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Fall ED Update from Sam Drazin
I remember speaking to schools in March when they first shut their doors in response to the pandemic. My refrain then was “I’m sure things will be back open and normal in the fall”. It is hard to believe that we are now midway through the fall months and we are still...
Addressing the Needs of Struggling Students: Overcoming Challenges and Finding Solutions Webinar
Guest speakers E. Christopher Williams, Associate Director of STEP at New York Institute of Technology, and Sam Drazin, Executive Director at Changing Perspectives, will join Dennis and Kristin from Kaplan Test Prep to talk about helping students feel seen and...
Talking Inclusion with the National Inclusion Project
2020 has been a year of adaptation and change for everyone. Educators and recreational professionals have been faced with delivering programs in ways they most likely never anticipated. However, keeping inclusion a priority is as important as it has ever been. Join...
Addressing Trauma for Middle School Students with Disabilities
Changing Perspectives Executive Director Sam Drazin participated as a panelist in this webinar. With school closures and shutdowns, COVID-19 added additional anxiety and stress, a reality felt most acutely by students with disabilities with intersectional needs. The...
Emerging Insights from CASEL
Advancing Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) as a Lever for Equity and Excellence Released today by CASEL the new report calls on researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to work hand in hand to further our collective understanding of how systemic SEL can...
Sam Drazin on Social Emotional Learning
Next Year from ED Sam Drazin
In March of 2020, schooling the way we have known it ended. The relationships students built with their peers and teachers abruptly changed. The daily interventions that students received stopped and the delivery of curriculum shifted from in person to online. All of...
Schools must prepare to support students socially and emotionally
The 2020-21 school year promises to be unlike any other. Families are looking to schools for guidance in how we pick up the pieces of missed instruction, missed support services, missed social opportunities and missed celebrations. They will rightfully demand that...
Social-Emotional Learning at Home: Parts One and Two
From Kids Included Together ... "#KITCanHelp for Parents! During this difficult time of quarantine due to Covid-19, parents may be wondering how they can help their kids. Join KIT and Sam Drazin of Changing Perspectives to talk about Social-Emotional Learning. What is...
On the Waterfront: Changing Perspectives with Samuel Drazin
From 17 Town Meeting Television Host Melinda Moulton chats with Samuel Drazin, Founder and Executive Director of Changing Perspectives.
April is Autism Awareness Month
Join us for the Awake2Autism Webinar In celebration of Autism Awareness month Changing Perspectives has partnered with Just Like You Films to provide a free webinar! Parents, educators and students in grades 7 and up join us NEXT THURSDAY, April 23rd, 4:30-5:30 CST....
For Educators …
Dear Fellow Educators, In response to COVID-19 school closings, we have compiled a variety of resources to help support you as you teach remotely and continue nurturing your students’ social-emotional learning. As you know, SEL is a framework for helping students...