MEET OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS
We love what we do!
Acting as a "listening ear" to the needs and questions of classroom teachers, parents, and therapists who are involved with providing care for the child of today has been part of what we do for over thirty years now. Our main work is with children in regular classrooms who, faced with the challenges of their destiny and the world environment, often require some help for a time. Our intent is to help caregivers provide right practices in education, therapy and medicine through a deeper understanding of child development and hindrances to that development.
The Association For a Healing Education provides the following services:
Workshops and lecture presentations
Educational Support Teacher Development programs
Bi-annual newsletter
Care Group Manual
Activity books for teachers and parents
Workshops for parents
School or individual consulting services
We also serve as a bridge to the Camphill movement for Curative Education.
"Our expert group of CORE WORKSHOP PRESENTERS consist of professionals whose education and years of service provide comprehensive programs that you can use in any classroom"
Jeff Tunkey
Jeff Tunkey teaches both Extra Lesson and Physical Education at Aurora Waldorf School, near Buffalo, NY. The school’s unique movement program incorporates traditional games, life sports and team sports, weekly tumbling/gymnastics, and whole-class developmental movement based on the Extra Lesson. Jeff is a graduate of the Spacial Dynamics inservice training To learn more about his work you can visit his website at www.movementforchildhood.com
Mary Jo Oresti, M.A.
Mary Jo is a founding member of AHE and a Waldorf Educator for over 35 years. She is involved in a variety of venues to strengthen teachers' observations and incorporate practical applications in the classroom. There are many little known gems in Waldorf that bring coherence and health to children's development, which Mary Jo shares in the workshops. Workshops also include discerning various learning styles and developing methods to improve conditions in the today's classroom.
Connie Helms, M.Ed.
Connie Helms, M.Ed. has been a co-director of AHE's Educational Support Program for many years. She travels in the US as an Educational Support consultant and workshop leader. A graduate of AHE's cycle 3, she has relished staying in touch with many alumni as well as meeting new people in our various programs. For over fifteen years she has had a private Extra Lesson practice in Vermont, serving children, adolescents and adults. Previously she was the Extra Lesson and Learning Support teacher at the Lake Champlain Waldorf School in Shelburne, VT. She has a Waldorf teacher certification from Antioch University New England and prior to that taught as a special educator in public schools in New Hampshire and Vermont. Connie has served on AHE's Board of Directors since 2005.