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The brain based educational programs are increasingly popular, because of advances in neurosciences. The purpose of this study was to develop Brain Education program and to investigate the effectiveness of Brain Education program for the mental health of the child and youth. Brain Education Program was applied to 15 elementary school students. Brain Education Program have been showing the positive effects. The scales were mental health scale, self-esteem scale and study stress scale. Elementary school students completed the brain based program over the course of 10 weeks. 15 students(8 boys, 7 girls) in a control group participated in the other class. Pre-test post-test comparisons were conducted through repeated measures ANOVA, to evaluate the effect of the Brain Education program. The results say Brain Education program positively influenced on somatization, depression, anxiety, mental health total, self esteem and stress reduction. Results were discussed in terms of possible mechanisms of benefit and an alternative method of present school education that has many problems.