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Product Solutions for Federal Funding

IDEA and Title 1 Funds have been extended and we have the products to support these important initiatives.

Don't let these valuable funding opportunities slip through your fingers. School Specialty has many products that meet funding requirements.

We have specific solutions tied to all types of funding:

RTI
Assistive Technology
Multisensory Rooms
Sensorimotor Rooms

ESL Curriculum
Language Arts Curriculum
Physical Education and Nutrition
Math Curriculum

Response To Intervention (RTI)

School Specialty’s Literacy and Intervention team is a recognized leader in research based RTI solutions. Learn more about our award winning products at www.schoolspecialty.com/literacy-intervention.

Solutions include:

CATT™ (Classroom Accommodations, Techniques & Tools) Intervention System employs the concepts of Universal Design for Learning and RtI implementation to help bridge the gap between straight academic and behavioral interventions. The CATT is a problem solving system that identifies students' underlying sensory, learning, processing, behavior and work habit issues and offers solutions to improve classroom performance and success.
More details at www.schoolspecialty.com/cattcenter
For details on the Professional Development included with the CATT system, click here.

Academy of Math and Academy of Reading are our online solutions that deliver proven results to close the achievement gap. Both research based solutions have options available for grades 2 through 12.
More details at eps.schoolspecialty.com/products/?subject=62S

Assistive Technology

School Specialty's Abilitations, Integrations, and Speech Bin products are hand selected by experienced special needs professionals. They meet high quality standards, are kid-tested, and therapist, teacher and parent approved. Our team of special needs professionals is available for Professional Development and is happy to help you find solutions specifically to fit your needs. Learn more.

Some eligible solutions include:

QuickTalker Communication Device is an easy-to-use, go-anywhere communicator! With QuickTalker, your students will be ready to start communicating in minutes.
- QuickTalker 7: (Item #1387647) 4 message locations; 6 minutes of recording time
- QuickTalker 12: (Item #1387648) 9 message locations; 12 minutes of recording time
- QuickTalker 23: (Item #1387649) 20 message locations; 18 minutes of recording time
BIGmack Single Message Augmentative Alternative Communicator records up to 2 minutes of any single message. The 5-inch activation surface is perfect for those who require a larger playback target area.
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Small Talk with Built-in Icon Holder plays recorded messages of up to 20 seconds with the slightest touch. Add your own photos, icons, or words.
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Twin Talk is designed to be used as a trainer for more complex communications. Use it to request attention, communicate needs, make simple choices, and more.
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SuperTalker Progressive Communicator can be configured in one, two, four and eight grid formats to grow as the user’s needs and abilities change.
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Multisensory Rooms

Some eligible solutions include:

IRiS Wireless Sensory Room can be used to develop cause and effect skills, color recognition, switching skills, vocalization, social interaction and much more!
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Superactive Sensory Room is ideal for theming and storytelling to create a 'full body' experience, as well as for relaxation and de-escalation.
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Calming Sensory Room is perfect for when an individual needs to be calmed or relaxed at key times during the day.
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Premium Sensory Room features all of the key ingredients you need to create spaces for a variety of sensory goals.
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Sensory Corner is a standard room kit that includes the three items nearly always found in a sensory room - a bubble tube, fiber optic element and a projector.
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Sensorimotor Rooms (Wiggle Rooms)

Some eligible solutions include:

SpaceSAVER Bouncer and Climber provides the rhythmic movement that calms kids with poor impulse control, and then converts to a nesting area that minimizes stimulation.
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AirLIKE Triangle Swing serves as a workhorse in your environment. Strong, lightweight and safe, it allows vertical and horizontal movement, climbing and motor planning work.
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Stairs and Bridge Set gives kids confidence as they walk “over the river” or play under this engaging, wide walking stair and bridge.
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RollEase Foam Rolling Pin Calmer can be used to apply deep pressure as children lie on their tummies, producing the calmest kids in the school.
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ESL Curriculum

We offer a full range of products to help your ESL programs. Our resources include everything from resource guides and flash cards to the innovative Mantra Lingua system.

Some examples:

Sight Words-ESL Resource Kit works great as a beginning reading tool for young readers from K-3 or as a tool to teach non-English speaking students basic concepts.
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Spanish Alphabet Laminated Charts are write and wipe charts that make learning the alphabet fun! The chart explains every letter with a picture and a word. Class Chart is 20" x 24". Pre-K to Grade 3.
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The Mantra Lingua family of products provide educators with creative, inclusive resource materials that promote bilingualism. Mantra Lingua's creative resource materials are inclusive and innovative, promoting the values of bilingualism while learning English providing cross-cultural activities and resources. The program includes beautifully illustrated resources, packed with sounds, songs and games.
View the Talking Phonics Pack (Item #1383511),
Early Childhood Spanish Assortment (Item #1383788),
or search www.SchoolSpecialty.com for the entire Mantra Lingua product line.

Language Arts Curriculum

School Specialty offers over 3,000 different options for Language Arts programs. Everything from resource guides to activity cards. These are all eligible under the different programs.

Our most popular items include:

Hot Dots Phonics Activity Cards and Talking Power Pen make learning letters, numbers, shapes, colors, sounds and rhymes fun.
View the Activity Cards (Item #382815) and Power Pen (Item #1005177).
Word for Word Phonics Game can be played at multiple levels and can be customized to reinforce specific reading and word building skills.
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Little Red Tool Box Sets provide an interactive format for practicing newly learned phonemic awareness and phonics skills.
Sets include:
K Class (Item #084238),
Grade One (Item #084239) and
Grade Two (Item #084240).

Physical Education/Nutrition

Check out:

SPARK is a research-based program that supports lifelong wellness with coordinated packages of curriculum, staff development, follow-up support and expertly selected, content-matched equipment.
SPARK K 2 Curriculum Set Manual with Music CD (Item #1289865)
SPARK 3 6 Curriculum Set Manual with Music CD (Item #1278050)
Spark Physical Education Resource Kit for Grade K 2 Manual CD and Folio (Item #1303150)
Spark Physical Education Resource Kit for Grade 3 6 Manual CD and Folio (Item #1278341)
Learn more at www.spark.org

The Nutrition Kit helps children get a head start on eating right. Each piece reinforces the importance of including a wide variety of foods in our diet.
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Healthy Hurdles Nutrition Game correlates with the USDA's new MyPyramid Food Guidance System and promote physical fitness. Children can either create a balanced meal or collect a food item from each food group to win. Games also require players to burn off foods they don't need through exercise. Play in groups of 2, 3 or 6. Includes 6 double-sided game boards (12-1/2" square), 50 exercise cards, 110 food cards, 2 spinners, and 2 number dice.
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Math Curriculum

School Specialty’s Math Team has created a series of solutions to help improve student math skills. We offer several options for research based solutions that can be used inside the classroom or online. Learn more at www.schoolspecialty.com/math

Some of our solutions include:

The Think Math Program
Academy of Math
Plus a full range of supplemental curriculum and resources Click here for options.