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    Speaker Profile

    Ellen B. Braaten, PhD

    Associate Professor, Psychology and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Psychologist, Psychology Leadership Team, Executive Director, Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP), Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Colorado State University; Advisory Board, Magination Press, American Psychological Association; Member, International Academy for Research on Learning Disabilities; Co-Director of the Clay Center for Healthy Young Minds; Author, Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less: How to Rekindle Your Child’s Motivation (2023); Co-Author, The Motivation Mindset Workbook: Helping Teens and Tweens Discover What They Love to Do (2025) and Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up: Help Your Child Overcome Slow Processing Speed and Success in a Fast-Paced World (2014)

    Ellen B.Braaten, PhD

    Upcoming Talks

    Teaching Motivated Minds
    Applying Brain Science to Boost Mastery, Motivation, Mindsets, Metacognition, and Learning
    Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
    November 12-14, 2026

    Past Talks

    Teaching Engaged Brains
    Improving Student Attention, Motivation, and Mindsets in a Disengaged, Distracted Age
    The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom
    February 22-24, 2024