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Mr. Harvey from Brooklyn, NY is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Bring a Sensory Diet to Children With Autism!

Help me give my students a weighted blanket to address their sensory needs.

  • $227 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Our magnet school has not reaped any of the benefits of extensive north Brooklyn gentrification and development. Our school primarily serves the children of local city housing projects; disenfranchised youth who face incredible odds. Despite our lack of resources and a "high risk" population (30% of students are considered "disabled"), our staff shines every day. Students are greeted with a smile, a handshake and music every morning. Teachers volunteer their free time to do hall monitoring and work intensively with particular students. Staff stays late every day to plan and process for those in the most need.

Our students seek structure and guidance every day, but our classroom lacks basic resources to service them.

G. needs interventions with his executive functioning delays. E. needs behavioral support and consistent checking in. T.'s dyslexia is contributing to his acting up in class.

Despite their personal situations, our students come to school each day wanting to learn. Our students realized that there are evidenced-based learning intervention apps that are effective for ameliorating learning disabilities such as dyslexia or discalculalia. Our students demand the most current and effective interventions!

My Project

Students with autism have an array of sensory needs.

Our children deserve appropriate interventions for their sensory needs!

A weighted blanket is an intervention tool for autistic students that has a wide range of effects on behaviors. A great deal of research has been conducted in order to show it's benefits. Weighted blankets have been shown to have a calming effect on children with sensory needs. In our school, where autistic students may experience anxiety which leads to tantrum like behaviors, a weighted blanket may be used by the student in order to calm themselves preemptively, breaking the cycle of conflict.

Mr. Harvey PS 157 Benjamin Franklin Magnet Academy for Civil Leadership Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mr. Harvey

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

600 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kawaii_Kids Weighted Blanket 2.0 Heavy Weighted Blanket for Adults,Kids, Comfortable Blanket with Cover (Inner Layer Dark Drey with Duvet Cover, 48"x78" 25 Lbs) • Amazon Business $159.99 1 $159.99

Materials cost

$159.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$192.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.95

Total project goal

$226.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$226.34

1 Donor

-$226.34

Donations toward project cost

-$192.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.95

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$0.00

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