Representatives from Kayle Concepts, creators of the “Talking Educational Bluebee Pals” were guests Wednesday at the Princeton House Charter School in Orlando, Fl
Laura Jiencke,president of Kayle Concepts accepted an invitation from the director Kim Gelalia to visit Princeton’s Charter School and observe teachers/therapists in their classrooms integrating Bluebee Pals in their lesson plans.
It was a inspirational day watching children engaging with Bluebee Pals while connected to a range of Music, Voice Recordings and AAC Apps. Ipads are a leading tool for the most teachers who focus on “thinking outside the box” and apply assitive technology in their classrooms. Bluebee Pal enhance the educational value by creating a tangilbe manipulative in a learning setting where children are encouraged to interact and not only look at a Ipad screen.
Princeton Charter School is a 17th year charter school devoted to serving children with autism in PK through 5th grade. The children represent the full spectrum of autism, from Asperger’s Syndrome to severely disabling autism. We provide cutting-edge education and therapeutic intervention for all of our children. Our multi-disciplinary team approach is child and family centered, giving parents an active role in their child’s educational need.
In 1998, Princeton House reorganized became a state funded charter school allowing access of its program to children of all economic backgrounds. The school has grown year after year with a significant number of families moving to Orlando so that their child(ren) can attend PHCS. As each year passes, we discover new and innovative ways to work with our students. We are very proud of the impact that we have been able to make in the lives of many children.
As a charter school, PHCS is governed by a board of directors to ensure that the charter contract is upheld and that funds received will be directly used to provide a highly intensive and individualized program for its students.
As of 2014-2015 school year PHCS is serving 160 students from Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade.
Testimonials:
“We just started working with BlueBee in our classroom and the students instantly responded positively. I have several students in my class that use an AAC device to speak. When introducing the BlueBee, I explained that he also needed a device to speak, just like many of us. The kids started to explore different ways to interact with our BlueBee dog, having him read stories, talk with them one on one and even singing Adele! We could not be more excited to have BlueBee as a apart of our classroom. As a teacher of students with ASD, I am excited to discover new ways to incorporate this wonderful resource to help with all aspects of academics and building confidence with social skills.”
Jessica Carter
ESE Classroom Teacher 3rd-5th Grade
Princeton House Charter School
“I was amazed the first time I used BlueBee to read a story. Every student immediately focused on BlueBee and the book immediately … something we have been working on all year! Instead of my students seeing reading activities as non-preferred “work”, BlueBee makes it a more positive and play-like experience.”
Laura Wiliams
ESE Classroom Teacher 2nd-3rd Grade
Princeton House Charter School
“Bluebee Pals have been an instant hit during speech-language therapy sessions! I have used Bluebee Pals with our students with Autism across all range of abilities. Bluebee Pals have helped us learn grammar concepts, work on our articulation skills, have conversations with appropriate pragmatic language skills, and even helped us use our AAC devices! Bluebee Pals are like rewards and learning tools in one cuddly package!”
Punam Desormes, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Therapist
Princeton House Charter School
Princeton’s Goal: Children to develop skills that will allow them to return to a less restrictive environment and
to be productive members of the community
Kim Gelalia , Director
Princeton House Charter School
Orlando, FL 32810