About BrainLinking
The History
The BrainLinking Story
As told by Joy Guttenberger, BrainLinking friend
Since beginning this work in 1996, Pat has been passionate about preparing brains for learning. She sees great intelligence in everyone, and her mission is to ACTIVATE THAT GENIUS! Her story, and the story of BrainLinking, Incorporated, is a long one, having traveled a very long and winding path to here, NOW, today!
The BrainLinking program founder and CEO, Patricia Rosenbury, received her Bachelor’s degree in education and mathematics from BYU in 1974, and her master’s degree in the reading and writing project from UC at Berkeley in 1991. Thereafter, she taught for eighteen years in elementary and high school in Utah, Texas, Japan, India, and the inner-city of Atlanta, Georgia .
As a traditional classroom teacher, Pat watched bright children struggle and yearned to find the keys to unlock the intelligence she knew they could not access. She recognized the critical and essential need for a broader range of teaching tools than she had carried from college. Thus, as a young teacher, she began her personal journey to discover the missing elements to better serve those children. When she began to discover the keys, she determined to bring the gift of that knowledge to as many others of her students as possible.
Twelve years ago Pat was introduced to and certified in the Structure of Intellect (SOI) in Atlanta while she was working with children living in low-income housing projects. The success she saw there convinced her that SOI provided part of that ‘missing’ something she had often found lacking in students in the states and overseas. When she moved to Salt Lake City in 1995, she knew that SOI held the keys to many children’s frustrations with academic learning. Pat committed herself and all her resources to creating a way to make it accessible to them. In the spring of 1996 she opened her own learning center utilizing the SOI Integrated Learning System woven with sensory integration and sustained self-directed attention work. Her program has since been endorsed by many professionals, including educators, pediatricians, and collegiate and professional athletic organizations.
Pat’s work has been blessed along this incredible journey, and she now devotes full time to her private practice and passion, BrainLinking, Incorporated. She deftly blends an impressive array of research-based and scientific assessment and teaching methods with personal experience. Her gifted work has changed hundreds of lives, ages 4 to 87, helping them prepare their brains for, and stimulating the undeveloped learning abilities they earnestly desired.
In addition to the demanding schedules of coaching, lecturing, travel and her BrainLinking work, Pat volunteers extensively in schools, in her community, and within her church family. Currently living in Salt Lake City, she enjoys live theatre performances, and loves to retreat and refresh herself in the mountains.
Pat has loved live theatre drama since college days, and her energetic and candid style engages individuals and groups, entertaining as she lectures. Audience members absorb her concepts naturally and depart with valuable tools to use immediately and simply in their classrooms or home schooling environments. She has spoken to educator groups throughout the nation and has been a keynote speaker for Suzuki International in Washington DC area, as well as for other groups by request. Her workshop topics include:
- Preparing the Brain to Learn
- The Cerebellum Connection to Everything About Learning
- Getting Ready to Read – Much More than Phonics
- The Eyes Sometimes Don’t ‘Have It’ – Reading Physiology
At BrainLinking we often receive comments such as, ‘We thought we’d tried everything, but nothing worked long term until Pat ’s program.’ ‘My son is now in charge of his own learning, and he’s awesome!’ ‘His self-esteem has skyrocketed!’ ‘My daughter feels better about herself and her school achievements’ ‘We’re so thankful…’
Pat views coaching clients and sharing this work as her greatest privilege and gift. She knows with certainty that the work of BrainLinking is her lifework. She values our clients, their parents and their teachers as our great teachers.
It has been a long journey to this moment, and the path continues to stretch out ahead, brightly lit, for a long way…..
Thank you – We’re grateful to all who share it with us!
Founder
Pat Rosenbury received her bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in education, drama, and mathematics in 1974, and her master’s degree in the reading and writing project from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991. She spent eighteen years teaching elementary, junior high and high school in Texas, Utah, Japan, India, the Philippines, and in the inner-city of Atlanta, Georgia.
Moving to Salt Lake City in 1995, she knew that the roots of learning difficulties were not in the academics, but in one’s learning style and brain processing efficiency. In the spring of 1996 she opened her own learning center utilizing her unique system of identifying and of developing one’s learning abilities and difficulties. Pat has assisted hundreds of clients ranging in ages from 4 to 87. Her program has received the endorsements of many, including pediatricians, educators, and NBA and NFL stars.
Her greatest joys have come from working with the children and youth in the community—whether in the Save the Children Program, with the United Way Organization, with the Juvenile Court System, through the Catholic Relief Organization, with the Head Start Program or in the programs of her church, Pat has always had a passion for the learning development of youngsters and young people. Her main goals: instill within the individual an understanding of who he/she really is and a joy for learning!
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