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    • About Us
      • About Us
      • Mission
      • Our Team
      • Dr. Lori-Ellen Pisani
      • Aaron B. Kershaw
      • Company overview
      • curriculum review
      • The Academy
    • Academy
    • Programs
      • Built from the Inside
      • Pathlight Mentors
      • Used to Survive
      • Family Reset Series
      • TrustWorks Series
      • Financial Series
      • Ministry Initiative
      • EMO-PATH
      • Red Flag
      • FR: Conversations
      • Training - Rest-Trust
    • Contact Us
BuildingBlocs Literacy
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Mission
    • Our Team
    • Dr. Lori-Ellen Pisani
    • Aaron B. Kershaw
    • Company overview
    • curriculum review
    • The Academy
  • Academy
  • Programs
    • Built from the Inside
    • Pathlight Mentors
    • Used to Survive
    • Family Reset Series
    • TrustWorks Series
    • Financial Series
    • Ministry Initiative
    • EMO-PATH
    • Red Flag
    • FR: Conversations
    • Training - Rest-Trust
  • Contact Us

Foundational Learning

Foundational Learning

Foundational Learning

Build a strong base in life-ready skills. This track offers real-world learning in math, percentages, budgeting, and financial vocabulary. Designed to support confident everyday decision-making.


Now powered by:


  • Budget Like a Boss (Books + Workbooks)
  • Money Adventure: Your Guide to Financial Freedom
  • BRIGHTPath Academy: Financial Foundations course

Financial Empowerment

Foundational Learning

Foundational Learning

Gain control over your money and your future. Participants learn savings strategies, debt reduction, credit building, wealth building, and retirement preparation.


Aligned with:


  • Wealth Moves and Legacy Secured
  • BrightPath Financial Discovery Series
  • Bilingual support via Presupuesto Como un Jefe (Spanish edition)

 

Personal Development

Foundational Learning

Personal Development

 Develop practical life skills to thrive in work, relationships, and everyday choices. Topics include time management, emotional regulation, goal setting, and communication.


Delivered through:


  • Built From the Inside™ (10-book series)
  • BuildingBlocs Academy courses on SEL and leadership
  • Mastering the Fire and Resetting the Nervous System (Books 8–10)

Family Well-Being

Comfortable Retirement

Personal Development

Support healthy relationships and intergenerational communication through trauma-informed resources for parents, teens, and children.


Powered by:


  • The Family Reset Series
    – Before It Spills (Parents)
    – Real Talk (Teens)
    – Little Talks (Children)
  • BuildingBlocs Academy Family Workshops & Facilitator Tools


Career Success

Comfortable Retirement

Comfortable Retirement

Prepare for long-term employment and leadership. Learners receive guidance in resumes, interviews, professionalism, networking, and business readiness.


Enhanced by:


  • BuildingBlocs CareerBlocs track
  • Adulting 101 series
  • Strategic Empathy and The BrightPath Leader
  • Small business prep via Uncle Aaron’s Guidebook

Comfortable Retirement

Comfortable Retirement

Comfortable Retirement

Plan with confidence for retirement, healthcare decisions, and legacy preservation. This bloc guides older adults through a proactive approach to late-stage financial planning.


Anchored in:


  • Thrive After 70
  • Legacy Secured
  • GoldenBlocs curriculum via BuildingBlocs Academy


Health and Wellness

Civic Engagement & Community Involvement

Health and Wellness

Empower personal and emotional wellness with science-backed tools for stress management, trauma recovery, and nervous system healing.


Featured programs:


  • Built From the Inside™ – trauma-informed modules
  • Free Inside (Book 10 in BFI Series)
  • BuildingBlocs SEL + Healing Curriculum

Digital Literacy

Civic Engagement & Community Involvement

Health and Wellness

Strengthen basic technology skills including email, online safety, communication tools, and modern literacy for workforce readiness.


Coming soon via:


  • BuildingBlocs Academy’s Digital Tools Series
  • Business readiness and adult learning modules
  • New mini-courses on financial tech, security, and access

Civic Engagement & Community Involvement

Civic Engagement & Community Involvement

Civic Engagement & Community Involvement

 Foster agency, voice, and social responsibility. This track helps learners understand community systems, how to get involved, and how to lead change.


Rooted in:


  • Pathlight Youth System
  • Civic Sense tools from Strategic Empathy
  • Peer-to-peer leadership and intergenerational coaching tracks

Available Now on BuildingBlocs Academy

BuildingBlocs Academy offers real-world, self-paced online courses built from our published materials. Designed to support learners of all ages, backgrounds, and life stages. These aren’t theory-based fluff. Each course is built for action, with tools you can use today.


Financial Discovery Series


1. Budget Like a Boss
Learn to create a working budget, manage income and expenses, build emergency savings, and take financial control.
🔹 Includes: Book + Companion Workbook
🔹 Certification Track: Yes
🔹 Available in English and Spanish (Presupuesto Como un Jefe)


2. Money Adventure: Your Guide to Financial Freedom
Explore money habits, goal setting, spending patterns, and wealth-building strategies. This is your entry point to personal finance literacy.
🔹 Companion course to the book
🔹 Great for teens, young adults, and parents


3. Working With a Financial Advisor
Understand how to work with professionals to create your financial plan. Learn to assess credentials, manage relationships, and avoid scams.


4. Financial Empowerment for Veterans & Households
Tailored for veterans, families, and underserved communities. Combines budgeting, financial mindset, and access to benefits with practical tools.


Emotional Literacy & Leadership


5. Strategic Empathy
Built from the workbook-style book Strategic Empathy: Navigating Leadership and Success in the Modern Workplace.
🔹 Learn how to lead people with clarity, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence
🔹 Ideal for managers, team leaders, and mentors


6. Driver Onboarding: HR, Safety & Compliance
For logistics and gig workers. Covers HR best practices, workplace rights, DEI, harassment prevention, and personal branding.
🔹 Uses BrightPath HR content
🔹 Aligned with EEOC and OSHA standards


 Justice-Involved & Reentry Series


7. Built From the Inside™: Personal Healing & Transformation
A 10-part SEL series used inside facilities, reentry programs, and youth mentorship groups.
🔹 Includes: Books 1–10
🔹 Certification: Peer mentor, facilitator, or director level available
🔹 Based on real trauma-informed practice


8. Pathlight Youth System™
Companion to BFI. Prepares returning citizens, veterans, or graduates of SEL programs to become peer mentors.
🔹 Includes certification, onboarding guide, and leadership development modules
🔹 Aligned with DOC and SEL standards


Each BuildingBlocs Academy course includes:
✔️ Online access via Canvas
✔️ Downloadable workbooks & exercises
✔️ Final quiz and certificate of completion
✔️ Optional coaching or facilitator pathway (for eligible tracks)




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