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Residential Conductive Education Holiday Courses for Individuals with Parkinson's

2012-02-07T17:02:00.011Z

12^th -19^th May and 16^th-23^th June 2012

Dear Friend,

It has been my long held dream to be able to offer Conductive Education in a residential retreat setting. To create possibilities for individuals and groups to access Conductive Education programmes within beautiful surroundings that lift people out of their ordinary lives, nourish their senses and nurture their souls while providing the essential consistency which is the heart of the Conductive Education System.

I have been searching for places which are unique and would provide you with a holiday of a lifetime, while strengthening your commitment to your health and wellbeing by utilizing the philosophy and practise of the Pető System.

The villa in which the course will take place sits in its own large grounds with pretty manicured lawns, flowering plants, trees and a 10m x 5m heated swimming pool and heated outside pool terrace.

There is an electronic gate on entrance, space for cars and large pathway to the front entrance.

The villa was re-designed by Robert Dallas four years ago. Robert Dallas designs concentrate on maintaining a traditional Provence feel, whilst ensuring every aspect of modern living is catered for.

This villa is quite simply perfect. Beautifully designed, every possible comfort is provided for--underfloor heating in the outdoor patios, sliding doors that make the most of the glorious Mediterranean weather, outdoor pizza oven and barbeque, and a glorious pool with a poolside shower. For entertainment there is a 42-inch television with Sky Freeview, a home cinema system with sound bar.

A 10-15 minute walk will bring you to St-Paul-de-Vence village with its famous restaurants and art galleries.

The Conductive Education Programme will take place in the mornings and will prepare you to fully enjoy the rest of the day. You will be able to experience the difference in your wellbeing when you start your day as Professor Pető intended when designed the programmes specifically for individuals with Parkinson’s.

I am inviting you to participate and enjoy this programme, but most importantly, use it! In order to attain the wellbeing that you desire and deserve you must wave the philosophy and the practise you will learn during this retreat into the fabric of your everyday life.

So I welcome you to an incredible journey- a journey in which results and emotional rewards go hand in hand.

Warmest Regards,

Judit Szathmáry

Director Szathmáry Training & Consultancy

Senior Conductor, Graduate of the Pető Institute, Budapest.

Closing date for applications: 27th February 2012

For bookings please contact Judit at judit.szathmary@virgin.net

Residential Conductive Education Holiday Courses for Individuals with Parkinson's also available in the New Forest UK.

'VISIT ANDRÁS PETŐ I do hope that some still do'...

2012-02-02T20:22:00.010Z

"His ashes reside in a funerary wall just inside the main gate of Farkasréti Temető (Wolf's Meadow Cemetery) in Buda, at

614-es jelű fülkék ("A")

He is at the far right of the wall, half-way up, numbered A/1138:

PROF DR. PETŐ ANDRÁS

1893 – 1967

At one time there seemed always a flower in the little vase on the small ledge before his stone. There was no flower there the last time that I visited.

http://epa.oszk.hu/00000/00003/00030/adattar.html

1138: Pető András (orvos, gyógypedagógus, főiskolai tanár, tanszékvezető; a konduktív mozgásterápia kidolgozója, az Országos Mozgásterápiai Intézet, majd a Mozgássérültek Nevelőképző és Nevelőintézete igazgatója; író, költő) 1893-1967" by Andrew Sutton

Reference: Andrew Sutton, Conductive World:

http://www.conductive-world.info/2012/02/visit-andras-peto.html

Photo: Google Images

Look what I found about Dr. Pető András...

2012-01-28T16:35:00.008Z

Pető András orvos, a konduktív mozgásterápiai képzés megalapozója

Dr. Pető András 1893. szeptember 11-én született Szombathelyen, ahol iskoláit is végezte. Életszemléletének kialakulását jelentősen befolyásolhatta pedagógus anyjának szigorú nevelése, és tehetetlenül, Parkinson-kórban szenvedő apjának sorsa. Iskolás korában feltűnően sokat olvasott, újságot szerkesztett, és házitanítóként is dolgozott. Családfenntartóként két öccse oktatásáról, neveléséről is gondoskodnia kellett.

Budapesten érettségizett 1911-ben, orvosi tanulmányait a bécsi, párizsi és budapesti egyetemen végezte, majd az első világháborúban hadikórházakban dolgozott. Később a bécsi egyetem élettani tanszékének tanársegédje lett, és több rehabilitációs intézmény vezetője volt. A központi idegrendszeri mozgássérültek terápiájával valójában 1922-ben, a semmeringi gyógyintézetben kezdett el foglalkozni.

