Past projects 2
Thriving in the Community Using Augmentative Communication
Funded Dec 1, 2015I want to thank you for your generosity towards my students. With your help, my students were able to receive materials and equipment that will help them better navigate and participate in the world outside of school.
The laminating sheets will protect communication sheets that fit into various augmentative devices. These devices are voice output machines that speak for the child. They activate a cell and it speaks for them. Making materials is time consuming and expensive. Protecting them enables us to use sheets for extended periods of time.
The case for the iPad protects the iPad from weather and aggressive teenagers. It will enable use to take the iPad out into the community. These teenagers can look like their age equivalent peers in a cruel world.
The iPad mini will allow my teenage students to have another device to use in order to communicate. It will give more students an opportunity to engage with adults and peers.
My students like the interactive ability given to them through the iPad. They like the immediate response they get when they navigate and utilize the programs we purchased.
I have one student who looks for this device often. He does jobs within the school and uses the iPad to help him communicate with staff within the school with another student uses it to order stamps at the post office or purchase something from the supermarket.
Thank you again for your generous donation to my students.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Simon
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org and 4 other donors.Community Communication Through Technology
Funded Feb 24, 2013This is just a small token of my gratitude for your generous donation to my students. The iPad and cover that you donated will help my students everyday. We are and will continue to use them to facilitate communication within the school and community settings. My students are now able to use the iPad to have a communicative exchange with adults and peers to complete pre-vocational tasks, to do "jobs" within the school and to have conversations, ask for items, ask for help with adults and employees in the community (grocery store, post office, home improvement stores, other retail establishments).
Schools are facing a budget shortfall, so without your help, my students would never have had this vital resource. Without donors like you,”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Simon