24th International Montessori Congress

Education as an Aid to Life

Congress Speakers

John F. Erhart, MD

John F. Erhart, MD

 

After undergraduate studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) and receiving his doctorate in medicine from Temple University in Philadelphia (PA), Dr. John F. Erhart completed the psychiatric residency and child psychiatry fellowship. Dr. Erhart is the Consulting Psychiatrist for two Rochester agencies, which provide services to individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and supervising psychiatrist in a rural community mental health centre. In addition, Dr. Erhart also provides psychiatric consultation to the Monroe County (Rochester NY) Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES). With Ms. Sullivan-Smith, Dr. Erhart co-founded The Montessori Intervention Programs (MIP), a not-for-profit agency inspired by the Association Montessori Internationale's Educateurs sans Frontières initiative. Dr. Erhart serves as President and Board Chairman of MIP. With Ms. Sullivan-Smith, Dr. Erhart is participating in the design and implementation of the BOCES/MIP Asperger's Initiative.