Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/3 01 How the Mathematical Mind of the Adolescent Develops from Early Adolescence to Late Adolescence "It is essential that we match our methodology with the psychology of the adolescent and as this changes throughout adolescence, so should our approach." Mike Waski provides an understanding of how to approach mathematics at the adolescent level from the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 14 Helping Children with Attentional Challenges in a Montessori Classroom: The Role of the Physician 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 this could look like in a classroom. However, it…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 13 Helping Children with Attentional Challenges in a Montessori Classroom: The Role of the Occupational… Barbabra 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…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 12 Helping Children with Attentional Challenges in the Montessori Classroom: Introduction Catherine Nehring Massie provides important contextual information in considering children with attentional challenges. She discusses the prevalence of attentional challenges in today's culture and the contributing factors. She gives a general overview of the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 11 What's Going on with This Child? Child Study for the 21st Century Allison Jones and Jacqueline Cossentino have taken the term child study to describe the work they do with children experiencing challenges. Their approach to child study attempts to change the typical question of "What is wrong with this child?" to "What is…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 10 Supporting Elementary Children in Crisis "Just as every child is human, every child, no matter the circumstances, deserves an education that promotes his or her development to the fullest human potential." Using Cornerstone Montessori, a public Montessori school, as a case study, Liesl Taylor sets…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 09 Guiding Children "Back from the Edge" Preparing an Environment to Support Children at Risk "The children who demand more attention than others, who are disruptive, unmotivated, oppositional, aggressive, or do not give us the positive feedback we get from othersâ¦This is where we dig in and find compassion, and understanding, and the knowledge that…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 08 Parent Education in the Home Charo Alarcón speaks about the work of Lumin Education in partnering with parents, Early Head Start, and a national program called Parents as Teachers (PAT) to come together to serve low-income families. Recognizing that parents cannot prioritize their child…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 07 Supporting Students Who Have Experienced Trauma Travis Wright presents an important understanding of trauma that leads to a new perspective of "challenging" behaviors in the classroom. "Trauma is not an event in itself, but is instead the reaction to extremely stressful life circumstances... When children…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 42/2 06 Creative Engagement: Handwork as Follow-Up Work "To a great extent, we all must "do" in order to learn." Ellen Lebitz begins with this overarching truth as a lead-in to a close look at handwork in the elementary environment. She explains the benefits of handwork for the second-plane child, including it…
