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Ms. Susannah from New York, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's App up the Assessments!

Help me give my students Speech therapy assessment apps, i.e. Smarty Ears and AAC apps for communication i.e. Coughdrop.

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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 students are a diverse group of boys and girls with amazing personalities that blow us away every day. Our students live in the heart of a bustling urban center. They are primarily African-American and Latino. We are a special needs public school. We have students from all over our city who attend some of our special programs.

All of my students have special needs, many are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Multiple Disabilities.

Their communication skills range from non-verbal to just needing a few pragmatic tweaks. They are learning to communicate in their own ways as they learn not only life skills but academics as well.

My Project

Our special needs students communicate in many different ways. We can increase their ability to be understood by recommending Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC) devices. In order to recommend the best one, we often have to test students out on the different AAC apps available (LAMP Words for Life, GOTalkNOW Plus, Proloquo2, etc, Snap Core, etc). This takes time and the ability to have access to the full version of the app. This helps us better inform our Tech Team when they come to give a child the right device for them.

Children with special needs, require alternatives to standard pen and paper assessments.

Most of our students also have OT and PT issues. They cannot hold writing tools, but they can still press a button. Since most of our students are cognitively delayed we need more engaging assessment. There are apps out there (i.e. some by Hearing Builder) that create assessments that would engage our students. We want our students to be engaged showing us what they can do instead of frustrated and shutting down.

Ms. Susannah PS 138M Grades PreK-2

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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New York, NY 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Communicator Lifetime Purchase + PCS Symbols • CoughDrop $225.00 1 $225.00
Speech and Language Screening and Evaluation Bundle • SmartEars $109.99 1 $109.99
Autism ihelp slp editions • John Talavera $74.99 1 $74.99
Language Therapy 4-in-1 • Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. $74.99 1 $74.99
Actions with Splingo • The Speech and Language Store LLP $3.99 1 $3.99
Categories with Splingo • The Speech and Language Store LLP $2.99 1 $2.99
Describing Words with Splingo • The Speech and Language Store LLP $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$494.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$532.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.95

Total project goal

$626.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$626.31

3 Donors

-$603.36

Donations toward project cost

-$532.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.95

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$0.00

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