Közben könyvkiadói tevékenységet folytat, és a Biologische Heilkunst című folyóirat főszerkesztője lesz. 1931-ben megjelent dolgozataiban már megtalálhatók a konduktív pedagógia alapelvei.

1938-ban hazatért, és ekkor alapozta meg később részletesen kifejlesztett konduktív pedagógiai rendszerét. Ezt a központi idegrendszer sérülése miatt mozgáskorlátozott gyermekek komplex fejlesztésére dolgozta ki.

Pető a fogyatékosságot nem biológiai hiányosságnak, hanem tanítással korrigálható problémának tekintette. Egyedülálló gyógymódjának alapgondolata az, hogy idegrendszerünk a károsodások ellenére is rendelkezik tartalékokkal, új kapcsolatok kiépülésének lehetőségével, s ezek a tanulási-tanítási folyamat megfelelő vezérlésével mozgósíthatók. A módszer ezért kapta a konduktív nevet, a latin szó jelentése: rávezető. Az új módszer hatással volt az egész magyarországi gyógypedagógiai szemléletre, s szerte a világon jelentős változást hozott e területen. Az általa kidolgozott módszer egyik klasszikus tudományterülethez sem sorolható: egyszerre foglalkozott a testtel és a lélekkel, az érzelmekkel és az intelligenciával, a tanulással és a tanítással, az egészséggel és a gyógyítással, tehát az egész emberrel.

1945-ben, egy budapesti pincehelyiségben hozta létre "intézetét", melyet az 50-es években követett a magyar kormány által hivatalosan megalapított Mozgássérültek Pető András Nevelőképző és Nevelőintézete, a mai "Pető Intézet".

A kezdetek kezdetén az alapító maga toborozta, kutatta fel betegeit, a legelesettebbeket, akiket aztán saját pénzén ruházott fel, és gondoskodott étkezésükről.

Pető András 1945-ben a Gyógypedagógiai Tanárképző Főiskola tanszékvezetője lett, 1950-től haláláig az Országos Mozgásterápiai Intézet vezetője volt. Ezt az intézményt fejlesztette 1963-ban a Mozgássérültek Nevelőképző és Nevelőintézetévé. Ugyanitt az önálló konduktorképzőt is létrehozta. Amikor az 1950-60-as években a gyermekparalízis-járvány következtében a fiatal korosztályból sokan megnyomorodtak, őket is (az akkor még) a Villányi úton lévő Pető Intézetben kezelték.

Úttörő munkáját külföldön is elismerték, sőt, munkásságának igazi jelentőségét Magyarországon azt követően fedezték fel, hogy az 1980-as években a BBC rádióműsorai révén nemzetközi hírnévre tett szert. Pető meglehetősen rossz modorú ember volt, valószínűleg ez is okozta az orvostudomány képviselőivel létrejött személyi ellentéteit. Ez jelentősen akadályozta munkáját, orvosi elismerését és eredményeinek befogadását.

Módszerével az addig gyógyíthatatlannak hitt mozgászavarokkal küszködőket is rehabilitálni lehet, és így tanulmányaik elvégzésére, működőképessé, önellátásra és munkára alkalmassá tehetők. E betegeknek ma már nem kell életük végéig intézetben élniük, nagy részük visszavezethető a társadalomba. Segítségével több ezer gyermeknek sikerült iskolába kerülnie és felnőttként aktív életet élnie.

Pető András 1967. szeptember 11-én, 74. születésnapján halt meg Budapesten. Emléktábláját 1998-ban avatták fel a Balassi Bálint utcában, egykori lakóházának falán. Életútját Forrai Judit orvostörténész írta meg az angol nyelvű, Memoirs of the beginnings of conductive pedagogy and András Pető című könyvében.

Pető főbb művei: Szovjet mozgásterápiai módszerek (1952), Konduktív mozgásterápia mint gyógypedagógia (1955), Mozgásterápiai irodalomgyűjtemény (1955), Bevezetés a konduktív mozgásterápiába (1962). Számos verset és drámát is írt németül, ezek kéziratban maradtak. Egy időben folyóirat-szerkesztőként is működött.

