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Ms. Shannon from Gallatin Gateway, MT is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Empowering Voices: Enhancing Communication and Literacy for AAC Users

Help me give my students enhanced communication and literacy by providing an iPad with essential AAC apps and supplemental materials to support expressive and academic development for limited verbal students.

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The purpose of this grant is to provide essential resources to support students who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems. An iPad will serve as a dedicated communication device for these students, enabling access to research-backed AAC apps such as Language Acquisition Through Motor Planning (LAMP), Touch Chat & Proloquo2Go. These applications are vital tools in developing communication skills, empowering nonverbal or minimally verbal students to effectively express their needs, thoughts, and emotions.

In addition, a gift card to Teacher Pay Teachers will be used to purchase supplemental AAC materials, including AAC Literacy Companions.

These resources often include visual supports, adapted books, and thematic units designed to integrate AAC into literacy instruction, fostering both communication and academic growth for AAC users. These tools will be instrumental in promoting students’ communication and participation across various settings.

Ms. Shannon Ophir Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Gallatin Gateway, MT View local requests 30 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - 10.2-Inch iPad (9th Generation) with Wi-Fi - 256GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $479.99 1 $479.99
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT • TPT $100.00 1 $100.00

Materials cost

$579.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$618.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$109.18

Total project goal

$727.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $727.87

1 Donor

-$727.87

Donations toward project cost

-$618.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$109.18

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 $0.00

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