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Mrs. D. from Stone Mountain, GA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Autism - Teach the Way They Learn

Help me give my students with Autism the adaptive teaching through Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) and the Boardmaker subscription.

  • $342 goal

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Mrs. D. has another project! Donate to Sound Minds: Headphones for a Better Learning Experience to help her classroom.

$166 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

My school is an ethnically diverse Title I school in Georgia. Many of the students are receiving free lunch provided at school. Many of them live in nearby motels. I service students with special needs in a small group setting. Their family environment is very challenging for my students, and they are socially, economically deprived in many areas. They come to school expecting teachers to care, love, and provide for their needs.

Boardmaker is a complete special education platform that supports the education, communication, social and emotional needs of students with Autism.

My first-grade Autism student is a strong reader but he cannot understand or connect to the real world about what he read. He needed this board maker to access the lessons with the pictures to connect with his learning style.

My Project

All students deserve the right to receive appropriate education in the world. Not every student learns the same way, especially students with special needs. A famous psychologist O. Ivar Lovaas says “If they can’t learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn”. This is very true for students with Autism. Managing noise level is one of the many problems they face in the educational setting. They cannot learn like other students. They needed to be connected to their world through pictures.

The Boardmaker will enable the teacher to create the lessons using the Picture Communication Symbols (PCS).

This program will allow the teachers to access over 45,000 PCS to create the needed lessons for the special needs students. Students will easily access these materials and succeed in their learning. Using the right teaching model will fill the gap in special needs student learning.

Mrs. D. Dunaire 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.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Stone Mountain, GA 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

3 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Boardmaker Professional Subscription - https://get.myboardmaker.com/professional • tobiidynavox $239.88 1 $239.88

Materials cost

$239.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$290.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.18

Total project goal

$341.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $341.21

5 Donors

-$341.21

Donations toward project cost

-$290.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.18

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