Belonging Activities For Middle Schools

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Discover Disability Support Activities for Students

Don’t Hide It Flaunt it works to help people celebrate their uniqueness by promoting SEL programs for educators. At Don’t Hide It Flaunt It (DHIFI), we have a strong belief in the power of embracing differences and creating environments where everyone is capable of feeling seen, heard, and valued. Through our variety of programs, we aim to promote acceptance, empathy, and self-confidence for people from all walks of life.

Inclusion And Belonging Curriculum

We believe that social emotional learning activities for military families can truly make a difference in the world. Social Emotional Learning is a key focus of our work at DHIFI. SEL provides individuals – students in particular – with the tools to understand and control their emotions, build strong interpersonal skills, and improve decision-making skills. Increasing awareness of how others experience the world, encouraging the building of strong teams and encouraging enhanced communication are just several advantages of SEL activities. Connecting with themselves and others, these activities help establish the social skills needed for self-growth and academic achievement. If you are curious about the power of belonging programs, we’re here to help you get started.

A Belonging Program For Military Families

Together with social emotional learning activities, we additionally focus on an inclusion curriculum for organizations. Our Inclusion programs are designed to create environments where everyone can feel they are included, regardless of their race, gender, background, or abilities. We take it a step further than inclusion by fostering true inclusion and inclusion – with a goal of ensuring equal opportunities for all. Our programming is ideal for schools, corporate settings, and community groups, with engaging formats that tackle a variety of topics.

A Belonging Curriculum

Supporting icebreaker activities for elementary school at DHIFI encompasses community, school and corporate. Through motivational talks, our Speaking Engagements work to break down misconceptions about disabilities and other differences. By encouraging personal creativity through art, together with fostering inclusion and empathy, participants engage in meaningful activities in our interactive programs. Our programs for students start a critical dialogue, with a focus on celebrating the things that make us unique and fostering an atmosphere of respect and kindness among peers. Every program is customized to the unique needs of the audience, ensuring a enduring impact on all who participate. Experience the difference we can make with icebreaker activities for students.

SEL Activities For Families

Our mission at DHIFI is to inspire individuals to embrace what makes them different through self acceptance activity ideas students , based on the idea that differences should be flaunted, not concealed. We inspire people of all ages to embrace their differences as an important part of who they are. Whether through storytelling, keynote addresses, or educational workshops, our objective is to foster a world where inclusion is celebrated and valued. By cultivating respect and understanding, our goal is to create communities where everyone feels encouraged to celebrate their differences with pride.

Examples of SEL Activities for Students

As an educator, you might be curious about ways to integrate social emotional learning activities for educators into your school curriculum. You don’t need to sacrifice too much of your class time for this goal to be achieved. At Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It, we are here to give you ideas to assist students in celebrating their differences. These are simply a few examples:

  • Sharing quotes
  • Sharing stories
  • Coping strategies
  • Journal entries
  • Arts and crafts
  • Positive affirmations
  • Show-and-tell

Bullying Prevention Programs Disability Education Program For Organizations

Bullying is often the result by an absence of understanding and respect, which is the reason we’re so dedicated to disability acceptance training for schools. We address the core issues behind bullying and give students tools to defend themselves through interactive activities and candid discussions. The importance of empathy, kindness, and respect cannot be emphasized enough. This is the reason students are shown to recognize bullying behaviors in their communities and take a stand them. Our programs are focused on more than just raising awareness. We want students to become active advocates for real change. This is why a safer and supportive environment can be built for everyone. If you want to learn more about bullying awareness curriculum for educators, don’t hesitate to .

Icebreaker Activity Ideas For The Classroom

Fostering a sense of belonging and connection, Project Flaunt offers self acceptance activities for elementary school . We empower individuals to not only flaunt their differences but to express their stories with others through our distinct initiative, Project Flaunt. Storytelling sessions where students talk about how their differences affect their perspectives, collaborative efforts that celebrate individual strengths, and icebreakers where students reveal something special about themselves are examples of these activities. Students not only learn more about each other but additionally develop a deeper understanding for inclusion within their classroom, at home, and in the broader community through these activities.

Inclusion Activities For High Schools

Empowering individuals to flaunt their differences and create a world that’s more inclusive through social emotional learning programs for organizations is our primary mission at DHIFI, in everything we do. We strive to foster environments where understanding and acceptance thrive through our wide range of programs. For additional information on our programs, visit us today.

Our Programs

Our social emotional learning (SEL) and empathy-building programs are designed to build acceptance and empathy and create cultures of inclusion for schools, communities, companies, and beyond.
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School Programs

This program is designed to help kids and teens build self-confidence, empathy and healthy relationship skills.

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Community Programs

We work with community organizations, summer camps, faith-based organizations, and other non-profits.

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Corporate Programs

DHIFI offers customized presentations and programming for companies of all sizes to build inclusivity and understanding in the workplace.

Testimonials

During our 2019 annual President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) Symposium, Meg gave an impressionable presentation titled “What You Think of Me is None of My Business: Embracing Your Superpower” which embodied our theme of PCCW Celebrates One Cornell: Diversity and Inclusion.” Not only was Meg’s presentation insightful, thoughtful and impactful, but she captivated the audience. Sharing stories about those who go through life with visible and invisible differences made us aware that we all face difficulties and challenges in many ways, but together, through education and awareness, we can be compassionate, loving and caring to everyone, no matter the trials and tribulations ahead.

Carole Quealy

Cornell University, Alumni Affairs & Development

When the U.S. Embassy in Israel hosted Meg Zucker as a Distinguished American Speaker in 2015, the audiences she spoke and met with were deeply inspired by her personal story, her effective advocacy, and the early success of Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It.  Her appearance made a huge impact with advocates for inclusion and acceptance which still resonates today with those who met her.

Daniel Shapiro

former U.S. Ambassador to Israel

Meg is an energetic and engaging speaker who inspires all who meet her with her life story of growing up with a blatant physical difference and parenting kids who share her difference.   Her message of “the things that make me different make me, me” is heartfelt and impactful and resonates with audiences of all ages and backgrounds.  Meg’s mission of building acceptance, tolerance, and empathy is more important now than ever before.  Everyone who has the pleasure of hearing Meg’s story and her vision will be better for it.

Mindy Scheier

Founder and CEO, Runway of Dreams Foundation

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CASEL Competencies
 
  • Self-awareness: Assessing
 one’s own strengths […] and possessing confidence and growth mind-set
  • Social awareness: Taking the perspective of and empathizing with others from diverse backgrounds and cultures
  • Relationship skills: Establishing healthy and rewarding relationships with diverse individuals.