Montessori Education for Autism

We made this movie for the Precedent competition. Montessori Education for Autism (MEfA) is a charity supporting children with autism in Montessori environments. This movie shows how a small boy with autism is making good progress with Montessori learning materials. This little boy had been dismissed by other professionals as ineducable. The Montessori school looked for the child within and found him! At the end of the clip he kisses his teacher - before this he had not even kissed his Grandmother. Did you find this clip loud and noisy? This is how life sounds for children with autism,

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[wendyfidler]

Yes, he did do well, and he has gone on to much greater things! We have to give children with autism a chance - we must do what Maria Montessori taught us and 'look for the child within'. We wanted to post a video that showed what it means in real life to start with a child who had, to all intent and purpose been 'written off' as ineducable by some professionals. Best wishes, Wendy

[littleirishemperor]

no classroom for autistic children will be as quiet as a Montessori classroom. little fella did well all the same.

[wendyfidler]

Yes, thanks it is really great work for him and he has gone on from strength to strength in all areas, especially communication. You get a great understanding from watching this little boy of how distracting and painful sounds can be for children on the spectrum. We could start a new discussion about auditory sensitivity on our facebook page, Montessori Education for Autism - I'd love to hear how it is foryour son. Best wishes, Wendy

[wendyfidler]

Yes, it does sound loud, but this was a recording issue, I am afraid which I don't yet know how to adjust. It is often necessary to speed up or slow down demonstrations to keep pace with an autistic child's rate of sensory processing. In this child's case the opportunities are fleeting to say the least and the teacher did exactly what was necessary to help the child show what knew, understood and can do. Thanks for your post, Wendy Fidler

[eonchontay]

This environment is  VERY loud for an authentic 'Montessori" school. There are too many distractions for the child and the instructor is demonstrating the procedure too quickly.

[katieejmom]

My son has autism as well. Great work for this little boy! I feel badly that he's holding his ears as it seems that he has sensory issues with all the sound. It looks painful for him and I can't imagine how loud that classroom must be from his perspective.