C.E. Jottings

Conductive Education to be "dragged to hell in a handcart"?

So that you do not think I read only right wing commentators in the right wing press, I was reading an opinion piece in today's Guardian in which George Monbiot has this to say: In his fascinating book Carbon Detox, George Marshall argues that people are not persuaded by information. Our views are formed by the views of the people with whom we mix. Of the narratives that penetrate these circles, we are more likely to listen to those that... Read more →

Childcare workforce?

In a quiet moment early this morning, while waiting for my daughter's carers to arrive, I was surfing through online newspapers and came across this by Melanie Phillips in the Daily Mail: The Children’s Secretary, Ed Balls, says that in future those in charge of local authority children’s services must have worked as teachers, and head teachers to have worked as social workers. But what use is this when so many schools are grossly failing their pupils? After all, Sharon... Read more →

Strategic responsibilities in conductive education

Writing on Laszlo Szogeczki's blog Tunde Rozsahegyi suggests: Perhaps, for those involved in the strategic level of managing CE services, it would be a time now to rethink what would be useful as a long-term investment; how could they support their conductors to cope with this ever-changing world. To do this it needs long term vision, understanding and commitment to CE and belief in its values. (My emphases). Tunde is writing about the need for evidencing practice, about the reluctance... Read more →

The Credit Crunch Hurts Even the Disabled

A story in yesterday's Sunday Times under the same title is worth a read on several counts. The 'determined parents' ... child makes 'more progress than anyone imagined' is familiar enough; as is the absence of any acceptable models of provision for independent adulthood so that the family decide to set up something of their own: Home from Home Care, so that people who live in one of the so far 5 houses feel it's their home not an institution.... Read more →