There is hope. And there is method.

1.1. Individual Tutoring

Sessions by appointment. Total flexibility without monthly commitment. Progressive discount per person:

1.2. Premium Study Room

Registration (insurance, bracelet, personal file, portal access, materials): €60

Format

• Weekdays (up to 5h/day, 3pm to 8pm) or Saturday morning
• In Portuguese and English
• Portuguese course for foreign students
• Diagnosis of difficulties and motivations
• Personalised support for each subject
• Small groups
• Space for concentration, inspiration and productivity
• Deep work + Deep fun
• Gamification of work
• Inside a private gated complex with a security guard
• Physical activity and posture training
• Musical instruments
• Medical and scientific instruments
• Homework support
• Snack
• Test preparation
• Access to the school question bank (BanPerE)
• Simulators
• Online support group (for questions outside in-person hours)
• Proprietary artificial intelligence tools
• Printing
• Materials
• Results monitoring on a shared digital dashboard
• Feedback to parents

Subjects

• Portuguese
• Mathematics
• English
• Natural Sciences
• Physics-Chemistry
• History
• Geography
• Music Education
• ICT (Information and Communication Technology)

Complementary Subjects

• Study methods
• Time management
• First aid
• Disease prevention
• Neurological exam
• Nutrition
• Anatomy
• Posture
• Common medications
• Bacteria
• Microscope
• Neuroscience of the senses
• Neuroscience of motivation
• Neuroscience of addiction
• Neuroscience of memory
• Neuroscience of dementia
• Neuroscience of depression
• Mental health
• Video editing
• Photography
• Music styles
• Meditation
• Financial simulations (stock and flow)
• Stock market
• Accounting and taxes
• Entrepreneurship
• Sales
• Marketing
• Negotiation
• Non-verbal language
• Personality tests
• Excel
• Statistics
• Data science and charts
• Piano
• Programming
• Artificial intelligence
• ChatGPT
• Digital family tree
• 3D digital modelling
• Board games (chess, senet, etc.)
• Creating a game
• Plants
• Electricity
• Professions
• World religions
• Politics
• Scientific method
• Fallacies and biases
• PowerPoint
• Public speaking
• Oratory and debate
• Big ideas
• Love of reading
• Ethics
• Laws

McMinsky Kids Mission

Gamification of school tests and simulations, for a normalisation of flawless and motivating grades. Deepening of school subjects. Soft skills (from learning tricks to communication ability). Hard skills (from data science and finance to first aid and medications). Physical, psychological and social well-being. Top technology. Top knowledge.

Real-world Hogwarts, therefore.

2.1. Intensive Courses

Artificial Intelligence. For modern and intelligent students. How to use artificial intelligence to help think, to help study, to help practise presentations, etc.

2.2. Tutoring

Subjects: Mathematics, Psychology, English, Physics-Chemistry, Biology-Geology, Philosophy

2.3. In-Person National Exam Simulations

Available subjects: Mathematics, Physics-Chemistry, Biology-Geology, Portuguese, Philosophy

3.1. Intensive Course

For those who want a personalised course at a faster pace, for quicker results and with quality above what you find online.

3.2. Help with Exams, Papers and Theses

Help at any stage of preparation, execution and presentation of your work.

3.3. Tutoring

Subjects: Anatomy, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Nutrition, Physics, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Histology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Statistics, Python, R, Matlab, Visual Basic, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop

4.1. Reskilling / Personal Incubation

In partnership with Carne Esperta

A kind of disruptive economic enhancement doping of the person through the development of something concrete.

• After-work hours
• In Portuguese and/or English
• Personalised support
• Partnerships with national and international companies
• Access to exclusive tools
• Access to exclusive content
• Immediate go-to-market strategy
• Deep work + Deep fun
• Nothing like the usual useless corporate training
• Nothing like the slow and outdated traditional higher education
• Nothing like the chaotic and superficial YouTube
• Nothing like the lonely task of trying to do everything alone
• Only for those who are hyper-motivated for change, in an intensive format
• Approval after a direct interview

Subjects

• Artificial Intelligence
• Programming
• Microsoft Excel
• Data Visualisation
• Statistics
• Network Science
• Video Creation
• Psychology
• Neuroscience
• English
• Portuguese for Foreigners

