Montessori Therapy Training
MMPI Supports the First Cohort of English- Speaking Participants
Click on the boxes below to watch recordings about Montessori Therapy, the work of Prof. Dr. Theodor Hellbrugge, Montessori Inclusion Pedagogy, and Social Developmental Pediatrics.
April 2023 – November 2025
About This Initiative
MMPI is committed to finding the best ways to support Montessori communities in becomming more inclusive-especially when it comes to children with complex needs. The reality is that Montessori training in the USA and in most of the world, is focused on training teachers to teach children who fall within the broad spectrum of “typical” development. This leaves teachers unprepared to meet the needs children whose development is not unfolding in the expected manner.
Montessori Therapy (MT) offers a solution to this challenge. Montessori trained teachers are taught the basics of developmental medicine and developmental psychology as well as strategies and methods for adaptation and modification of Montessori materials of development and presentations, to meet the individual needs of those who diverge from expected developmental norms.
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Montessori therapy training has, until now, been unavailable in the US and other English-speaking areas, due to an absence of training opportunities for English speakers. This initiative is supporting the first group of 14 English speaking Montessori teachers to attend the MT training in German with interpretation into English for the entire course.
This page is designed to provide you with more information so you can determine if this is an initiative you could support. The ultimate goal is to find ways to make it possible for more English speakers to learn to be MT practitioners and to implement MT programs at schools across the USA and in English language schools around the globe in the near future. If you think you might want to be a Montessori Therapist, please consider donating to this initiative to help us shoulder the cost of making it a reality that this remarkable work becomes available to English speakers.
The 2023-2024 Montessori Therapy Cohort
The first day of the first in-person module for the English speakers!
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Our training has already begun. We will soon post interviews and posts from our participants, describing their experiences. We will update you as the course progresses and we learn how everyone’s thinking is changing!
Meet Our Amazing International English-Speaking Cohort
Nandita Agarwala
Nandita is trained in Infant/Toddler, casa, Lower Elementary, Trainer of Trainers and Montessori Dementia Program. I have been in Montessori education since 1988. She has always worked in inclusive settings and has worked extensively with children with Autism, Down’s Syndrome and other special needs. She is in the process of setting up a Montessori Training College.
Intro Video
Laticia Bleck
Laticia is 3-6 primary trained, 6-12 elementary trained and have taken the FMIE training well. I have been in Montessori since 2003.
Intro Video
Louise Leamy
Louise is Montessori trained for 3-6 year olds and has several years experience working as Additional Support for Learning Coordinator, currently in Children’s House at an inclusive Montessori school.
Intro Video
Erin Lopez-Brooks
Erin is Elementary trained for ages 6-12, andi s a special education teacher and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Intro Video
Mariter Malonjao
Mariter currently works with pre-school students with special educational needs in a special school and in an inclusive Montessori preschool.
Intro Video
Catherine Massie
Catherine is AMI Elementary trained and State Certified Elementary and Special Education Teacher. She currently works as a Language and Math Interventionist, using a variety of therapeutic intervention approaches for language and math development: Orton-Gillingham, the Association Method, and of course Montessori curriculum and materials.
Catherine is also a co-founder and co-director of MMPI!
Intro Video
Majo Moss
Majo is Early Childhood trained and has also completed the FMIE training. She currently works as an Inclusion Coordinator in Upper Elementary. Majo is almost halfway to completing her certification in Montessori Inclusion Endorsement at the West Side Montessori School Teacher Education Program.
Intro Video
Sara Oaxaca
Sara has an AMI 6-12 diploma, and holds a credential in educational psychology for school counseling.
Intro Video
Pamela Pfautsch
Pamela is Montessori trained in 3-12 years, having both Level 1 and 2 certifications from AMS. She also has a background in language therapy and has been an Upper Elementary guide for 16 years.
Intro Video
Emma Rattigan
Emma founded Edinburgh Montessori Arts School in 2006 and together with her colleague Louise (also in the cohort), developed the school into a campus of 90+ students from 1-18 years. EMAS is an inclusive school where Montessori guides work in collaboration with artists, therapists and visiting experts.
Intro Video
Jimmy Sham
Jimmy is CMF AMI trained and MMPI trained in UIT & FMIE. He is a project coordinater at Pacific Montessori where he works with schools and families to implement adapted learning lesson plans and adapted learning materials for family-oriented inclusion.
Intro Video
Kelly Short
Kelly received her lower and upper elementary Montessori certifications through AMS and has been teaching Montessori for 30 years. She began straight out of college with a B.S. in Psychology/ Child Development and later, an M.Ed. in Educational Technology.
Intro Video
Lucette van Someren Boyd
Lucette is 3-6 trained through AMI and has a Masters degree in Special Education, a Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education and is also a Registered Nurse with post grad training in intensive care, operating theatres, bereavement, rehabilitation and child & family health. She also runs a support clinic for children through to the elderly using modalities including Montessori, Montessori for Dementia, Brain Gym, Extra Lesson, Kundalini Yoga for the Special Child and Orton-Gillingham.
Intro Video
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