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…inspired by the Camphill movement
Mosaic
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Meaningful
Opportunities
Social
Awareness
Inclusive
Culture
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Our Mission Statement
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The Kingston Mosaic Group's mission is to
create Mosaic School: a holistic program of
care, curative education and vocational
training for children and youth
with developmental disabilities. The school
will be built within the context of a social
therapeutic community setting, according to
the principles and ideas of Waldorf Education
and the Camphill Movement.
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A Few Definitions:
Curative Education:
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Curative education means healing education and
it is an inter-disciplinary task in which different
professions and functions work together. It
includes remedial teachers, medical practitioners,
teachers, therapists and artists.
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Waldorf Education:
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In a Waldorf School, dramatic, visual, musical, and
movement arts, along with practical skills such as
woodworking, weaving, sewing, and gardening,
are integrated with traditional academic subjects.
This is why Waldorf schools, including Camphill
Special School, are known for educating the whole
human being – head, heart, and hands.
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Camphill Movement:
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Camphill communities are residential
communities and schools for adults and children
with developmental disabilities, mental health
problems and other special needs, they provide
services, work, learning and daily living based on
the principles of Waldorf education.
The International Camphill Movement is an
innovative leader in the fields of disabilities and
intentional communities for seventy years, and
fifty years in North America.
There are 119 Camphill communities in 23
countries in Europe, North America, Southern
Africa and Asia.
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Camphill Special School in Beaver Run,
Pennsylvania is currently the only Camphillbased school in North America for young
children and youth.
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When MOSAIC School opens, it will be the
first one of its kind in Canada.
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How it all Started…
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 Karl König (25 September 1902 – 27 March 1966) was an
Austrian pediatrician who founded the Camphill Movement
in 1939 near Aberdeen, Scotland.
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How it all Started in Kingston
 My family visited Camphill Special School in June 2013
with the wish to learn about curative education and
the potential to bring it to our community for special
needs children, including our own ten year old son.
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 Although the programming in public school is inclusive
and our son is well loved and cared for, he often suffers
from sensory overload and has trouble processing and
de-compressing. He complains of the fluorescent lights,
busyness, noise, too many children at recess and
transitions, loud announcements and bells.
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How it all Started in Kingston
 My first experience with motherhood was exciting, beautiful, filled with
joy, love and eventually grief and a sense of loss.
 My daughter is my motivation and inspiration to bring
curative/therapeutic education and beyond to Kingston.
 Being thrust into the world of special needs was challenging and continues
to challenge us daily. There is a need, a gap in the system that we are
motivated to fill.
 My daughter is currently in the catholic school system and faces similar
challenges as other special needs children – fluorescent lighting, large
class size & over-stimulation.
CAN WE DO BETTER THAN THIS?
How it all Started in Kingston
 We also hear frequently from other parents that the
needs of their children with disabilities are not met in
an environment of large classes and little extra
support.
 Teachers we talked to confirm these statements.
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 In order to get a more accurate evaluation of the
situation of children with special needs in our
community we developed a survey for parents that is
now available on our website:
http://kingstonmosaicgroup.com/
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Our Vision
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After visiting Camphill Special School, we
realized the wish for our son and other
children with special needs to have access to
education that is therapeutic to all senses: a
holistic, wholesome and healing environment
in a practical and arts based education and
life. To be a part of a community where they
will grow, heal and learn to find and
contribute their own special gifts.
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What does Camphill look like?
 Camphill Special School is located in Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1963 and is a
cutting -edge educational community, serving children and youth with mild to
severe developmental disabilities.
 It consists of a residential and day academic and prevocational programs as well as
therapeutic care for children in kindergarten through grade 12. The transition
program for young people ages 18-21 is located at a nearby farm.
 Camphill Special School is located on 88 acres situated on sprawling hills lined
with apple trees and surrounded by creeks and forests. There is a barn with
horses, main farm and garden with nine lovely residential homes where
currently 55 students reside with their house parents.
 There is the kindergarten house which offers a fully inclusive program for
typically developing and some have special needs. No matter their level of
ability, all of the students care about and appreciate one another for who they
are.
The main school-where the Eurythmy and main
therapy room is- is central to the homes and the
woodworking room, pottery room, grocery store,
bakery, weaving room and main theatre.
Eurythmy Room
 Eurythmy: created in 1912 (Rudolph Steiner); a form of artistic expression
and a means to support healthy development in children.
 Therapeutic eurythmy involves modified gestures that are intensified.
Repeated practice stimulates healing life forces, restores balance, and can
correct constitutional problems.
Main Theatre
Pottery Room
Where Are We Now?
 Kingston MOSAIC Group was founded in January 2014 and consists of 8 founding
members who meet bi-weekly. Our meeting on the first Tuesday of each month is
open to the public.
 Our group is comprised of people with different expertise, among them parents of
special needs children, teachers, artists, doctors, administrators. We currently have
two teachers with a lot of experience and training in drama and working with
special needs children who will instruct for our theatre group.
 Kingston MOSAIC Group is working towards incorporation as a non-profit entity &
charitable organization. We have acquired professional advisors to assist through
the incorporation process.
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 With the help of a financial planner we are currently developing our
strategic/business plan for the next three years. We have the prospect of working
with an MBA student from the Queen’s School of Business.
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Where Are We Now?
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SHORT TERM GOALS
Establish an urban
presence
Theatre program
Inclusive play group
Parent support
Summer
Programming
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LONGER TERM GOALS
Establish a rural centre
A main school
Woodworking, pottery,
weaving room
Grocery store, bakery and
main theatre
Therapies: conventional PT,
OT & Speech; horseback
riding, art, music, massage,
eurythmy, coloured-light
therapy
Eventual residential homes
What’s Next?
 Build community to support and carry the initiative – parents, teachers,
therapists, volunteers.
 Needs assessment
 Fundraising
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 Start with weekly programming:
Theatre group
Play group
Parent support group
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• "Let us not do it in words, but in deeds. To
serve and not to rule; to help and not to
force; to love and not to harm will be our
task."
-Karl König
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