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IDENTIFY RESOURCES: Supplying Training Materials for Special Education Classroom

Status: In progress
Time needed: 
Two weeks or more
Step: 
2

St. Charles Special Needs School is located in Ghana. The school has 4 teachers, 2 professionally trained and 2 who are not. At the present time, there are 22 children with disabilities enrolled at the school. The school serves both boys and girls and children range in age from 5 to 25 years. Disabilities include; Down's Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, mobility impairments, visual impairments and speech problems. Some of the children are diagnosed with multiple disabling conditions.

Lesson plans center around teaching the children basic activities of daily living such as brushing their teeth, bathing, dressing and feeding as independently as possible. Children also learn how to perform household chores such as washing dishes and sweeping. As they progress, some are taught gardening and livestock rearing. It is the hope of the teachers and parents that the children will develop sufficient skills to one day be able to participate in income-generating activities and independently care for themselves to the extent they are able.

To support the educational efforts, the school is in need of additional teaching materials. All materials should be in English.

Examples of items needed include:

1. Puzzles-both cardboard and wooden
2. Legos
3. Coloring Books
4. Crayons
5. Picture books including people, places and things
6. Dominos
7. Memory Cards
8. Pencils and Writing Materials
9. Footballs and outdoor games

For this task, we are asking volunteers to identify potential resources that might be contacted to request donations and/or organizations where we can apply for funding so that the materials needed can be purchased locally.

DONATIONS can be sent to the school using the following address:

The Head of Unit
St. Charles Primary School
Special Unit, Box 5
Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, Ghana

Project: Hope For Persons With Cognitive Disability
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Jennifer Wells
Questions
Thu, 2009/01/29 - 03:22

Hi Gladys-

I have a few more questions for you:

1. School bus-Can this be purchased locally? If so, how much does a school bus cost? Is there a place to keep the bus on school grounds? Who will drive the bus? Are their any particular requirements or licensure that you have to have in Ghana to drive a large vehicle like this? Is there a particular model/make of bus that will work better than another? Is the church able to provide any money toward this purchase?

2. Teaching/Learning Materials and Games- What is the age range of the 22 students at the school? How many teachers are at the school? What skill training is provided in the workshop? Is enrollment capped at the school or is it expected to increase? Do the students live in a hostel at the school? Are there parents or volunteers at the school who assist the teacher(s)?

Looking forward to your response-

Jennifer

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gladys teni
Re: Questions
Mon, 2009/04/13 - 19:49

vYes the bus can be purchased locally.I will carry out a research on the prices and the better model and let you know.The bus will be kept where other vehicles belonging to the Ghana Education Services are kept and a competent driver will be provided by the Ghana Education Services.The church does not share the responsibility of running the school.It only carries out its benevolent duties from time to time.The running of the school is solely the resaponsibilty of the government.
The youngest is 5yr and the oldest 25yr.The school has three teachers;one professional and two unprofessional.

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Toin Jansen
Re: Find potential donors
Sun, 2009/04/05 - 16:52

Gladys

Can you describe in more detail what kind of teaching and learning materials etc you are looking for. In which language does this material have to be ?

groeten

Toin

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Toin Jansen
Vondersestraat 54
5961 JR Horst
Netherlands

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gladys teni
Re: Find potential donors
Tue, 2009/04/07 - 20:46

Hi Toin,
Teaching and materials have to be in English and they include the ff;
puzzles (whether paper or wooden),legos,books or any material suitable for painting/coloring, books with pictures of things,people and places, materials for writing,memory cards, dominos.
Thanks
Gladys

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Toin Jansen
Re: Find potential donors
Wed, 2009/04/08 - 20:01

Gladys

What does ff stand for in the part of your sentence 'and they include the ff'.
Does material be specifically for blind, for hearing impaired or for mentally impaired ? Do you have numbers of students by each category. The more I know the better I can formulate a request/ raise interest with institutes that focus on similar types of people. I do not have a background in this area, so my knowledge is anekdotal.

groeten

Toin

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Toin Jansen
Vondersestraat 54
5961 JR Horst
Netherlands

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gladys teni
Re: Find potential donors
Sat, 2009/04/11 - 19:54

Hi Toin,
The "ff" stands for "the following".The materials are specifically for the mentally retarded and the school roll is 22 boys and girls.The youngest is 5 yr and the oldest is 25 yr.Some of the children have additional disabilities.These are Down Syndrome,Cerebral palsy,Autistism.There are others with mobility, sight and speech problems.Thanks for your time and effort.
Gladys

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gladys teni
Re: Find potential donors
Sun, 2009/04/19 - 20:46

Hi Neighbours,Lotte asked me some questions concerning the school and here are the answers;1)I would like to know what your dreams are for the future of the school, what do you want to offer the children?
My dreams for the school are that the school turns out children will be independent in future. The immediate one is for them to be able to carry out certain basic everyday life activities on their own such as brushing their teeth, bathing and dressing,and feeding with little or no supervision. Also certain house chores like washing dishes, sweeping etc. As time goes on gardening and livestock rearing ( small animals like poultry and rabbits which will also keep them busy.
Secondly depending on the extent of their disability and what they have been trained on vocational skills, they can engage in income generating ventures like weaving, etc. The gardening and livestock rearing mentioned can become income generating ventures as well.
The school is not a boarding one. It is my hope it will be made one so that the training can be more effective.

