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    • About Us
      • About Us
      • Progress Update
      • Mission
      • Our Team
      • Aaron B. Kershaw
      • Dr Jim Bostic, Th.D.
      • Billye J. Jones, DSW
      • Press Releases
      • Power of BuildingBlocs
      • The Academy
    • Programs
      • curriculum review
      • BuildingBlocs - overview
      • The BrightPath Academy
      • Ministry Initiative
      • Built from the Inside
      • Pathlight Mentors
      • Family Reset Series
      • Financial Series
      • LifeBlocs Learning System
      • VCEH - Financial Programs
    • Explore Books
      • Discovery Series
      • Children’s Series
      • Uncle Aaron Book's
      • Founders Blog
    • Resources
      • Downloads
      • Financial Tools
      • FAQs
      • CommunityEmpowermentHQ
      • Templates
      • VCEH - Intake Forms
    • Community
      • Partnerships
      • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Sponsorships
      • Corporate Partnerships
      • Make a Donation
    • Articles
      • Blueprint for Stability
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      • Understanding the Economy
      • Impact of Daily Expenses
    • Online Learning
      • BRIGHTStartU
      • The BrightPath Academy
      • BrightStartu.com
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BuildingBlocs Literacy

BuildingBlocs LiteracyBuildingBlocs LiteracyBuildingBlocs Literacy
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Progress Update
    • Mission
    • Our Team
    • Aaron B. Kershaw
    • Dr Jim Bostic, Th.D.
    • Billye J. Jones, DSW
    • Press Releases
    • Power of BuildingBlocs
    • The Academy
  • Programs
    • curriculum review
    • BuildingBlocs - overview
    • The BrightPath Academy
    • Ministry Initiative
    • Built from the Inside
    • Pathlight Mentors
    • Family Reset Series
    • Financial Series
    • LifeBlocs Learning System
    • VCEH - Financial Programs
  • Explore Books
    • Discovery Series
    • Children’s Series
    • Uncle Aaron Book's
    • Founders Blog
  • Resources
    • Downloads
    • Financial Tools
    • FAQs
    • CommunityEmpowermentHQ
    • Templates
    • VCEH - Intake Forms
  • Community
    • Partnerships
    • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Sponsorships
    • Corporate Partnerships
    • Make a Donation
  • Articles
    • Blueprint for Stability
    • Blueprint for Success
    • Understanding the Economy
    • Impact of Daily Expenses
  • Online Learning
    • BRIGHTStartU
    • The BrightPath Academy
    • BrightStartu.com
  • 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)
  • BrightPath 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)
  • BRIGHTPath 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:


  • BRIGHTPath 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 BRIGHTPath 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)
  • BRIGHTPath 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:


  • BrightPath 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 Mentorship System
  • CivicSense tools from Strategic Empathy
  • Peer-to-peer leadership and intergenerational coaching tracks

Available Now on BRIGHTPath Academy

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


New courses launching monthly.
Visit www.thebrightpathacademy.com or email info@buildingblocs.org to learn more or schedule a program overview.


Explore Current Courses & Upcoming Book-Based Tracks


The BRIGHTPath Learning Portal is officially launching in July 2025, but you don’t have to wait to start transforming your life. Through our live Canvas-based platform, individuals, families, and professionals can access high-impact, book-aligned courses right now, and get certified.


Launching August 2025: Book + Course Combinations

The following titles are fully authored and in production now. Each book will be paired with a BRIGHTPath Academy course, complete with coaching guides, case studies, reflection prompts, and optional certifications.


BrightPath Mind

Emotional Regulation, Nervous System Reset, & Self-Understanding
Designed for adults recovering from trauma, chronic stress, or emotional burnout. A science-based path to stillness, control, and inner clarity.


BrightPath Parenting & SEL Education

Raising Emotionally Strong Kids
Equips caregivers and educators with tools for emotional coaching, conflict repair, and intergenerational healing. Aligns with CASEL’s SEL framework.


BrightPath HR

Leadership, HR Compliance, Culture, & Conflict
A vital curriculum for HR departments, team leads, and ministry leaders. Includes DEI, anti-discrimination, hiring practices, and values-based culture building.


BrightPath for Entrepreneurs

Starting, Managing, and Scaling a Purpose-Driven Business
Covers branding, planning, funding, and resilience. Great for self-starters, veterans, side-hustlers, and nonprofit founders.


BrightPath Teams

Team Building, Conflict Navigation, Communication, & Peer Coaching
Ideal for small business teams, ministries, school districts, and correctional peer programs. Based on real case studies and SEL-based models.


The BrightPath Leader

Strategic Empathy, Ethical Leadership, & Influence
For managers, mentors, clergy, and coaches. Teaches how to lead with emotional intelligence and create systems that build people, not just outcomes.


Each course will feature:
✔️ A printed and digital textbook
✔️ Guided online modules
✔️ Live workshops or facilitator resources
✔️ PDF toolkits and coaching prompts
✔️ Certification pathway with optional CEUs


🌐 Want early access or group licensing for your organization?
Visit www.thebrightpathacademy.com or contact us to schedule a program overview.




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