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Goal

To provide my students with an area where they can go to calm down, regain focus or just relax. An area where students can self-regulate in hopes of decreasing disruptive behaviors in the classroom.  

 

What will be done with my students

Students will be shown the designated “sensory area” which will include the items requested in this grant. The students will be reminded daily that this area can be used anytime when the students or the teachers feel the students, need a “break” from their current situation. In addition to individual use of the area whenever necessary, students will have access to the area prior to their quiet time in the afternoon. This will help to calm their minds after a long day of academics and assist them in relaxing prior to leaving for the day. 

 

Benefits to my students

Many students who receive services in my type of classroom (IBI-2: Intensive Behavior Intervention: A self-contained program that provides very small group or 1:1 intervention, continuous individual assistance, monitoring or intervention for physical safety and self-care) experience problems with processing sensory input. A sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a neurological disorder that causes difficulties with processing information from the five senses: vision, auditory, touch, olfaction, and taste. This disorder can cause students to feel overwhelmed and cause the classroom to be a stressful environment. One way to ease the students stress levels and help them to return to being calm and focused is to allow them access to sensory items. According to Autism Magazine, “Exposure to sensory items can assist students in learning how to manage different sensations, which in turn can help with interactions in the world.” I want to provide my students with a learning environment where they feel safe and can be successful.  

 

Budget Narrative

Items listed include wall-mountable manipulative boards as well as stand-alone activities and individual sensory toys. 

 

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