CEC Mini Grant - Communication Buttons for Non-Speaking Students

School:: Fuguitt Elementary School
Subject:: Special Needs Students
Teacher:: Nicole Palenzuela
Students Impacted:: 10
Grade:: Pre K - 5
Date:: October 28, 2022

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Council for Exceptional Children Chapter 176 - $250.00

Goal

Students will increase their participation in academic activities by using the sequencing buttons to count or say ABCs.
Students will increase their communication attempts by activating vocabulary buttons for various wants and needs such as requesting "more" or indicating their like or dislike.

What will be done with my students

The combination of programmable voice output buttons and sequencing voice output buttons will provide more opportunities and access for non-speaking students in the classroom. Non-speaking students/minimally verbal students will be able to use buttons to communicate wants and needs in the classroom and they can use the sequencing buttons to participate in activities such as counting or saying the ABCs. Students will participation and communication attempts will increase.

Benefits to my students

Non-speaking students or minimally verbal students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) modalities will increase their communication of their wants and needs as well as participate in classroom activities such as counting and saying the ABCs.

Describe the Students

ESE students in a self-contained classroom with intellectual disability, vision impairment, and orthopedic impairment.

Budget Narrative

24 Programmable voice output buttons: $95
5 Sequencer buttons: $105
72 pack AAA Batteries for buttons $50

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	24 Programmable voice output buttons	$95.00
2	5 Sequencer buttons	$105.00
3	72 pack AAA Batteries for buttons	$50.00
	Total:	$250.00

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