March 2025 - Research Project Update: Intervention Design and Early Lessons from Teaching SI with Pre-Service ECE Teachers
Amelea Ng and Xiaoyue Dai share, in part two, what they have been learning from their efforts to bring Simple Interactions to pre-service educators in rural China.
Amelea Ng and Xiaoyue Dai share, in part two, what they have been learning from their efforts to bring Simple Interactions to pre-service educators in rural China.
February 2025 - Designing and Delivering SI in Rural China: The One Village, One Preschool Project
Amelea Ng and Xiaoyue Dai discuss bringing Simple Interactions to pre-service educators in rural China, in part one of two. Here they describe the design and delivery of the program.
Amelea Ng and Xiaoyue Dai discuss bringing Simple Interactions to pre-service educators in rural China, in part one of two. Here they describe the design and delivery of the program.
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January 2025 - Simple Interactions in Thailand's Remote Communities
Amp Deekong, who was introduced to Simple Interactions through his education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, helped to translate the tool into Thai. In this article, he discusses his use of the tool in trainings with teachers in Thailand. |
December 2024 - Danish Translation of the Simple Interactions Tool
In the Summer of 2024, we received a note from a Danish psychologist Martin Helfer asking whether it would be all right to translate the Simple Interactions Tool into Danish for training. Read about the reception of the translation, and about how Martin sees SI fitting int his work.
In the Summer of 2024, we received a note from a Danish psychologist Martin Helfer asking whether it would be all right to translate the Simple Interactions Tool into Danish for training. Read about the reception of the translation, and about how Martin sees SI fitting int his work.
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November 2024 - Empowering Relationships in Early Childhood Education
A group of coaches and staff from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care’s Western and Southeast Professional Development Centers (PDCs) gathered to begin of a journey to integrate SI into everything they did. |
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October 2024 - Exploring Human Connection in Online Math Tutoring
Three graduate researchers from the Harvard Graduate School of Education used Simple Interactions tools to look closely at human connections during one-on-one online math tutoring sessions. |
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April and July 2024 - What is Not Lost in Translation, Parts 1 and 2
Junlei Li explores the use of the Simple Interactions tool across cultures and languages, including how it differs and how much is the same. |
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March 2024 - Early Relational Health Report
The Burke Foundation released their Early Relational Health Report, with lead authors and Simple Interactions partners Junlei Li and Thema Ramirez. Dr. Li offers perspective into the report. |
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February and March 2024 - What do the Dimensions Mean? The Simple Interactions Tool Refresher, Parts 1 and 2
Junlei offers a more thorough explanation of the tool for both those who are new to SI and those who may need a refresher, following the earlier release of the updated version. |
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February 2024 - The 2024 Edition of the Simple Interactions Tool
An updated version of the Simple Interactions Tool was released, and we offer an in-depth look at the changes made. |
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January 2024 - Introducing Dr. Annie White and the SI Toolkit
Meet and learn about Dr. Annie White, and explore the tool kit for using Simple Interactions in Informal Learning that she developed with nonprofit and foundation partners. |
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