A nevét viselő és módszerét alkalmazó budapesti intézet ma már világhírű. A Kútvölgyi úti kórház melletti épület ma a világ számos országában működő konduktív nevelési hálózat központja.

References: http://mkdsz1.x3.hu/n53/PetoAndras.htm

http://mkdsz1.x3.hu/

Do you know someone who has a child with cerebral palsy in Yorkshire? Help them find us

2012-01-27T19:39:00.009Z

The new television campaign for Paces school will begin in The Jeremy Kyle Show on Friday 3^rd February 2012.

Don’t miss it on ITV1 on Friday 3^rd February at 10.28 am.

Previously: http://juditszathmary.blogspot.com/2012/01/paces-tv-commercial-conductive.html

Poetry in motion by George Hanks

2012-01-27T16:34:00.006Z

'George is a sponsor for RADIO PARKIES which is a web radio program in Belgium run by Parkinson's people for Parkinson's people.The only one that might be in Europe and possibly in the World. The proceeds from the sale of his book (800 copies sold) and golf competitions support the radio programme.'

References: http://www.georgehanks.be

http://www.jopark.eu/

A Lépjünk, hogy léphessenek.

2012-01-27T09:54:00.013Z

Szülői segítő rendszer kiépítése, családok támogatása

Mentális és informális segítség nyújtása a központi idegrendszeri sérült gyermekeket nevelő családok számára.

Olyan segítő szülőhálózat létrehozása, amely folyamatosan segíti és támogatja a központi idegrendszeri sérült gyermekeket nevelő családokat a kórháztól felnőtt korukig.

• Létrehoztuk Szülői klubunkat, mely a Pető Intézetben működik, havi rendszerességgel

• A kórházak PIC osztályán segítő beszélgetéseket szervezünk olyan szülőknek, akiknek gyermeke korábban született

• Honlapunkon az érintett szülők széleskörű tájékoztatást kapnak a gyermekeket érintő kérdésekben

• Terveink között szerepel munkaközvetítés elősegítése

References: http://www.lepjunkhogylephessenek.hu

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002189275834

It would be so enlightening if…

2012-01-24T15:24:00.020Z

... when I am asked to work as a consultant in 'mainstream' schools or colleges if the headteachers and special needs co-ordinators didn't start the initial meetings with phrases like these ' We are here to celebrate or we are here to embrace diversity'.

These are the most discriminating phrases in my book unless, they are used during every meeting for every pupil

Oh dear...

From Memoirs of the beginnings of Conductive Pedagogy and András Pető , compiled by Dr. Judit Forrai

2012-01-22T09:06:00.009Z

“Pető filled the gap in the field of treating disabled people. Patients arrived from all over the country, inpatients and outpatients, children and adults.

Bela Biszku recalls the time: One of my former classmates, Karoly Szamosi, who worked for Nepszabadsag as a deputy editor suggested that I should go and see Pető.

He told me how he got contact with Pető. After the war, in 1945, Szamosi quite suddenly became paralysed, literally from one day to the next, and although he was taken to lots of doctors and from one institute to another his condition didn’t improve.

He was walking with aid of two crutches and had a kind of machine on his legs when he was told to go and see Pető, because he might be able to do something. So he was taken to see Pető in Alkotas utca.

As soon as Pető saw Szamosi he shouted:

‘Take away those sticks and take off that machine you murderers!’

Szamosi had such a fright that he dropped the sticks and although his muscles and hips were already weakened, the machine was taken off his legs. This was his first meeting with Pető and after that Pető started to work with him. Pető stated that the cause of the paralysis was the side-effects of medication…”

From Memoirs of the beginnings of Conductive Pedagogy and András Pető , compiled by Dr. Judit Forrai

ISBN 963 85499 2 0

Photo of Dr. András Pető sent to me by a friend.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pet%C5%91-Education-UK/128702870560185

Petö UND Inklusion-Kongress Rosenheim 2012

2012-01-20T12:22:00.009Z

http://www.petoe-und-inklusion.de/pdfs/programm.pdf

Kultur+Kongress Zentrum Rosenheim - KUK

http://www.facebook.com/events/205767616182208/?notif_t=event_invite

Picture from http://www.facebook.com/pages/KulturKongress-Zentrum-Rosenheim-KUKO/132453180109778?sk=info

Residential Conductive Education Courses for Individuals with Parkinson's in the New Forest UK

2012-01-18T10:53:00.013Z

Experience the benefit of Conductive Education.

