What About Children With Special Needs

The Montessori environment is ideal for children with special needs since the emphasis is on the individual with skills and concepts being presented during individual lessons within a social environment. The multi age groupings present a vast array of skills and behaviours which allows for each child to be accepted and respected. The directors are familiar with working and liaising with external specialists either during or after school hours. At some schools visiting specialists also work with the children during the school day in the classrooms. Typically supplementary numeracy and literacy programmes are integrated into the school day for individual students who need extra assistance and the class directors liaise with parents and specialists should any learning difficulties be suspected.