Help me give my students sensory processing tools, like this SpaceWalk, Light Cube, Time Timer, and more, that will benefit my students by providing ways for them to calm, relax, and soothe themselves.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Sara Cook's classroom raised $1,898
This project is fully funded
My Students
I am a Special Education teacher at a Title I school in a Low-Incidence classroom. My students have multiple exceptionalities and medical needs. A Low-Incidence classroom consists of the more challenging Special Education students. Most of my students stay with me all day.
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." This statement holds true in my classroom.
We do things differently to meet everyone's needs in the class. My students are able to use the sensory room connected to my classroom. This makes it easier to control behaviors or anxiety that some students might experience throughout the day. I need sensory processing tools that will benefit my students when the classroom becomes too much to process.
My Project
I chose Spacewalk because its an ideal tool for walking, crawling, rolling, jumping, and moving activities. This is great for students that need to exert energy. The Punkinhug, compression vest, and the weighted hoodie vest would be used to calm students with sensory processing difficulties by applying deep pressure and calming anxiety and aggressive behaviors. The Sensational Sensory Tray and Light Cube are sensory activities. They are designed to produce simultaneous tactile, auditory, and visual effects. The tray is placed on top of the light cube to add visual interest. The Vibrating Snake Massager stimulates touch and can relax or calm a student by the vibration. The Dream Chair will be used for deep pressure that calms and soothes. The chair is soft and cozy to the touch and students with sensory processing disorders love to tuck their hands into the deep squishy crevices for deep pressure that calms and soothes. The Think-N-Roll Footrest and Bouncy Bands for Chairs are used to help kids get their wiggles out without leaving their chairs. The Weighted Collar-Octocollar will be used to calm students by placing the weighted collar on them during times when their anxiety might be high. The timers will be used for the students who need a visual for transition time.
Sensory processing tools can calm, relax, and soothe all the different exceptionalities in my class.
The other items I am requesting will be used by the students for self-calming. Another use of the sensory products is to provide activities which give muscles and joints significant use and pressure.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
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