parenting Tool; Tips for Having a Healthy Divorce; Is ADHD Over-Diagnosed?

Session 18:  The Role of Hormones in Depression and Anxiety; Brain Scans of Children and Adults Who Have Experienced Trauma; Strategies for Healing Trauma.

Session 19:  7 Strategies for Helping Girls Develop Social Emotional Success; 7 Strategies for Helping Boys Have Strong Social Emotional Development; Working with Sensitive Boys and Sensitive Girls; How to Teach Both Empathy and Resilience.

4 Sessions, Approximately 53 Minutes

Session 20:  Myths About Masculinity; 3 Causes of Male Violence; Battling Our Society’s Abandonment of Healthy Male Development; How to Raise a Mature Man; Handling Boys’ Interrupting Behavior and Impulsiveness; 14 Strategies for Helping Boys Mature and Express Emotions.

Session 21:  10 Strategies for Motivating Boys; How to Develop Healthy Competition; New Strategies for Communicating with Boys and Building Character; Healthy Rites of Passage; Heroes in Boys’ Every Day Lives.

Session 22:  Strategies for Building Self-Discipline, Independence, and a Sense of Purpose; How to Use the Three Times Rule to Guide Behavior; Peripatetic Counseling and Growth.

Session 23:  Strategies to Help Boys with School Work and Homework; Signs of Good Schools for Boys; 8 Strategies for Academic Success; Boys and Risk-Taking; 9 Learning Strategies We Hope Teachers Will Use.

4 Sessions, Approximately 47 Minutes

Session 24:  Protecting the Emotional Lives of Girls, Building Strong Girl Leaders; Empowerment and Strategies for Building Resilience in Girls; Technology and Self-Esteem; Girls and Risk-Taking; How Do We Help an Angry Girl?

Session 25:  Girls Need Both Maternal and Paternal Nurturance; 6 Strategies for Building Your Own Nurturing Style; the Art of Mentoring Girls; Fears About our Daughters’ Fragility; Rites of Passage for Girls; Can We Say, “Great Job!” Too Much?

Session 26:  Girls and STEM education; 7 Strategies for Helping Girls with Math; What to Do When She Says, “I’m Bad at Math!”  Perfectionism in Girls; Girl Leadership and Success.

Session 27:  6 Strategies to Help a Bullied Girl; Helping a Girl Survive Cyber-Bullying; 8 Strategies for Helping Girls with Drama and Relational Aggression; a Nature-Based Approach to Bullying; Celebrating both Science and Common Sense in the Art of Parenting.

Editor’s Note:  As you take this course, you may notice that a few slides are missing from the PDF and a few others are not used in the presentation.  The  missing slides have been removed from the PDF for copyright purposes.  The extra slides have been retained in the PDF as bonus content for you.

Contact the Gurian Institute at info@gurianinstitute.com for information on how a professional development plan can be designed to meet the needs of your organization and the families you serve.