Give value to your health and well-being by taking it to an all new level through our Conductive Education programmes specifically designed for Parkinson’s, whilst also experiencing the enjoyment of staying onsite of a luxury country house bed and breakfast set in the beautiful New Forest UK.

5 Day Conductive Education Course Fee: £300

Small groups up to 4 participants maximum

Course Dates: 20th-24th February 2012.

Closing date for applications: 27th January 2012

Thinking of staying with us?

Below are four different kinds of rooms available on a Bed & Breakfast bases.

Double bedroom with ensuite shower room £80 per night

Double bedroom with King size bed

with ensuite bath/shower £100 per night

King size bedroom with ensuite bath/shower £125 per night

Luxury king size room with balcony,

a shower room and separate bathroom £145 per night

All room rates include:

Daily newspaper of your choice for the first morning

Welcome fruit in your room

Continental breakfast daily, bedroom and bathroom clean and daily fresh towels if needed

Light seasonal lunch is available at an extra cost

For bookings please contact me at judit.szathmary@virgin.net

Future course dates are:

12th-16th March 2012

23rd-27th April 2012

30th April- 4th May 2012

21st -25th May 2012

Paces TV commercial: Conductive Education school helping young people with Cerebral Palsy

2012-01-16T19:59:00.009Z

Paces Sheffield
Paces Campus
Pack Horse Lane, High Green,
Sheffield S35 3HY
Tel: (0)114 2845 298
office@paces-school.org.uk

Residential Conductive Education Holiday Courses for Individuals with Parkinson's in the South of France

2012-01-14T10:54:00.014Z

Experience the benefit of Conductive Education while holidaying in pure luxury.

Give value to your health and well-being by taking it to an all new level through our Conductive Education Holiday Programmes specifically designed for Parkinson’s, whilst

also experiencing the enjoyment of staying on a dream holiday location, at the South of France in a luxury villa.

Course Dates: 12th -19th May and 16th-23th June 2012.

Closing date for applications: 15th February 2012

The villa is located 20 minute drive from Nice airport in Chemin des Salettes, Saint Paul de Vence and provides a classy experience with relaxed elegance in true luxury.

For bookings please contact me at judit.szathmary@virgin.net

5 Day Residential Conductive Education Course for Individuals with Parkinson's 20th-24th February 2012.

2012-01-02T17:09:00.013Z

Experience the benefit of Conductive Education.

http://www.szathmarytc.com/courserequest.php?courseid=340

This is the first step for this dream to materialise.

Looking forward to meeting you!

Judit

Photo: Heart shape cloud over Settley pond reflected in the water a few miles from the place of the residential course in the New Forest. Photographer Mandy Elliott senior conductor.

Mind your Own Business. Literally…

2011-12-31T14:05:00.002Z

It really Matters :)))

(I am not talking about just business)

Have a great time in 2012.

Spectacular Charity Concert Supporting Parkinson's UK

2011-12-03T05:19:00.007Z

Please reserve Saturday 9^th June in your 2012 diary for a spectacular event which will be raising funds for Parkinson’s UK.

For those who are unfamiliar with Romsey Abbey it is a lovely setting especially on a June evening www.romseyabbey.org.uk.

More about the Choir can be seen on its website www.southwalesmalechoir.co.uk

Hope to see you in June.

For further information please contact Alan Willsher

at alan@willsher.com

or 01794514763

Alan is organising this event through the Romsey Branch of Parkinson's UK .

The Choir has just come back from a trip to the Baltic on the cruise ship Balmoral, having given 3 concerts on the ship and concerts in St Petersburg, Tallinn, Helsinki and Kristiansland in Norway. It proved to be a very successful and enjoyable trip.

"Congratulation Andi! Gratulálunk Andi! Hungarikummal Amerikában." Ádám Makk, Pető Intézet

2011-10-26T18:08:00.012+01:00

Annual benefit video celebrating the achievements of CLC children and the generosity of supporters like Meijer Foundation and Meijer Corporation, Rosenzweig Coopersmith Foundation and so many faithful donors whose generosity has paved the way for CLC to serve hundreds of children, enabling them to achieve greater independence.

