Resources for Medical Professionals
Current information about the integration of medical and educational knowledge for successful inclusion
INFORMATION & RESOURCES
Note: Montessori Medical Partnership for Inclusion does not officially endorse or represent any of these resources. We are providing this list of free and low-cost resourses and apps as a service to our members and visitors. If you have anything you think we should include, please email barbara@Montessori4Inclusion.org
Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body
Early Childhood Education and Lifelong Health are Deeply Entwined
A working paper
Montessori and the Special Child
by Jon Osterkorn
This ariticle presents a concise overview of the history of Dr. Montessori’s work with children with special needs.
Neuropsychological Soft Signs in Children and Rehabilitation According to the Montessori Method
by Christel Bjorksten
This article describes a Montessori program at the Aurora Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, a psychiatric facility for children ages 5-12. In addition to emotional challenges, many of the children also have learning disabilities. The author describes evaluation procedures and implementation of a Montessori program and delineates why it is such a good fit for children with neuropsychological as well as psychiatric challenges.
Montessori Inspired Activities in Speech Therapy
Learn how to incorporate Montessori inspired activities! The Montessori method is an area of great interest to me and I’ve actually been using it in my home lately. It got me thinking that it would be great to use some of these activities in speech therapy too.
From The Speech Space-A Podcast for Speech Language Pathologists
Helping Children with Attentional Challenges in a Montessori Classroom: The Role of the Physician
NAMTA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 2, Spring 2017
Maureen Murphy-Ryan offers a clinical look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Her thorough definition of ADHD and the diagnoses that may occur simultaneously offer teachers an awareness of what collaboration between the teacher and the medical clinician could look like in a classroom.
Helping Children with Attentional Challenges in the Montessori Classroom: the Role of the Occupational Therapist
NAMTA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 2, Spring 2017
Barbara Luborsky links the medical field and Montessori pedagogy to address atypical attention in children through the lens of the occupational therapist. She provides an overview of attention and sensory processing disorders and then informs about ADHD and its comorbidity with other diagnoses.
Occupational Therapy and Montessori-Kindred Spirits: Moving towards a Medical and Scientific Pedagogy
Barbara Luborsky, OTR/L
NAMTA Journal 060/1/2014
Barbara Luborsky explores the commonalities between occupational therapists and Montessori guides, such as their focus on the prepared environment, following the child, task analysis, and multi-sensory learning.
A Model for Integrating Occupational Therapy Procedures
by Shirley Esenther
American Montessori Society Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 4
This article offers a review of the literature and an analysis of some of the main concepts held in common by Montessorians and Occupational Therapists- the vital role of movement in learning and the idea of freedom of choice, autonomy and development of agency in the child.
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