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Project Overview

This project will create a new sensory hub for children with autism in two public schools. These sensory hubs help students with autism recover from sensory stressors and enables them to return to the classroom. Students enrolled in IDES 320, Furniture Design, will design the hubs and create pieces to improve the physical and behavioral aspects of the classrooms. The Sensory Wellbeing Hub will help students recover from sensory stressors and then return to the daily activities in the classroom, ready to learn.

Students: Tori Garrett, Hannah Hooten, Analiese Lafferty-McGill, Asher Matula, Sydnie Mendoza, Ke'Toren Muhammad, Asia Sprecher, Ellie Stephenson Fujawa, Kenzi Stonecipher, Haley Trowbridge, Taylor Vega

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shireen Kanakri
Community Partner: Riverside Intermediate School

Project Overview