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A SHORT HISTORY
In the late 1980s, Michael Gurian
discovered that most parents, professionals and community members were
not being given crucial information on how boys and girls and
women and men are naturally different. Parents, educators,
helping professionals and corporate and governmental executives
and employees needed deeper understanding of how boys and girls learn
and grow differently and women and men live, work and lead in their own
unique ways.
 Beginning in 1989, Michael developed
interdisciplinary
trainings (combining information from neuro-biology, biochemistry,
anthropology, psychology and sociology) for teachers, parents,
businesses, government agencies, and others professionals.
Over a ten year period, he researched, wrote, and provided training in
male/female brain difference. THE WONDER OF BOYS was published in
1996. It was the first book of its kind to base its parenting
philosophy on gender information from the brain sciences. THE
WONDER OF GIRLS, it's companion book, was published five years later.
In 1998, Michael was invited by the
Missouri Center for Safe Schools
and the University of Missouri-Kansas City to develop the first Gurian
Institute pilot study. This took place through the University of
Missouri-Kansas City--a two-year pilot program involving six
communities in Missouri. Michael and the Gurian Institute-Missouri
staff trained teachers, administrators, criminal justice personnel, and
parents in six school districts.
This pilot study--as well as many of the
teachers' innovations and results--is reported in BOYS AND
GIRLS LEARN DIFFERENTLY! A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS, by Michael Gurian
and Patricia Henley (former director of the Missouri Center for Safe
Schools and the Gurian Institute at UMKC), with co-author Terry Trueman
(Jossey-Bass/John Wiley, April 2001).
In 2000, at the end of the pilot, the
Gurian Institute trainings extended reach beyond Missouri into
the rest of the U.S. The Gurian
Institute Training Division was formed in Colorado Springs in
2002 in order to further develop the BOYS AND GIRLS LEARN
DIFFERENTLY TRAINING PROGRAM™. Led by Kathy
Stevens, the GITD (www.thegitd.com)
has now successfully trained schools and communities in most of the
United States, most of the provinces of Canada, and overseas. THE
MINDS OF BOYS: SAVING OUR SONS FROM FALLING BEHIND IN SCHOOL AND LIFE
was published in 2005 by Michael and Kathy. This book
includes up-to-date innovations and information regarding boys'
needs in schools, homes, and communities.
Over
the last two years, expansion of the Gurian Institute's research and
trainings includes new resources for businesses — our Corporate Division — and for therapists, social workers and
criminal justice professionals — our Human Services Division.
While the Institute's work has always included parent friendly
techniques, books and training, 2006 also marks the expansion of the
Gurian Institute's programs into a separate Family Division.
For outcomes and results of Gurian
Institute trainings and programs, please click Success.
The
Gurian Institute is an educational corporation devoted to service,
education and training. Our number of certified trainers grows
every year. We hope you'll join us!
— Michael
Gurian, Founder
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