{"id":2696,"date":"2017-02-17T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youwealthrevolution.com\/blog\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2018-01-12T06:45:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T14:45:18","slug":"teacher-changes-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youwealthrevolution.com\/blog\/teacher-changes-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Cuts Tennis Balls In Half &#038; Glues Them To Chairs. Sees THIS Amazing Change In Students!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DavidWolfe.com shares:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being a teacher often in involves some creativity. Whether it\u2019s making a lesson easier to understand or keeping the class interested, teachers often find unique ways to help their students succeed. Speech language pathologist Amy Maplethorpe is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>Amy teaches at Raymond Ellis Elementary School in Round Lake, Illinois. With a little bit of work and a lot of creativity, she found a way to help students with sensory concerns. The language pathologist used hot glue to attach tennis ball halves to chairs in the school\u2019s sensory room.<\/p>\n<h3>Helping Students With Sensory Input<\/h3>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/davidwolfe_com-box-3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-136\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\" data-ezadpicker=\"136\" data-ez-position-type=\"mid_content\"><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-146\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\" data-ezadpicker=\"146\" data-ez-position-type=\"under_second_paragraph\"><\/span> Amy told The Huffington Post\u00a0the chairs are helpful for kids who have trouble regulating sensory input within their body and in their environment. Some of the students who experience difficulty in this area have been diagnosed with autism. Others have been diagnosed with down syndrome or sensory processing disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Sensory processing disorder refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavior responses. SPD occurs when sensory signals are either <span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-141\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\" data-ezadpicker=\"141\" data-ez-position-type=\"mid_content\"><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-115\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\" data-ezadpicker=\"115\" data-ez-position-type=\"mid_content\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spdstar.org\/basic\/about-spd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not detected or they don\u2019t get organized<\/a> into appropriate responses. A person who is diagnosed with SPD has a hard time processing and acting on information they receive through the senses. This makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks.<\/p>\n<p>The tennis balls offer a different texture than the regular chairs. Amy explained, \u201cBy sitting down on it, it could just be that input that a student needs at that time instead of that flat surface that kind of gives that rounded feel to the chair.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Results<\/h3>\n<p>The results are different for every student. But Amy has noticed benefits from the chairs in many of her students. \u201cFirst-grade students that have used the chair, they have become more patient and have followed directions,\u201d she said. She also noticed a decrease in restlessness from her younger students, while they waited to take tests.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-121\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\" data-ezadpicker=\"121\" data-ez-position-type=\"long_content\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of Amy\u2019s students with autism likes to run his hand over the tennis balls. This is another way to get sensory input. Another student enjoys sitting in the chair while listening to music.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidwolfe.com\/teacher-cut-tennis-balls-chairs-change-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.davidwolfe.com\/teacher-cut-tennis-balls-chairs-change-students\/<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed this article, you may also be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youwealthrevolution.com\/blog\/read-someones-mind-body-language\">https:\/\/www.youwealthrevolution.com\/blog\/read-someones-mind-body-language<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DavidWolfe.com shares:\u00a0 Being a teacher often in involves some creativity. Whether it\u2019s making a lesson easier to understand or keeping the class interested, teachers often find unique ways to help their students succeed. Speech language pathologist Amy Maplethorpe is no exception. Amy teaches at Raymond Ellis Elementary School in Round Lake, Illinois. 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