Montessori Education for Autism

20/03/2022

On Saturday 19th March we celebrated the graduation of Cohort 22 of the MEfA Montessori post graduate SEN CPD course Part 1: A Blueprint for Observation. Our amazing graduates gathered at Montessori House to give their acceptance speeches and receive their certificates. We are so proud of their achievements.

Cohort 23 will commence their studies in September 2022; if you wish to apply, or would like more information, please contact us via email [email protected] or call Wendy on +44 (0) 7710433994

14/03/2022

Happily we are adding some extra school classes after the Easter break. Children aged 2-11 years will now be able to attend on Monday mornings in addition to Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and Thursday afternoons. Forest school is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays - and our flagship after-school programme soley for children with Autism continues on Tuesdays.

03/09/2021

Cohort 22 of the MEfA Montessori post graduate SEN CPD course commence their studies tomorrow - in person at Montessori House, London and also on-line. Always onwards and upwards! Keep safe.

20/07/2021

Registration is open now for Cohort 22 of the MEfA Montessori post graduate SEN CPD course Part 1: A Blueprint for Observation commencing September 2021. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

14/06/2021

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg170

This guideline covers children and young people with autism spectrum disorder (across the full range of intellectual ability) from birth until their 19th

20/03/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xoURDXv3co

An insight into an incredible man, who created a deeply respectful, powerful program to help others participate more fully in a life they choose.

28/02/2021

A post graduate student MEfA Montessori SEN CPD course has drawn up a questionnaire as part of her research - can you assist with your responses please?
'Everyone's going through a very uncertain time' - the effect of the pandemic on children and families with special educational needs:
1. How many children are in your immediate/nuclear family?
2. In which position in the family is/are your special needs child/ren? (Eldest, middle, youngest, only child, etc.)
3. During COVID-19 Lockdown have you received any support for your special needs child/ren?
4. If your child is eligible for extra services have these been available during lockdown?
5. Has the 'new normal' caused any anxiety in your family, and if so how has this affected you and your special need child/ren?
6. Has any member of your family needed hospital or doctors appointments and were you able to access them them?
7. How do you feel that lockdown has affected your child/ren?
8. Have the lockdown restrictions about getting outdoors had an adverse effect on your child/rens behaviour and development, and if so, how?
Please send answers to: [email protected]

09/02/2021

'Even if two children want the same material, they should be left to settle the problem for themselves unless they call for the teacher's aid' (Montessori, 1989, p.69)
Montessori, M. (1989) Education for a New World. Oxford: Clio Press Ltd.
Photo: c. 1930. Sevres, France. Child washes cloths for the classroom which over the next several days will be sprinkled and ironed, folded and put away. Two other children stand by.

02/02/2021

Autism and Behaviorism
New Research Adds to an Already Compelling Case Against ABA
By Alfie Kohn https://www.alfiekohn.org/blogs/autism/?fbclid=IwAR0GT3_wQzbQazSka4tNVFcDZj-GH_d3tjDS_sdsWCUuMkFh5YiZuuKATUs

The Writings Of Alfie Kohn

22/01/2021

So now we have the MEfA Montessori post graduate SEN CPD course Part 1: A Blueprint for Observation on line. This is our pilot on line course and Cohort 21 of this training are being amazingly supportive.
Some of you have been asking for this for years, so let us have your expressions of interest. Cohort 22 will be open for Registration very soon.

The MEfA Montessori post graduate SEN CPD short course - Part 1: A Blueprint for Observation focuses on the physiological, neural and psychological development of babies and children. The...

19/01/2021

Moteaco's Lectures Page has eleven of Maria's lectures from 1924 - 1949, translated from the original Italian, on a wide range of topics - click through to read or share:

Lectures Page for the Montessori Teachers Collective.

06/12/2020

The 3rd MEfA Montessori Waldon Therapy Certificate Training weekend was a great success! At the heart of MEfA Montessori Therapy and Waldon Therapy is the assertion that meaning comes from movement; that movement is the ultimate source of motivation, learning and development. As Dr Montessori said, nothing comes to the brain without first coming to the hand. The desire to learn is reshaped continuously as brain and hand revitalise one-another. The capacity to learn grows continuously as children 'construct' their physical, emotional and mental abilities and their personalities and characters.