This is an advanced class for students who are proficient readers and learners. 
Flex Courses are designed to give the students the chance to learn at their own pace while giving parents the ability to meet their busy schedules These are not live classes to provide for the amount of extensive reading and work associated with the classes.  

Lessons include:
     * Anatomy of the parts of the brain associated with common mental disorders
     * The connection between neurotransmitters and diet.
     ^ The connection between malnutrition and mental illness.
     * The connection between exercise and neurotransmitter function.
     * Diet & exercise planning
     * Physical and therapeutic exercise practices to heal the brain.

Week 1
     * PowerPoint with audio presentation that reveals the parts of the brain associated with the most common mental disorders and what parts of the mind and body they control.  
     * Students are provided a guided worksheet they will be using during the presentation to report their findings regarding the parts of the brain affected and how the they relate to the disorders and different parts of the body.
     * Guided discussion questions to be shared with the rest of the class through the Outschool platform.

Week 2
     * PowerPoint with audio presentation that educated the learned to understand what neurotransmitters are, their functions and how they can be deteriorated or strengthened through certain foods. 
     * A worksheet will be provided for students to use to record the different neurotransmitters and write down their function and the foods shown that stimulate and nourish them. 

Week 3
     * PowerPoint with audio presentation stating the US statistics and research behind the food, disorder connection and how certain vitamins and mineral deficiencies are linked.
     * Here they have a guided activity during the PowerPoint where they are to write down what the nutrients do for the mind, body and/or brain and how much is recommended for optimal health. 
     * Then they will do the Nutrients and the Body Activity where they will be putting together their own diet plan for optimal brain health and sharing it with the class.

Week 4
     * This PowerPoint presentation tells the research behind the benefits exercise delivers for the mind and hormonal balances. 
     * The students will then put together a week long activity program with exercises that they would actually do.
     * They will then be directed to stream two videos regarding the science behind diet and exercises benefits to the brain. 

Week 5
     * Today students will have only a short presentation regarding physical training that has been proven to heal the mind. 
     * Students will then be led by video to follow a thirty minute practice demonstrating the physical training.