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My classroom is for students with Severe Intellectual Disabilities as well as intense medical needs. We have access to the general education curriculum at its most modified level. My students are all non-ambulatory and nonverbal with vision and hearing impairments and process information as an infant or young toddler might. My students respond very little to instructional activities since they have not experienced what a typically developing child has and are unable to process the information. The only activity in which my students appear truly engaged is involving sensory stimuli. I have an indoor swing which has transformed our environment into one of sensorial exploration and brought to life facets of the children's personalities I had not seen before. I would love to turn my classroom into a sensory gym with interactive lights and sounds, tactile flooring, and equipment to promote vestibular motion.

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My classroom is for students with Severe Intellectual Disabilities as well as intense medical needs. We have access to the general education curriculum at its most modified level. My students are all non-ambulatory and nonverbal with vision and hearing impairments and process information as an infant or young toddler might. My students respond very little to instructional activities since they have not experienced what a typically developing child has and are unable to process the information. The only activity in which my students appear truly engaged is involving sensory stimuli. I have an indoor swing which has transformed our environment into one of sensorial exploration and brought to life facets of the children's personalities I had not seen before. I would love to turn my classroom into a sensory gym with interactive lights and sounds, tactile flooring, and equipment to promote vestibular motion.

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