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hpscole2 · Posted: January 12 2009, 9:00 PM Post subject: Montessori education

Has anyone here sent their child with Ds to Montessori? I am intending on sending my 3 yr old for pre-school for a couple years. All my typical children went and loved it as did I!

We are getting ready to go to the transistion meeting at our public school. We are not asking for any services as we are doing them private anyhow. However, we are requesting an aid for him. He turns 3 in May of this year and will start pre-k in the fall.
My argument on sending him to Montessori instead of public is that his typical peers have a language barrier and with my son also having Apraxia of Speech this would not be a typical peer situation for sure.

If your child went or goes to Montessori or private school at that does he/she have an aid?

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Gabrielsmom · Posted: January 22 2009, 2:27 PM Post subject:

No help here, but I am curious as well because I just started working at a montessori school and get free tuition for my children...

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Kcnolan21 · Posted: May 07 2009, 9:08 PM Post subject:

The Montessori School was started by a woman for children just like ours. The basis of their education is "individualized" to each child. Its a perfect world and learning center for our children. HOWEVER, with that said after calling MANY Montessori schools not one would even consider accepting my child because of his disability. I finally told the principal of one of the schools that "Marie Montessori would roll over in her grave today with embarrasement at the way the Montessori Schools are discriminating against the very children that she built the foundation"

Good Luck, I am very interested if it was just the schools in my area or all Montessori Schools!!!

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Googsmom · Posted: May 07 2009, 10:43 PM Post subject:

Thx for this topic as I too have been thinking of calling the Montessori school up the road. I'm curious to see the replies Smile

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ellenstumbo · Posted: May 08 2009, 12:19 AM Post subject:

Unfortunatelly, like Coleen, on eof my friends was told the same thing by a Montessori school. Very dissapointing, but I do hope we see some good responses!

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MRitchie · Posted: May 08 2009, 4:15 PM Post subject:

Montessori schools are supposed to integrate children with disabilities.

We were originally going to enroll our daughter in a Montessori school but they already had the "quota" of kids with disabilities (including a child with DS), so we had to look elsewhere.

Our daughter ended up going to an "Active School" (Freinet pedagogical methods), similar to Montessori. She attended that school from the age of 3 till she was 11. Great school, great atmosphere, very supportive. From 1st grade through till 5th grade she had a teacher's aid (a university student working on her Master's in Special Education) working with her 3 times a week. Worked out very well.

Mary