Previous posting about the Conductive Learning Centre:

http://sourcesense.blogspot.com/2009/10/you-can-overcome-almost-any-obstacle.html

Conductive Learning Centre's web site: http://conductivelear ningcenter.org/

Source links:

Ádám Makk

Marketing Manager/Conductor Pető Institute Budapest, Hungary

http://w ww.facebook.com/makk.adam.konduktor

http://www.facebook.com/PetoIntezet

Pető Institute's website: http://www.peto.hu/hu/

Conductive Education Course Parkinson's UK Bristol Branch

2011-10-15T05:37:00.021+01:00

The Bristol Parkinson’s Disease Society has been providing conductive education for many of its members for over a year.

The classes are held at the Vassall Centre in Bristol.

The latest course started on 9^th August and will finish on 6^th December.

Conductive education is a specialised rehabilitation system, which was created and developed, by Dr András Pető a physician and pedagogue in the mid 1940's in Budapest, Hungary.

By regular attendance conductive education can help with:

Bradykinesia (slowness of movement)

Dyskinesia (side effect of medication)

Rigidity

Tremor

Freezing

Lack of facial expressions

Micrographia

The Pető System:

Improves concentration

Improves strength and stamina

Improves health and general well being.

Improves mobility, co-ordination, dexterity and fine manipulation

Improves breathing, speech and communication skills.

Increases motivational levels.

Increases self-esteem and boosts confidence.

Provides natural pain relief for muscle spasms and joint pains.

Contributes to significantly reducing stiffness by maintaining and

improving range of movements.

Increases independence.

Delays the need for hospitalisation/nursing care

Provides training and guidance for family members and carers.

Provides a comprehensive support system for the whole family.

For further information or if you would like to join the group please e-mail Paul Williams at williams.puk@btinternet.com or complete the following contact form: http://www.szathmarytc.com/contact.php.

Photos are taken by Amanda Elliott Conductor during the conductive education programmes.

Conductive Education Course Parkinson's UK Romsey Branch

2011-10-14T17:05:00.008+01:00

The Romsey Parkinson’s Disease Society has been providing conductive education for many of its members for over two years.

The conductive education system with its dynamic, active movement classes and programmes aims to provide holistic and integrated solutions for dealing with the symptoms and manifestations of Parkinson’s.

Conductive education also provides solutions for individuals with other neurological

conditions.

The complexity and the design of the programmes assist active problem solving and management of everyday living and functioning.

The participants practise solving a series of motor tasks which gradually increase in complexity in lying, sitting and standing positions and through a specialised walking programme.

With speech, rhythm and movement elements engaged, conductive education promotes conscious control of movements.

The classes, which last for two hours, are both fun and inspirational.

For further information or if you would like to be involved please complete the following contact form: http://www.szathmarytc.com/contact.php

Photo is taken by Amanda Elliott Conductor during the conductive education programmes.

Fundamentals of conductive upbringing

2011-10-11T19:07:00.014+01:00

"In fond and respectful remembrance of Mária Hári

by Katalin Bíró

ABSTRACT. Over many years the author collaborated with Mária Hári, helped her express her ideas in writing and lectured to student-conductors on conductive upbringing. Derived from this experience and in remembrance of Mária Hári the present article offers ten principles

underlying conductive upbringing and pedagogy: valuing life, respect for humanity; pedagogic optimism; pedagogic value; tolerance; activity-centredness; communal upbringing; teaching through conflict; integration; bipolarity; complexity."

Link to full article: http://www.e-conduction.org/depository/BiroJun06.pdf

Reference: Andrew Sutton

MÁRIA HÁRI – In fond and respectful memory
Katalin Bíró analyses and synthesises fundamentals of Mária Hári 's conductive upbringing. CE desperately needs more disciples like this http://www.e-conduction.org/depository/BiroJun06.pdf

http://www.e-conduction.org/depository/BiroJun06.pdf

www.e-conduction.org

Photo: Dr. Mária Hári, Ireland 1989 from Google Images

“Whoever offered the wine of movement;

2011-09-09T20:00:00.008+01:00

The beautiful intoxication of motion

And whoever has been taught to walk

That person will always know

How incredible it may be

That everything is possible anywhere

People can overcome any monster

If they have the will, heart and the intelligence

The magic consciousness always helps.”

