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Mrs. Conliffe from Bronx NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Adapting Teaching Strategies to Meet the Needs of Special Students

My students need an iPad Pro which can be adapted to meet their varied physical needs while capable of holding high-tech applications.

  • $1,762 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Most of my students are currently nonambulatory as a result of illness or injury. They are attending school in an acute rehabilitation hospital. The students are often distracted from learning because of pain, medication, sadness and anger. The children in my class are from New York and the surrounding areas. We also accept and treat children from other states and from out of this county.

My students 4 to 21 years of age are currently hospitalized for an extended period for intensive rehabilitation.

They receive medical, speech, psychological, occupational, physical and educational intervention daily while in the hospital. It is the goal to reunite students with their friends, families and home district school classmates. My kids have suffered brain injury, physical delays, cognitive and social delays as a result of accidents and illness. Students have a wide range of challenges which are a result of amputations, stroke, cancer, surgeries and other complicated life circumstances. I work for NYC DOE Hospital Schools which supports teachers in 38 NYC Hospitals. My students are warriors they fight the fight every day pushing past the pain.

My Project

Your donation to this project will allow students with limited fine motor ability,access to high quality education through modified technology. The internet has a tremendous source of interactive sites for children with a variety of delays both cognitive and physical in nature. My school district provides many such applications for the neediest of our children, it does not however supply the up to date technology capable of supporting such applications.

Technology in the hands of special needs student is like giving a voice to the voiceless.

Your donation will be used by all of my students each day. The Ipad Pro can be used with a single hand for students who have suffered a stroke, it can also be used by touch screen operation for students with limited fine motor ability. Students want to do well in school but can become easily frustrated when their bodies do not allow them to learn in the same way as their peers. Catastrophic accidents and illness should not define the children as disabled, it just means they will learn differently. Together you and I will assure the success of all of our children.

Mrs. Conliffe
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple iPad Pro (256GB, Wi-Fi + Cellular, Space Gray) 12.9-inch Display • Amazon Business $1,275.00 1 $1,275.00
Apple MC184LL/B Wireless Keyboard • Amazon Business $69.00 1 $69.00
Fintie iPad Pro 12.9 Inch Case - 360 Degree Rotating Stand Case with Smart Cover Auto Sleep / Wake Feature for Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2015 Version), Love Tree • Amazon Business $19.99 2 $39.98
Fintie iPad Pro 12.9 Inch Case - Ultra Slim Lightweight Smart Shell Standing Cover with Auto Sleep / Wake Feature for Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2015 Version), Composition Book Black • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro Screen Protector, iCarez [Tempered Glass] Highest Quality Premium Easy Install With Lifetime Replacement Warranty - Retail Packaging 2015 • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Apple Pencil Case Sleeve Pouch - Fintie Premium Vegan Leather Protective Carrying Bag with Built-in Pocket and Holder for Apple iPad Pro Pencil, Love Tree • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
TechMatte Apple Pencil Charging Adapter for iPad Pro Male to Female Flexible Connector (3 Feet) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
PencilCozy for Apple Pencil - WHITE • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$1,445.89

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$21.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,497.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$264.28

Total project goal

$1,761.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,761.86

27 Donors

-$1,567.86

Donations toward project cost

-$1,392.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$175.68

match offer

-$124.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$105.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$70.00

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$0.00

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