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Montesori methodology

Typology
Methodological
Resource description
Develops and enhances children's skills, leaving them to choose the teaching material they want, investigate it and develop it until they understand it correctly.
https://blog.akroseducational.es/metodo-montessori-trastorno...
Sample of use in education with students with IDD
Work stations that are implemented in the classroom in which each one is dedicated to a specific job (sensory station, language station...)
Difficulties to which it could be applied
Executive Functioning and Flexibility, Learning and Cognitive Challenges
  • Unability to stick to tedious tasks
  • Time management
  • Sharing a common focus
  • Organization and planning of tasks and activities
  • Constant changing activity or task
Sensory Processing and Sensitivities
  • Sensory Information Management
  • Hyper-responsiveness
Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests, Sensory Processing and Sensitivities
  • Specific sensory preferences
Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests, Specialized Skills and Talents
  • Memory and attention to detail
Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests
  • Specialized skills or talents
Learning and Cognitive Challenges
  • Reading, writing or maths challenges
  • Individualized learning strategies accommodations
  • Cognitive Abilities
Executive Functioning and Flexibility, Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests
  • Mental rigidity, need to follow routines
Emotional Regulation, Social Communication Challenges
  • Limited language use
Executive Functioning and Flexibility
  • Unable to play quietly
  • Stand up at the class
  • Short attention span
  • Seeing things from different perspectives
Learning Objetives
  • Develop functional writing skills
  • Distinguising Meaningful contents
  • Emphasize self-reliance
  • Executive functions
  • Improve Restricted Interests and Repetitive Behaviors
  • Improving Attention and focus
  • Improving knowledge application
  • Improving metacognition (learning to learn)
  • Learning competences
  • Learning Science concepts
  • Organization of class structure
  • Practical competences
  • Promote self-management