C.E. Jottings

Now may be make up your mind time: is Conductive education a therapy or a pedagogy?

Today, I read that the Charity Commission for England and Wales is undertaking a consultation that "will inform the review of the approach to registering organisations that promote complementary and alternative therapies." (CAM). "What's that to do with us?" I can hear managers and parents and Trustees saying. "What's that got to do with conductive education? Well, as most conductive education organisations in the Uk are registered charities, depending in some cases entirely on charitable fundraised income, what would you... Read more →

Does adult continuing conductive education have a future at Pető András Főiskola ?

Yesterday, I wrote to His Excellency Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, the Ambassador of Hungary in London. If you care about adult continuing conductive education, I suggest you do the same. If you are not in the UK, write to your own country's Ambassador. My message was simple: to request the Ambassador to use his good offices "to urge all parties to take all necessary steps to ensure the continuation at Pető András Főiskola of services for adults, including the training of Conductors... Read more →

His son, my daughter and the gilded cage of Supreme Court judgements - with thanks to Mark Neary

For many of us in conductive education, our fundamental purpose is that children and young people with motor disorders become independent adults as active citizens. My daughter Sarah lives independently in the community in a supported living arrangement along with two of her friends. She accesses adult and continuing conductive education thanks to Paces. It is a wholly successful arrangement that has enabled her to grow and mature as a person. You may not be familiar with DoLS - the... Read more →