Montessori Medical Partnership for Inclusion
Outreach and Support for an Inclusive World
Our Mission
Helping Montessori schools and programs around the world increase their capacity for successful and developmental inclusion.
Our Vision
Montessori and Medicine working together to include more children!
Scientific & Medical Pedagogy
Montessori education that is developmental, diagnostic and therapeutic
“The school constitutes an immense field for research; it is a “pedagogical clinic,” which, in view of its importance, can be compared to no other gathering of subjects for study. Thanks to the system of compulsory education, it gathers to itself every living human being of both sexes and of every social caste, normal and abnormal; and it retains them there, throughout a most important period of growth. This is the field, therefore, in which the culture of the human race can really and practically be undertaken; and a joint labour of physician and teacher will sow the seed of a future human hygiene, adapted to achieve perfection in man, both as a species and as a social unit.”
[Dr. Maria Montessori, Pedagogical Anthropology, July 1913]
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Check out MMPI's Fantastic Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers, Administrators, and Medical / Allied Health Specialists
Developed in 2019, in collaboration with Europe’s leading Montessori Inclusion experts. You choose an Early Intervention or Elementary focus. These courses are 80-88 hour hours and offer participants information on the medical underpinnings of developmental challenges and deepens their understanding of the role of the psychologist in supporting children, parents and teams. In addition, 50% of the content addresses practical classroom strategies for meeting the needs of all students by adapting lessons and materials using Dr. Montessori’s scientific medical lens.
Understanding Interventions and Therapies in a Montessori Setting
This 3-part course provides essential information to prepare participants to support children with sensory-motor delays, Dyslexia and related learning challenges. This unique course provides participants with lots of background medical information about these 3 common areas of need for children, as well as a framework for thinking about how to adapt and modify lessons and materials to develop a multitude of strategies for individualized supports.
Leading Inclusive Montessori Schools (LIMS)
This course provides school leaders with an understanding of what is needed to truly welcome all children into their Montessori communities. This course familiarizes participants with the unique considerations of school leadership in an inclusive Montessori community. You will learn to build a strong foundation using the building blocks of an Inclusive Montessori School & Community, and work together with fellow course participants, month-by-month to write your own 5-year Strategic Plan for Inclusion tailored to prepare your school and staff to serve children with more diverse needs, their families and the community.
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AMI/USA Unveils Position Statement on Inclusion
AMI/USA officially released their Position Statement on Inclusion and Educational Equity on February 16, 2025, at the national conference…
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Showcase Debut: Mario Montessori’s Special Work
It is surprisingly unknown that, like his mother, Mario Montessori was an international advocate for the education of children with disabilities. His vision and support of experimental implementations of medically-enhanced and inclusive Montessori education were ahead of his time and offer us today a roadmap to a more inclusive world.
Mario Montessori was involved in two of the most important contributions to the development of a Montessori-based Special Education which were developed during the 1960’s–one in the United States (District of Columbia Society for Crippled Children, Washington, DC) and one in Germany (Aktion Sonnenschein, Munich). Through partnership with Dr. Theodor Hellbruegge (Munich) and Dr. William Argy (Washington DC), both distinguished medical doctors and medical researchers, Mario supported the re-connection of his mother’s educational legacy with the medical sciences as an aid to development and to inclusion of children with disabilities.
To honor the significant contribution of these Montessori-medical partnerships, MMPI will open its Inclusion Showcase by documenting these two integrated medical-educational projects to which Mario Montessori devoted himself.
Check out our first Showcase to see an historic video and read a scientific research study of Montessori education offered to children at the DC Society for Crippled Children, 1962-1964.
The Right of Every Child to be Included!
It is the right of every child be included as fully as possible in all aspects of life including school. The Montessori curriculum is the best path toward that goal because it is uniquely designed to be individualized and is born out of an integration of medical and educational approaches. This makes the Montessori classroom the ideal place to support the inclusion of children with more diverse needs.
Access to Important Inclusion Resources
We promote access to programs and resources that help parents, teachers, medical professionals and school leaders learn more about, participate in and implement successful inclusion programs. Utilizing this leading-edge inclusion framework aids the optimal growth of all children and adolescents, those with and those without disabilities, all together in nurturing, social, learning communities.
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