Empathy Building Program For Summer Camps

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Find Out More About Emotional Support Activities for Companies

At Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It, we aim to promote disability support programs for students to help individuals celebrate the things that make them unique. At Don’t Hide It Flaunt It (DHIFI), we believe in the power of accepting uniqueness and building environments where every individual can feel seen, heard, and valued. Through our variety of programs, we strive to promote acceptance, empathy, and self-confidence for people from all walks of life.

SEL Programs

We believe that an inclusion and belonging program for students can truly make a difference in the world. At the heart of our work at DHIFI is Social Emotional Learning. SEL gives individuals – students in particular – with the resources to understand and control their emotions, build strong interpersonal skills, and make responsible decisions. Increasing awareness of how others experience the world, encouraging team building and fostering better communication are just a few benefits of SEL activities. The social skills necessary for self-growth and scholastic success can be laid with these activities as they help build stronger connections. If you’re curious about the power of empathy-based curriculum, we’re here to help you get started.

A Inclusion Curriculum For Companies

In addition to social emotional learning activities, we also focus on Inclusion activities for students. Our Inclusion programs are structured to build environments where everyone can feel they are included, regardless of their race, gender, background, or abilities. Beyond basic inclusion, we promote inclusion and inclusion, with a goal of ensuring everyone has access to the same opportunities. Our programming is designed for schools, businesses, and community groups, with engaging formats that address a range of topics.

Inclusion Activities

Promoting social emotional activities for kids at DHIFI involves programming for schools, businesses, and community settings. Through inspirational talks, our Speaking Engagements work to break down misconceptions about differences like disabilities. Participants find our interactive programs to be highly engaging, encouraging self-expression, introspection, while promoting empathy and inclusion. The crucial dialogue started by our student programs celebrates uniqueness and, as time goes on, creates an atmosphere of respect and kindness among peers. To ensure a long-term impact on all who participate, each program is customized to the individual needs of the audience. Experience the difference we can make with acceptance activity ideas families.

Get To Know You Activities For The Classroom

Empowering individuals to completely celebrate what makes them different through welcome activity ideas elementary school has been our goal at DHIFI from the start, because we believe that differences shouldn’t be hidden; they should be celebrated. We empower people of all ages to embrace their differences as an integral part of who they are. What we aim for is to create a world where inclusion is valued and embraced, whether that’s through sharing stories, keynote talks, or educational workshops. Respect and understanding are crucial for communities that encourage their members to celebrate their differences confidently.

Examples of Social Emotional Learning Activities for Educators

As an educator, you may be curious about ways to integrate social emotional learning activities for educators into your school curriculum. There’s a variety of ways to achieve this without taking over too much of your schooldays. We are here to provide you with some ideas to help students celebrate their differences at Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It. These are several a few examples:

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

Bullying Awareness Curriculum Disability Awareness Workshop For Schools

Key to our mission at DHIFI is our dedication on disability education training for organizations. A gap in understanding and acceptance of differences is what often leads to bullying. We aim to address bullying’s root causes and equip students with strategies to speak up against it in their everyday lives. This is done via interactive program and candid discussions. The importance of empathy, respect, and kindness can’t be overstated. This is the reason students are taught to recognize bullying behaviors in their communities and stand against them. These programs not only build awareness, they also enable students to transform into advocates for change, leading to environments that are safer and more supportive for all. If you want to learn more about disability acceptance curriculum for educators, don’t hesitate to .

Get To Know You Activities For Middle School

Promoting a sense of belonging and community, Project Flaunt offers empathy-based activities families . Project Flaunt is a unique initiative that empowers individuals to embrace their differences and tell their stories to others. Storytelling sessions where students talk about how their differences affect their perspectives, collaborative efforts that celebrate individual strengths, and icebreakers where students share something special about themselves are examples of these activities. Through these activities, students don’t just find out more about each other, they additionally develop a deeper appreciation for differences within their classroom, at home, and in the wider community.

Belonging Program For Elementary Schools

Empowering individuals to embrace their differences and build a world that’s more inclusive through a SEL curriculum for elementary schools is our clear mission at DHIFI, in everything we do. Through our diverse range of programs, we aim to promote environments where understand and acceptance thrive. 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.