Previous Projects

• Quantitative simulation of weight variation under hormonal factors, diet and exercise
• Digital modelling of one's own voice
• Real estate valuation through data scraping and regression models
• Real-time kidney failure monitoring
• Order manager to minimise material waste
• Digitisation of the human arterial network
• Automatic creation of exercises and corrections
• Automatic classification from photographs
• Interactive evaluation of video viewing
• Hospital fall risk assessment using Bayesian Networks
• Automation of neuropsychological assessment and clinical report generation
• Collection, structuring and writing of clinical history
• Influence networks among Instagram influencers
• Creation of 3D bone models from CT scans
• Automation of flashcard creation
• Integration of company documents into a semantic database for flexible queries
• Intuitive and dynamic visualisations of statistical tests from consumer studies
• Delivery route optimisation in logistics
• Custom chatbots for customer service
• Automation of PDF form filling
• Data visualisation for real-time market trend analysis
• Statistical models for e-commerce demand forecasting
• Sentiment analysis of complaints for a fashion company
• Applications of psychology in UX/UI design to increase app conversion
• Neuroscience applied to marketing to understand consumer behaviour
• Intensive technical English courses for IT professionals
• Digital modelling for historical reconstruction in virtual museums
• Use of cognitive psychology to improve the effectiveness of corporate training programmes
• Inter-plagiarism assessment, based on previous work

4.2. Corporate Training

In partnership with Carne Esperta

Subjects: Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Microsoft Excel, Data Visualisation, Network Science, Neuroscience of the Senses, Neuroscience of Motivation, Habit Psychology, Gamification, Video Editing, Podcast Creation, Advanced Note Management with Digital Tools, Book Writing and Publishing, Emotional Intelligence at Work, Interactive Simulations for Decision Making (with stock and flow models, etc.), Public Speaking

Price

• On request.
• Possibility of access to partner company grants.

5.1. Senior Study Room

For modern and active seniors.

Registration (insurance, bracelet, personal file, portal access, materials): €60

• One 5-hour morning per week
• Training and recreational social activities
• Games
• Physical activity and posture training
• Socialising
• Snack
• Inside a private gated complex with a security guard
• Simulators
• Online support group
• Proprietary artificial intelligence tools
• Printing
• Materials

Subjects

• English (creating your digital voice, pronunciation training with immediate feedback, conversation simulation with foreigners, vocabulary lists, real social challenges)
• Digital family tree
• First aid
• Medications
• IT
• Cinema
• Photography
• Dance
• Board Games
• Drawing
• Physical exercise
• Science
• Diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Hypertension, Stroke, Heart attack, Migraines, Prostate
• Depression, Anxiety, Balance, Hearing, Bones, Liver, Kidneys, Nutrition
• Active ageing, Sleep, Vaccines, Online safety, Meditation

5.2. Intensive Course

5.3. Health Literacy Group Sessions

Information on request.

5.4. Self-Monitoring

Tips and tools for health and well-being self-monitoring.

The problem we know well

Grades in free fall. A lack of motivation no one seems able to fix. Diagnoses that frighten more than they help. The feeling that school is not doing enough, that the psychologist keeps saying the same things, that the doctor has no time to explain.

If you have found your way here, you have probably already tried several paths. We know this situation well, and we know what is missing.

What we do

Direct consulting with André da Silva, McMinsky's founder, with a PhD in neuroscience and over a decade of intensive hands-on experience with challenging youth and their parents.

• Deep analysis of the academic, behavioural and family situation
• Concrete, personalised action plan, not generic advice
• Neuroscience-based strategies that actually work in practice
• Guidance on the education system and the best available options
• Understanding your child's brain and profile: how they think, learn and what blocks them
• Approaches and techniques most professionals do not know or do not apply
• Support for handling difficult everyday situations at home
• Practical resources you can use immediately

Who it's for

• Parents of children or teens with poor school results
• Situations that need an urgent, competent plan
• Neurodivergent children and teens (ADHD, dyslexia, autism, giftedness, etc.)
• Chronic lack of motivation or school refusal
• Difficult behaviour at home or at school
• Parents who want to better understand what is happening and what they can do differently
• Anyone who needs an experienced, honest second opinion

What it is NOT

This is not a medical, psychological or psychiatric consultation. We do not replace those professionals, we complement them. We are the practical link that is missing between what school does not solve, what the psychologist has no time to teach and what nobody explains to parents.

Why McMinsky

Over a decade in the field, with hundreds of young people and families. Advanced training in neuroscience. Deep knowledge of education systems. Real, not theoretical, experience with the most challenging cases. And above all, results.

There is hope. And there is method.