Founders & Directors

Lee R. Chasen PhD, RDT, LCAT,
and
Marianne F. Chasen MA, MEd.

Lee & Marianne
Dr. Lee and Marianne are New York State Certified Teachers and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists in private and public practice over 20 years, with extensive education and training from such prestigious universities as Oxford and NYU.

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Our Approach

In order to achieve our goals, the experience has to be fun!

Learning new skills and changing old habits can pose a difficult challenge.

It is very important to us that the children and families who come to Kid Esteem thoroughly enjoy themselves during this process.

Our unique child-centered, family friendly curriculum, while structured and comprehensive, coaches children and parents to build emotional intelligence, social skills and self-esteem in a dynamic, creative and nurturing environment.

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Our Mission

Kid Esteem is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the emotional and social vitality of children, families, schools and communities.

We accomplish this by offering a variety of programs, workshops and classes that focus on the development of emotional intelligence, social skills, self-esteem, behavior management and family life skills.

We also provide training for teachers and students on integrating these concepts into the academic curriculum, creating an essential learning tool that engages a fundamentally more powerful learning process.

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Kid Esteem Inc.

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Center for Social and Emotional Learning

Long Island’s Home For

  • Social Skills
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Self-Esteem
  • Behavior Management

Programs for Children, Parents, Families and Schools

Time for some SERIOUS FUN!!!

CHECK OUT OUR NEW PROGRAMS and the

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