Zoltán Vitό Hungarian writer and one of the students of Pető András

Photo: András Pető Memorial Plaque , Szombathely Hungary.

http://www.szoborlap.hu/14909_peto_andras_emlektabla_szombathely_tornay_endre_andras_2004.html?l&nr=

A MOZDULAT MÁGUSÁRÓL

2011-09-09T19:24:00.025+01:00

(szobrának avatására)

Ki emberként gondolt egy istenit,úgy döntve, hogy ő azokon segít,kiknek béklyózva görcsbe, bénaságba,mozdíthatatlan a keze, a lába;s mint egy haragvó, igaz-öklű isten,eltökélte, hogy ő rajtuk segítsen,de ami tervével egyet jelent:a test káoszában rendet teremts bele építi a Mozdulatot, -ki ilyen istenit gondolhatott,ki szellemében ma is itt van, nem más,neve szerint: "professzor Pető András".

Vagy egyszerűen csak "doktor Pető":A címet, rangot megvetette ő,aki előtt a Tudás volt a mérce;s az önmagát adó Emberség érceolyan keménnyé ötvöződött benne,mintha gyémánt-kikezdhetetlen lenne,pedig legendás szigora megettegy világ-óceánnyi szeretetsarkallta tudatni, mire jutott,s átadni nékünk azt, amit tudott:ha a szívben elég az akaratés az értelem tétlen nem marad,akkor tudnunk kell; nincsen lehetetlen,s nincs kóreset, amelyik menthetetlen. S számtalan görcsös lábba, béna kézbegyakorlással szinte bele igézteés mágikus türelemmel napontaonnan úgyszólván előparancsoltaa születő drága Mozdulatot,mely lassacskán így életre kapott...

S még mit mondhatna mást e költemény- mely Róla szól -, hogy most is van remény,hisz' akinek a mozgás volt a lelke,azt nem elég szoborrá merevedveidézni; arról vallhatod velem:az ő szelleme ma is eleven;s akit megkínált a mozgás borával,a Mozdulat gyönyörű mámorávalés a járásra rátanult a lába,azon túl már úgy jár-kel a világba',hogy mindig tudja - bármily hihetetlen -,semmilyen téren nincsen lehetetlen;hogy akarattal, szívvel értelemmelbármilyen szörnyet legyőzhet az ember;mindig segít a mágikus tudat,s segít a megváltó Mozdulat, -

s olykor meghitten érzi, nem maradt más:csak megköszönni, néked - Pető András!

Vitó Zoltán Hungarian writer one of the students of Pető András.

Reference:

http://www.facebook.com/notes/gabriella-c-juhasz/a-mozdulat-m%C3%A1gus%C3%A1r%C3%B3l/282732668406945

Photo: András Pető Memorial Plaque , Szombathely Hungary.

http://www.szoborlap.hu/14909_peto_andras_emlektabla_szombathely_tornay_endre_andras_2004.html?l&nr=

Semmi sem lehetetlen. Nothing is impossible

2011-09-01T00:20:00.003+01:00

http://videotar.mtv.hu/Videok/2010/01/13/15/Szazadfordito_magyarok__Peto_Andras_1893_1967_.aspx

References:

http://videotar.mtv.hu/Videok/2010/01/13/15/Szazadfordito_magyarok__Peto_Andras_1893_1967_.aspx

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Conductiva-Comprehensive-Conductive-Education-Services/140694613542?sk=wall

Dr Melanie Brown from the National Institute of Conductive Education talks about conductive education for individuals with MS

2011-08-26T09:33:00.013+01:00

For further information please visit :http://www.conductive-education.org.uk/adults

National Institute of Conductive Education
General Enquires: 0121 449 1569
Fax:0121 449 1611
Email: foundation@conductive-education.org.uk
Website: http://www.conductive-education.org.uk
Address
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Russell Road
Moseley
Birmingham
B13 8RD

Not a therapy, Andrew Sutton explains Conductive Education

2011-08-14T11:47:00.013+01:00

"Conductive Education – Learning for a living

It’s not so much a “therapy”, as a way of learning new ways of doing things. Andrew Sutton explains the ins and outs of Conductive Education, and what it might do for you and your family.

“I was very sceptical of trying this treatment as I thought – how can any intervention help me now at my age?” says 51 Maria, who has cerebral palsy. She has continued with sessions of Conductive Education for five years. “My general well-being, self esteem and confidence are vastly improved. I don’t feel as exhausted as I did and have more energy. I have learnt so much about cerebral palsy and now understand how my body functions.”

