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[Free Classroom Activity] Are Your Students Aware of Safe Food Temperatures?

Denise Bodart, RealCare Product Manager Did you know that there are about 48 million cases of foodborne illnesses every year? Do your students? Despite living in a nation where the food supply is considered among the safest in the world, foodborne illnesses occur with startling frequency. According to the USDA, 1 in 6 Americans are […]

Our Response to a Recent Study

We were dismayed to learn last week that The Lancet, a prominent British medical journal, published a deeply flawed study of an infant simulator-based program that the authors inaccurately associated with Realityworks’ RealCare Program. The study had nothing to do with us, our curriculum or our RealCare Baby® infant simulators, nor are its conclusions about […]

Realityworks’ age simulation suit wins caregiver award

By Janelle Krause, Realityworks PR & Events Specialist EAU CLAIRE, Wis., August 1, 2016 –  Realityworks’ newest RealCare product, the RealCare™ Geriatric Simulator sensitivity suit, has received the 2016 Today’s Caregiver™ Friendly Award by Today’s Caregiver magazine. The Caregiver Friendly Awards are designed to celebrate products, services, books and media created with the needs of […]

10 Tips for Engaging Youth in Teen Pregnancy Prevention & Parenting Education [Infographic]

By Emily Kuhn RealCare Baby® and our other experiential learning tools have been used in community education settings for over two decades to help young people make healthy choices about teen pregnancy, relationships, life skills and more. That means we’ve had over 20 years of conversations with maternal and child health educators about program ideas, tips and […]

Realityworks Employee Named to the IMPBA Hall of Fame

EAU CLAIRE, Wis., July 18, 2016 – Mike Zaborowski, Mechanical Engineering Technician for Realityworks, Inc., will join other longtime members of the International Model Power Boat Association’s (IMPBA) Hall of Fame. The award will be given on August 20 at the Minute Breakers Classic Race in Mendota, IL. IMPBA is a non-profit organization for model boat […]

Perkins Act Reauthorization: A Reminder to Continue Advocating

By Timmothy Boettcher, President and CEO of Realityworks, Inc. The U.S. is on a path towards realizing how important Career and Technical Education (CTE) is in this country, and on June 28, Congress took an important step to ensure that journey continues: It announced a bill to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical […]

Making a Difference through Family & Consumer Sciences: A RealCare Baby® User Spotlight

by Denise Bodart, Realityworks RealCare Product Manager Finance. Housing and interior design. Food science. Nutrition. Personal wellness. Human development. The life and career skills that Family and Consuner Sciences (FCS) educators equip students with can have a significant impact on their lives. In the two decades since RealCare Baby® first made its debut, we’ve had the […]

Gain Understanding about Elderly Patients with the RealCare™ Geriatric Simulator

By Denise Bodart, Realityworks RealCare Product Manager As the elderly population increases, demand for nurses and caregivers trained to work with geriatric patients will grow as is the need for tools to engage 21st Century learners. Real-world experiences can aide in helping prepare today’s students for success in careers. One way to provide geriatric sensitivity […]