Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/3 06 Communicating with the Family for the Child's Best Chance for Success Joachim Dattke describes a holistic approach to supporting the needs of the family when a child has a disability. The parent and child benefit from a two-pronged approach: working with doctors, psychologists, and therapists in clinic-based settings, and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/3 05 A Montessori Model for Inclusion Joachim Dattke inspires the reader to consider how a truly inclusive society is beneficial for both typical children and children with disabilities. Five essential components are defined for planning inclusive schools, and the key features of a Montessori…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/3 04 Following the Child for Real Jennifer O'Toole has an entertaining speaking and writing style and is a passionate advocate for children with Asperger's syndrome. She educates her audience with scientific descriptions of the phenomenon but also through metaphors that cause us to examine…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/3 03 Multicultural Inclusion in an Urban Setting Martha Urioste tells a compelling history of public sector Montessori in Denver, from its socially charged beginnings in the 1960s to 2009. She played a huge role in creating the first public Montessori school in Colorado that was launched as an integration…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/3 02 Implementing Inclusion Theory into Practice Catherine Nehring is a passionate advocate for inclusion and presents a rationale for creating an inclusive Montessori school and details the considerations and guidelines for creating such a school. Beginning with the United Nations Resolution (Article 24)…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/3 01 Building the Inclusive Montessori School Pam Shanks describes Raintree Montessori School, an exemplary inclusion school, and gives credit to the legacy of Dr. Montessori. An inclusive Montessori community begins with "physical integration of all children, progresses to functional inclusion, and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 15 Reflections: A Life's Work in Montessori Mary Verschuur writes about coming to America in 1962, recruited by Nancy McCormick Rambusch. In this article, she reminisces about the sheer sensation of practicing a new vocation in an unknown location with materials imported in wood crates from Europe and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 14 "The Lines That Make the Clouds": The Essence of the Mathematical Mind in the First Six Years of Life Ginny Sackett lists many of the universal attributes of the absorbent mind--pattern recognition, order, incarnation, the rules for language, and numeracy. Her essay borders on the metaphysical as it suggests that the mathematical mind is really a non-entity…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 12 Toileting Functional independence in toilet training involves muscle control, the awareness and desire to stay dry, and the child's ability to dress themselves. This is a natural and gradual process beginning at home, and Sarah Moudry gives clear and encouraging ideas…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 13 Joyful Engagement: Montessori's Common Core Standard Linking joy and engagement together, Sarah Werner Andrews points out how happiness is a factor of real imaginary work possibilities and not just coercion. Choice and expression of work are central to the child when work is self-motivated but does not always…