Maggie from Hull, a former teacher and education advisor, was diagnosed with MS in 1994, and was equally sceptical of the claims made about Conduction Education. “From the start, I was struck by the way the conductors worked in such a precise and focused way,” she explains. “I was dumbfounded when – from the very first session – I was able to do things I thought I just couldn’t do. For anyone outside the MS world, it might seem that my new-found – or should that be re-found? – ability to stand, my better balance and control, plus improved co-ordination and circulation, are minor. But I feel these things represent a significant move away from a passive role in the disease’s progression. I am now playing a much more positive part. I have some control over what is happening to me now.”

New Zealander John, who had a stroke at the age of 44 that left him paralysed down his right side and with speech and cognitive problems, believes that he wouldn’t have made the progress and achievements he has without the input of Conductive Education. “The result – besides the physical improvement, like speech balance and walking – has been a vast improvement in my confidence with people and the awareness that life goes on after disability,” he says. “I am able to drive, hold down a job five days a week and do most of the maintenance and day to day chores around the house. If I was to sum up my experience at Conductive Education, it has helped me gain my independence, confidence and pride back in myself and it has given me the awareness of what I am capable of achieving.”

People with Parkinson’s disease and other rarer movement disorders have testified in a similar manner. So, what’s going on here?

HOME TRUTHS

Behind Conductive Education – sometimes called “conductive rehabilitation” – lie simple, human truths: that people with difficulties controlling their movements can learn different ways of approaching what they want to do; that they will learn better if they enjoy the process and the success that it brings, and that they’ll do best under the guidance of skilled and motivating teachers.

Conductive Education’s breakthrough is applying these truths to difficulties that physical impairments bring to everyday life and living. Specially trained “conductors” bring together in one person different elements needed to learn to solve new problems and complete new tasks.

Like any good learning and teaching, how this is done in particular circumstances depends on a mixture of factors; what you want to learn to do, how much time and energy you have, where you’re starting from and what you’re aiming to achieve. There are also questions about the resources and personal teaching styles of individual conductors.

A ROUGH GUIDE TO CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION

While Conductive Education can differ for different people in different places, there remain some easily identifiablefeatures.

• You’ll be struck by the conductors’ immediate and persisting confidence that you can learn.

It may take time to find out how, and the best ways to teach you, but the only way to do this is to begin – showing, explaining, teaching. It will be surprising if you leave your first meeting with a conductor without taking away something new, however small – and without some of the conductor’s confidence beginning to rub off on you. This is the start of establishing your confidence (first in the conductor then increasingly in yourself).

• You’re not “doing Conductive Education” alone.

You’ll learn as part of a small group, since group learning is often much more fun and much more effective than “one to one”. You will be taking part in a social activity, along with others – including conductors – who’ll share the activities with you, including the difficult bits. Many people have experienced the positive effects of working together as a team in other walks of life, and this way of working still enables you to receive highly personalised teaching.

• The room will be sparse, almost empty.

This is no place for specialised “therapy equipment”; you’ll find simple wooden furniture and perhaps a few everyday items – such as paper and pencils – if needed for specific tasks. The highest technological mechanism known is the human mind – and you, your fellow learners, your conductors and your family, will bring this incomparable asset along with you free of charge!

• What happens is what matters.

Conductive Education is about active and positive teaching and learning. Conductors do not sit quietly; they move around, they lead, and they speak. A lot; encouraging, instructing, rewarding, questioning binding the group together, providing motivation, rhythm and meaning essential for learning human movement.

This is work, lively and cheerful work, ‘disciplined’ in the best sense of the word. You soon begin to sense that conductors ‘understand’ how your body works together as a whole, more importantly how you can take control of this to achieve things that you could not previously manage. As you proceed together so this knowledge will be transferred across to you. You learn.

• Time spent with the conductor in the group is a ‘session’.

Sessions with your conductor will last an hour or so; they’re social occasions, so you’re likely to spend some informal time – over tea and biscuits – beforehand or afterwards (or both!) with family, carers, fellow-group members and their families, conductors, and other staff. People working hard together on a common task soon find that they have lots to talk about! This chance for further bonding, information-sharing etc is an important part of the conductive experience.

HOW OFTEN, AND WHERE

Ideally, this depends on who you are, your condition, your family situation, and what you want to achieve – all very human questions.

