Youth co-design:
Young people were involved in the co-design of the product, including focus groups and product testing.

SuperBetter

The SuperBetter Mindset is an easy-to-teach mental framework that uses the psychology of game play to empower mental health, resilience & life skills. The SuperBetter Mindset can be taught in classrooms and after school programs using curriculums and/or an EdTech platform. SuperBetter is also a safe and supportive framework for student and peer mentoring. Five published studies show that using SuperBetter significantly increases resilience & self-efficacy and reduces anxiety & depression."
Product specs
  • Student mental health focus: Develop life and character-building skills, Promote Social and School Connectedness
  • Product category: Curriculum/lessons, Self-guided activities, Coaching/mentorship, Check-ins, Screening/assessment
  • Grade levels: 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade
  • End user(s): Students, Teachers
  • Tiers of intervention: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3
  • District experience: 20,001-50,000 students, 1,000-5,000 students
  • Free version available?: Only paid versions of the product are available.
Impact
  • Intended outcomes: SuperBetter improves resilience, mental health, self-efficacy and life skills. Teaching the SuperBetter Mindset in the classroom offers schools a unique approach to proactively empower student mental health and reduce the prevalence of anxiety and depression.SuperBetter builds durable skills for student success, and empowers sustained outcomes in subjects where a resilience mindset adds value, such as digital citizenship, financial well-being, and mental health literacy.
  • Demonstrated outcomes: Five published clinical & randomized controlled trials conducted by Harvard, University of Pennsylvania & others show that using the SuperBetter Mindset significantly reduces anxiety & depression and increases resilience & self-efficacy. A published article shows that students who learned the SuperBetter Mindset framework in an after school program significantly improved their grades and attendance, and increased self-confidence, resilience and emotional control.
Privacy & Safety
  • Privacy & Security: Privacy and security is a top priority. The tech-enabled product complies with FERPA and COPPA requirements. No personal health information (PHI) is collected or shared in the app experience.
  • Crisis protocols: The products are designed to proactively build resilience and skills in classroom and mentoring settings. They are not designed for treatment. Crisis protocols can be added if needed for a school/districts use of the product.
Data provided to school/district

Schools who utilize the tech-enabled SuperBetter Classroom product have access to a web-based dashboard that shows student participation in squad challenges hosted by the instructor. The dashboard also provides aggregate student data showing changes in seven psychological strengths developed by using the SuperBetter Mindset.

Accessibility
  • Web accessibility: When using the tech-enabled classroom product, students can access the program on a web app as an alternative to the mobile app. Product demo videos include sub-titles.
  • Language accessibility: SuperBetter is currently only available in English. The company is very interested in adding additional languages in the future.
Youth co-design:
Young people were involved in the co-design of the product, including focus groups and product testing.

Note

All information was provided by the company in June 2025. We encourage you to ask for up-to-date information as well as any additional information needed, when considering products.  

Disclosure: This company was a member of the Headstream Accelerator program.

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