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THE BRAIN Project
Transforming Hearts Empowering Brilliance Resilience And Insightful Neural-growth. Emotional literacy by correspondence, for people the group room cannot reach.
| Full name | Transforming Hearts Empowering Brilliance Resilience And Insightful Neural-growth Project |
|---|---|
| Operator | 10P Programs and Solutions |
| Format | Independent study; print or digital (tablet) |
| Serves | Individuals and groups in California prisons, including restrictive housing and mental-health units |
| First course | C1 — The Theory of Emotional Illiteracy-Based Criminality |
| Completion | Certificate of Completion and Letter of Recognition |
THE BRAIN Project — Transforming Hearts Empowering Brilliance Resilience And Insightful Neural-growth — is the 10P Program's independent-study curriculum. It delivers self-paced emotional-literacy courses, in print or on prison tablets, to individuals and groups inside California prisons.1
It was designed for people traditional programming fails to reach: those in administrative segregation and restrictive housing, in behavioral-health and mental-health units, and those not yet ready for group circles.3 Participants read, answer written reflection questions, and return their work; completed courses earn a Certificate of Completion and a Letter of Recognition that can be placed in a person's file for the parole board.2
Courses
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| C1 | The Theory of Emotional Illiteracy-Based Criminality |
| C2 | Understanding Emotional Literacy |
| C11 | Conflict Resolution in the Carceral Setting |
| C12 | Journey to Empowerment: Parole Preparation |
| C13 | Legacy Leadership |
| C14 | The Power of the Pen |
| C15 | The Purposeful Parent |
| C16 | Triggered to Transformed |
Course C1
The first course introduces the Theory of Emotional Illiteracy-Based Criminality (TEIBC) through excerpts from Samual Nathaniel Brown's 2018 book, including his account of the parole-board evaluation that led to it. It covers the theory's classification as an ethnographic criminogenic supposition; its foundations in Adverse Childhood Experiences, social ecology, cognitive behavioral therapy and strain theory; constructive and destructive Coping mechanisms; a seven-step path for overcoming criminality; and the neuroscience of change. Twenty-five reflection questions ask participants to apply the theory to their own lives.2
The course closes with Brown's message to the reader: "The core of criminality and being antisocial is emotional illiteracy. The goal of rehabilitation and the core of prosocial thinking and behavior is emotional literacy. You can do it."2
Reach
According to 10P, THE BRAIN Project has reached people in 20 of California's 33 state prisons, and the program is recognized by the Board of Parole Hearings for strengthening reading, writing, goal-setting and parole preparation.3 Sponsors can fund courses for people inside through 10P.
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10P Program. "THE BRAIN Project." 10pprogram.org/thebrainproject ↑
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Brown, S. N. THE BRAIN Project, Course C1: The Theory of Emotional Illiteracy-Based Criminality. 10P Programs and Solutions. ↑↑↑
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10P Programs and Solutions. Unlocking Human Potential: A Decade of Emotional Literacy. Organizational report. ↑↑
Put this into practice
Independent study
THE BRAIN Project
Self-paced emotional-literacy coursework you can complete anywhere, including from inside.
See THE BRAIN Project
See also
Cite this entry: Samual Nathaniel Brown. “THE BRAIN Project.” The Emotional Literacy Encyclopedia, 10P Program, 2026-10-25. https://emotionalliteracy.org/encyclopedia/the-brain-project/
