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Ms. Maj OccupationalTherapist from Staten Island, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calming Corner for Special Needs School

My students need room dividers to create a safe space away from their peers to calm down when they are feeling overwhelmed and frustrated.

  • $384 goal

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My Students

I am an occupational therapist currently working in the special education district of NYC's public school system. I work with NYC's most functionally impaired students. Most of my students experience great barriers to learning do to various disabling conditions from Autism and Down's syndrome to severe emotional disturbances and learning disabilities. They have problems communicating, difficulties properly expressing their emotions, decreased attention to academic tasks, and delayed sensory-motor development.

Given their limitations, it is often difficult for my students to feel successful during the school day despite their enormous desire to do so.

They often display emotional outbursts due to their frustration at not being able to meet the academic demands that they face on a daily basis. As the school's occupational therapist I hope to be able to give them a safe space where they can safely calm down and regain their focus when they are feeling overwhelmed.

My Project

As an occupational therapist it is my responsibility to identify why a student may be struggling and to help them come up with solutions to overcome such struggles. My students this year are having a very difficult time coping with a very frustrating curriculum. Secondary to their diagnosis, they have experience severe sensory and emotional regulation deficits, so that when they are faced with a challenge they will often melt down and are then unable to fully participate in the classroom. Unfortunately, they can sometimes become a danger to themselves and others.

Your donation to this project will provide my students with a safe and secure space where they can go to calm down when they are feeling overwhelmed.

It seems like such a simple thing, however I cannot emphasize enough what a difference having a calming area will make in their daily lives. I cannot wait to see my students utilize this area as they grow and learn how to better manage their emotions.

Ms. Maj OccupationalTherapist PS R037 Marquis School of Arts Grades 6-8

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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More than three‑quarters 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

50 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD165SE - Calming Colors™ Easy-Clean Room Divider - Sea Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 2 $258.00
Set Of 12 Yellow Double Claw Connectors For Connecting Play Panels Together • Amazon Business $33.98 1 $33.98

Materials cost

$291.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$326.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.59

Total project goal

$383.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $383.95

6 Donors

-$383.95

Donations toward project cost

-$326.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.59

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 $0.00

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