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Mrs. Taylor from Newport News, VA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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iPad Apps for Preschoolers with Autism and Special Needs

My students need 7 iPad apps for students with special needs, including Proloquo2go (communication,) First Then Visual Schedule, iCommunicate, Stories2Learn, and others.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Taylor's classroom raised $366

This project is fully funded

My Students

We are so excited our first classroom iPad has been funded! Now that it will soon be on its way to us, we need special applications from the iTunes Store to use with the iPad for my students with disabilities.

My early childhood special education students have been identified as having developmental delays.

Several of my students have also been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, including Asperger's Syndrome. Their disabilities impact their ability to communicate with others and to develop social relationships. They attend a public elementary school and range in age from 2-6 years old. My students are so eager to learn and are excited about coming to school. I want to continue building on their enthusiasm for learning! Our Title One school is located in a high-poverty neighborhood, and 77.6% of our students are identified as economically disadvantaged. For some of our students, our school building is the only safe haven they know from the crime and domestic violence that takes place in the community. Their families struggle day to day to provide just the essentials like housing and food, and educational materials in the home are often considered a luxury.

My Project

A recent article in SF Weekly online highlighted the potential the iPad and apps have for students with autism and special needs. An Apple iPad with the right apps installed has the potential to facilitate communication with others and help unlock the curriculum for my preschoolers with special needs. Our iPad can be used as an alternative augmentative communication (AAC) device, but has many other functions unlike the expensive, single-function traditional and cumbersome AAC devices. With these applications installed, the iPad can facilitate communication, become a social story reader, improve hand-eye coordination, build vocabulary and academic skills though repetition and reinforcement, and teach social skills through shared turn-taking, or use of social stories apps.

Imagine non-verbal students communicating with others; imagine students who have trouble with routines and transitions using the visual schedule; imagine preschoolers learning new skills.

We are so excited about the potential we have for these apps, and thank you for supporting the communication and learning needs of our students!

Mrs. Taylor Newsome Park Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Newport News, VA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

14 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Proloquo2go • Apple iTunes App Store $189.99 1 $189.99
iCommunicate for iPad • Apple iTunes App Store $49.99 1 $49.99
Stories 2 Learn • Apple iTunes App Store $13.99 1 $13.99
First Then Visual Schedule • Apple iTunes App Store $9.99 1 $9.99
iWrite Words (Handwriting Game) • Apple iTunes App Store $2.99 1 $2.99
Alphabet Fun By John Cotant • Apple iTunes App Store $2.99 1 $2.99
Faces iMake - Premium • Apple iTunes App Store $1.99 1 $1.99

Materials cost

$271.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$311.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.88

Total project goal

$365.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $365.89

14 Donors

-$347.01

Donations toward project cost

-$311.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.88

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 $0.00

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