Mona offers in-service training for teachers, and then they can develop several different drawing projects for each lesson. Over 35 teachers in the Colorado Springs area have been trained. And there have been a lot of indicators that the Monart technique in particular carries over with reading, especially in kindergarten and first grade. Also, Monart has been taught to help ESL programs because it forms a bridge. You can teach a lesson and do it bilingually, and have the art be the bridge.
Many people think art is the type of thing that's only for the naturally gifted.
I've gone into schools and worked with gifted children, and I have rarely seen any difference. I think a lot of this is an ego labeling that we're really invested in right now. I think if someone wants to do art, they're gifted in art. Everything else can be developed, everything else can be learned. And then, most importantly, whenever kids bring art home, always respect it, never criticize it, but ask to have the story told about it.