Teaching Empathy
Organization: Educating Outside the Lines
Educating Outside the Lines brings ability awareness programming to schools.
When Patty’s middle-school-aged daughter with Cerebral Palsy told her she felt invisible at school, Patty set out to teach her classmates, and students all over, how to empathize with people of all abilities.
Immersion strategy
Educating Outside the Lines embeds in schools to bring students thousands of touchpoints for empathy over the course of an immersive week. Physical, hidden, and developmental disabilities are discussed through engaging student speakers and hands-on activities in every class: from science, to english, to gym, to art. The immersion is what sets EOTL programming apart, and creates the important pathways for empathy and social emotional learning.
Awards
Shorty Awards
Educating Outside the Lines
After Small Forces captured the pilot of Educating Outside the Lines, founder Patty O’Machel used the tool to pitch to PTAs and school administrations. She successfully brought her disability awareness training to 16 schools in her first year, and became a speaker at educational seminars that reached thousands of administrators.