Helping children with sensory overload
Donations help create place for students to calm down when the outside world gets too hectic
Admiral Seymour elementary teacher Andrea Wilks, right, is joined by former MLA Joan McIntyre, who donated to The Vancouver Sun's Adopt-A-School campaign, which in turn helped pay for this sensory room at the school. The room will be used for children with emotional problems who cause disturbances in class and need help to calm down.
In late October the painters were finishing off the walls inside Admiral Seymour elementary's new sensory centre, putting it out of commission, which was a pity because there was a young boy that morning whose nerves were so shattered, a teacher found him cowering behind a door.
He had already lashed out at another child and was hiding outside his classroom, unable to cross the threshold.
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