Empathy Building Workshop For Middle Schools

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Discover an Emotional Support Program for Educators

At Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It, we’re here to promote SEL programs for students to help people celebrate the things that make them unique. Each individual deserves to feel seen, heard, and valued. At Don’t Hide It Flaunt It (DHIFI), we nurture environments where this can happen by fostering uniqueness. Through our variety of programs, we aim to promote inclusion, empathy, and personal growth for students from diverse backgrounds.

An Inclusion Program Program

We believe that a social emotional learning curriculum for summer camps is truly capable of making a difference in the world. Social Emotional Learning is a key focus of our work at DHIFI. One of the goals of SEL is to assist students in better understanding their emotions, building interpersonal skills, and making responsible choices, with a focus on students. SEL activities have the ability to enhance awareness of how others experience the world, foster team building and foster enhanced communication. These exercises help participants connect with themselves and others, building the essential social skills required for success, both personally and academically. If you’re curious about the potential of empathy-based workshop, we’re here to help you get started.

An Inclusion Program For Students

Together with social emotional learning activities, we also focus on Inclusion activities for educators. At DHIFI, we make sure that everyone feels like they belong, no matter their race, gender, background, or abilities. We don’t just stop at inclusion; we work to create inclusion and inclusion where each person has access to the same opportunities. Schools, communities, and businesses are all capable of benefitting from our engaging programs, which touch on a broad range of topics.

An Inclusion Program Curriculum

At DHIFI, we advocate for SEL activities for students for universities with a variety of programs designed for companies, schools, and communities. Breaking down preconceived notions about disabilities and differences through empowering talks is what our Speaking Engagements focus on. By promoting self-expression through art, together with fostering empathy and inclusion, participants experience meaningful activities in our interactive programs. Our programs for students start an essential dialogue, focusing on celebrating the things that make us unique and building an atmosphere of respect and kindness among peers. The unique needs of each audience are taken into account, ensuring a long-term impact for all participants. Experience the difference we can make with icebreaker activity ideas middle school.

Icebreaker Activities For Families

Our mission at DHIFI is to empower individuals to celebrate the things that make them unique through welcome activity ideas students , based on the idea that differences should be celebrated, not hidden. Inspiring people of every age to embrace their differences as an important aspect of who they are is central to our mission. Whether it’s through storytelling, public speaking, or interactive seminars, our goal is to create a world where inclusion is appreciated and embraced. By nurturing respect and understanding, we aim to create communities where everyone feels encouraged to celebrate their differences proudly.

Integrating SEL Activities for Students

Are you an educator wondering how to integrate SEL activities for schools into your day-to-day classroom experience? There’s a variety of ways to achieve this without taking over too much of your schooldays. At DHIFI, we’re here to give you ideas to help students celebrate their differences. Some examples include:

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

Emotional Support Activities Emotional Support Training

Key to our mission at DHIFI is our commitment on disability support programs for corporations. A gap in understanding and acceptance of differences is a common cause of bullying. We aim to address bullying’s root causes and provide students with tools for standing up against it in their everyday lives. This is achieved through candid discussions and interactive programs. Providing students with the tools and knowledge they need to recognize behaviors of bullying in their communities and to fight back against them, we strongly emphasize kindness, respect, and empathy. These programs spread awareness as well as create environments that are safer and more supportive for all by empowering students to become advocates for change. If you’d like to learn more about bullying prevention programs for schools, don’t hesitate to .

Sel Activity Ideas For Elementary School

Promoting a sense of community and belonging, Project Flaunt offers self acceptance activity ideas families . Inspiring individuals to celebrate their differences and share their stories with others, Project Flaunt is an innovative initiative. These activities may include introductory games where individuals talk about something special about themselves, group projects that highlight individual strengths, or storytelling sessions where students talk about how their differences influence their perspectives. A deeper appreciation for inclusion is developed through these activities as students learn more about one another. This can happen in the classroom, at home, or throughout the broader community.

Inclusion And Belonging Programs For Military Families

Our mission is at the forefront everything we do at DHIFI, which is using a belonging curriculum for universities to create a more inclusive world where individuals are encouraged to flaunt their differences. We aim to foster environments where understanding and acceptance thrive through our diverse range of programs. Contact us today to discover more information concerning our programs.

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.