2)Can you tell me more about the group of children who are visiting the school?
The school roll is 22
The youngest child is 5yr and the oldest 25yr
A few of the children have the following additional handicaps ;
1) Down Syndrome
2)Cerebral palsy
3) Autism
The school is for both girls and boys
There is only one severe case
Other disabilities are mobility, sight & speech problems

3)Do you want to encourage parents to bring their mentally disabled child(ren) to the school?
Yes I want to encourage parents to bring their children to school

4) Can you tell me more about the school and the school program?
Lessons are Self help skills daily,Daily living skills & motor skills
Its goal ; There is a plan for transition to the world of work as the school’s future plan
There is need for therapies but facilities are not available
There are 4 teachers; 2 trained and 2 untrained teachers
Materials available in the school are; writing materials, footballs, puzzles, memory cards, dominos, skipping rope.

5)Can you tell me more about the school building?
The school building is made up of two large classrooms, a long well ventilated corridor & a three- seater toilet ( KVIP)
The school shares premises with a regular school and so it has a common playground with that school.

5)What are your needs for the bus?
The bus will meet many needs; sending children to and from school, sending the sick to hospital and also for excursions which are very essential in their rehabilitation.
A 32 or 22 seater bus which is disabled friendly

6)What are the resources you can offer volunteers?
Looking at the conditions involved in keeping volunteers the school does not have the resources to do that now.What the school can do now is to arrange for lodging and feeding but it can't afford payment of these services.

7)How is the school funded at the moment?
The school is funded by the government of Ghana but sometimes friends donate indoor games or give financial assistance.

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gladys teni
Re: Find potential donors
Tue, 2009/04/21 - 19:01

Hi everybody,
Jennifer asked me to find out the price of a bus locally.I have done the research and below are my findings;
A 30 seater Mitsibutsi Coaster $68,500
A 30 seater Nissan Civilian $88,830
A 33 seater Tata $49,692
She also wants to know the best or better one among what I have found and so I would glad if neighbours who know more about automobiles can help us come out with the one that is better or best among these.
Thanks
Gladys

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Toin Jansen
Re: Find potential donors
Tue, 2009/04/21 - 21:59

Gladys

I am approach various organizations to find somebody who is able and willing to provide second hand special need school materials free of charge.

In proces I encountered an interesting website with free special need school materials. I understand that some cost would be involved in printing it, but we might look for sponsors to do so. I cannot judge whether the materials on this site are interesting or not for your school.

Please take a look

http://www.senteacher.org/Print/

groeten

Toin

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Toin Jansen
Vondersestraat 54
5961 JR Horst
Netherlands

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gladys teni
Re: Find potential donors
Wed, 2009/04/22 - 21:27

Hi Toin,
Thanks for the website.It is a useful website.I just brushed over it and realised that even I, as a mother, have some very useful information on that web.I will look at it well later on to find out the materials that will be useful to the school and give you a feedback.Thanks once again for your efforts.
Gladys

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Jennifer Wells
Re: IDENTIFY RESOURCES: Supplying Training Materials for Special Education Classroom
Sat, 2009/08/08 - 02:52

Lotte provided this information in a similar task several months ago. I am moving the information here since it fits well with this discussion:

"Hi Gladys,
I have a really good link to a website where they have a long list of activities to do with children with visual disablities. All the materials they use are home made and they also explain how you can make them yourself. The activities are aimed on children with visual dissabilities but you could also use them with other children with special needs. They did write in the subject 'focus' on which goals you can work. This is the link: http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/activities.htm

--
Warm regards, Lotte"

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Jennifer Wells
Sending Donations
Sun, 2009/08/09 - 02:59

Gladys-

If volunteers would like to send a box of donations for the children at the school, where is the best place to send it? Can you provide a mailing address?

Thank you-

Jennifer

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gladys teni
Re: Sending Donations
Mon, 2009/08/10 - 18:09

Mailing address of the school,The Head of Unit,St Charles Primary School,Special Unit,box 5, Bolgatanga,Upper East Region,Ghana.

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Jennifer Wells
Re: Sending Donations
Tue, 2009/08/11 - 02:34

Thank you Gladys-I added it above so that it can be easily seen by others.

Jennifer

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Jennifer Wells
Linkages for the School
Wed, 2009/08/19 - 00:10

Just another quick update. Gladys confirmed for me today that she has registered the school with "Stuff Your Rucksack" and also with "The Global Gateway" so that the school can locate a partner school. Both are excellent resources. If you know of anything similar they might also try, please do not hesitate to share.

Regards-

Jennifer

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