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Ms. Counce from Riverview, FL is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensory Room: The Final Chapter

Help me give my students sensory tools, fluorescent light covers, and a rug for our sensory room.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Counce's classroom raised $174

This project is fully funded

My Project

The students in my classroom have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Down syndrome, intellectual disabilities, or health impairments. One of the characteristics of ASD, as classified by the DSMV, is sensory processing differences. The current research on sensory processing has shown that individuals with other exceptionalities, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and intellectual disabilities (InD), also display signs of sensory processing differences.

For students with sensory processing concerns, a classroom that has been designed without sensory processing differences in mind can lead to behaviors.

Students may seek sensory sensations such as deep pressure, spinning, and arm massages to meet sensory needs. When sensory needs are not being met, students may engage in behaviors that could be construed as negative, as they seek to gain sensory stimuli from objects or other individuals to serve their sensory needs. Therefore, having an area for learners to meet sensory needs, such as a sensory room, is important. Sensory rooms and spaces create a more positive learning environment, reducing anxiety from sensory input (e.g. auditory, visual) and providing a means for appropriate sensory stimulation for learners who are sensation seekers. Additionally, such areas can be used to teach coping strategies so that the behavioral presentation of certain sensory features are decreased.

My students would greatly benefit from having a variety of sensory tools. Having these sensory tools will allow for self-regulation, reduction of anxiety, and an all-around better learning experience.

Ms. Counce Ippolito Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Riverview, FL View local requests

More than half of 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
FADFAY Outer Space Kids Rug Cute Kids Room Carpet 39''52'' • Amazon Business $33.70 1 $33.70
CanDo Theraputty Plus Hand Exercise Putty for Rehabilitation, Exercises, Hand Thearpy, Occupational Therapy, Hand Strengthening, Improve Motor Skills, Stress Relief 2-ounce 6-Piece Set • Amazon Business $29.65 1 $29.65
Educational Insights The Original Fluorescent Light Filters: Tranquil Blue 4-Pack, Fluorescent Light Covers, Easy Install for Classrooms, Office, Hospitals & Home, Teacher Classroom Decor • Amazon Business $26.60 1 $26.60
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin: Outer Space - Preschool Sensory Space Toys for Kids • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
BUNMO Sensory Toys - Calming Textured Silly Stretchy Strings and Sensory Toys for Autistic Children. Stress Toys for Adults and Kids. Ideal Easter Basket Stuffers - 6 Pack • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$115.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$147.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.06

Total project goal

$173.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $173.73

4 Donors

-$167.38

Donations toward project cost

-$147.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.35

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 $0.00

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