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Social Express

Built to strengthen foundational social‑emotional skills, this animated, research-based program engages students through interactive lessons. Flexible classroom or 1:1 use is supported with grade-leveled quizzes and progress tracking to monitor growth.

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Cool School

Designed for upper‑elementary learners, this curriculum builds advanced social skills through structured, research-backed lessons. Classroom or 1:1 implementation is supported, along with anonymous reporting tools that promote a safer school environment.

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SyncUP

Focused on middle‑school well‑being, this program develops decision‑making and critical‑thinking skills aligned with national health standards. Five key domains: emotional, mental, physical, social, and environmental health.

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Teen Career Path

Created for high‑school learners, this program strengthens career exploration and essential life‑skills development. Interest‑aligned activities and repeatable practice reduce job‑shadowing barriers and prepare students for successful employment pathways.

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Welcome to Brighten Learning your source for teaching social skills, life skills and career readiness. Our unique animated programs are engaging, interactive and easy to teach for educators AND families.

Foundational Social Skills

The Social Express is a research-based Social Skills Learning program that allows users an opportunity to learn and practice skills needed to navigate our social world. Special Ed K-12

Career Exploration and Life Skills

Funded by The National Science Foundation, Teen Career Path is the only video game experience for exploring 15 job sectors. Special Ed 9-12+

Our Approach to Learning

Animation is engaging for all ages—that’s why Brighten Learning programs use animated interactive lessons. Video modeling is a form of observational and visual learning in which a targeted behavior or skill is exhibited through a video demonstration in the hopes that the behavior or skill will then be imitated and implemented in a person’s “real” life (National Professional Development Center).
Animations help students simulate and visualize concepts that are too intricate and nuanced to be described in a more traditional teaching approach.

A series of studies have shown that students who are taught in a “mixed system” of traditional teaching methods in cooperation with video modeling “perceive themselves as playing a more central role in classroom interactions and felt a greater interest in learning” (Rosen).

A 2011 study by Durlak et al found that teachers who employed video modeling in a supplementary way in their classrooms improved student achievement by an average of 11 percentage points and influenced their students to engage in more prosocial behaviors – such as kindness, sharing, and empathy.

Students, through video modeling, are thus more likely to be engaged in school and exhibit proactive, positive behaviors. Both of these outcomes improve the social climate of schools, making students more likely to feel welcome and safe at school, thus leading to decreased levels of absent and chronically truant students.