Disability is for life; ideally, so should access to Conductive Education. This doesn’t mean attending every day – it could mean attending weekly meetings or just once in a while. Or, alternatively, attending for a period measured in weeks or months, stopping for a while and then returning for a “top up” if circumstances change.

Admittedly, in our less-than-ideal world, what you’ll get may well depend not on what you and your conductor consider is required, but on how much can be afforded. There is no routine public funding for adults in the UK, although a few enlightened local authorities provide funding for some centres. For the most part, though, Conductive Education in the UK is paid for by charities or by disabled people themselves and their families.

NOT A THERAPY

Conductive Education is not “hands-on”. It is a psychological and social method, achieving psychological and social outcomes. There is no physical manipulation and the target is not the limbs, the joints or the muscles – it’s the mind.

If you must think of it as a therapy, think of it psycho-therapy, but conductors prefer to think of it as teaching and learning. The focus is people’s morale, their self-image and self-confidence. It’s about helping them set new goals and find new ways to achieve existing ones by teaching new skills, providing reassurance and encouragement, and supporting new-found confidence.

Nor is it just about the disabled person. The changes Conductive Education bring can change family life too – for the better.

As Mary from Australia explained: “Conductive Education teaches people how they might better take charge of their own bodies in order to achieve what they themselves want. It does not set out to ‘cure’ anything, but to help people to live their lives.”

MORE INFORMATION

There are currently 12 conductive services working with adults in the UK; some are small one-man/woman bands, while the biggest is the National Institute of Conductive Education (NICE), which is located in Birmingham. NICE also trains conductors.

http://ce-library.blogspot.com/2009/02/adult-conductive-education-on-internet.html

http://ce-library.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-has-conductive-education-done-for.html

Alternatively, call Gill Maguire on 0121 449 1569."

Reference: Able Magazine

http://ablemagazine.co.uk/conductive-education-learning-for-a-living/#more-415

Photos: Andrew Sutton a now retired director of the Foundation for Conductive Education.

http://www.conductive-world.info/

http://www.facebook.com/conductive.world

Captures of the work at the National Institute of Conductive Education published in Able Magazine along with the article.

Unveiling Nonye’s warm hands in the ‘game’ of life…

2011-07-31T06:42:00.021+01:00

Nonye lives in Nigeria. Last year she contacted me to help her to set up Conductive Education services in the Cerebral Palsy Centre which she established in Lagos.

After reading her e-mail I telephoned her. I like to talk to people who approach me with such a desire, rather than just read their words over the ether.

From that first conversation we exchanged many e-mails and discussed the potential benefits of Conductive Education for Nonye’s daughter and for other children at her centre.

In June this year Nonye came to England to visit her family.

With the help of Norman Perrin, CEO of the Paces Centre for Conductive Educationhttp://www.paces-school.org.uk/ and Gabor Fellner Head Teacher, Nonye’s daughter had her first Initial Consultation.

The Sheffield Centre was closer to her family’s residence than our base at the south of England.

This is what Nonye wrote to me after her visit: “Yesterday at Sheffield, I found it difficult to withhold my tears, now I made no effort to stop the tears. Knowing that my child would have been doing a lot better than she is now…”

After returning to Lagos she has been working hard to get things off the ground. The article below is the first public appearance of her vision to bring Conductive Education to Lagos.

Nonye is powerful and very courageous as Norman said to me after meeting her. We all keep our fingers crossed and waiting for more news on the development of her quest.

Unveiling Nonye’s warm hands in the ‘game’ of life…

FRIDAY, 29 JULY 2011 00:00 KEMI AJUMOBI

“The fact that your child has cerebral palsy is not going to change; you have to change! The last thing you deserve to feel is pity, guilt or shame! It is not their fault that they have cp, nor is it fair that they have been dealt the "hand" the game of life has given them.

But it is an opportunity for us to help these children develop their fullest potential while educating them and the society to accept individuals with CP. It is only the parents who can advocate for these children because no one, but the parents, have their interests at heart.”

With this above statements coming from Nonye herself, she unwittingly tells you who and what she stands for. And if your inner mind doing a quick check on every member of your family as she reels out some salient tips to watch out for, then you realise, you’re in for an educative and informative time with this kind woman of deep inner feelings for the deprived and denied in the society.

With arms akimbo, you replay her questions one after the other in your mind as you struggle to provide some answers. Ever observed that your child has delayed milestones such as controlling head, rolling over, reaching with one hand, sitting without support, crawling, or walking? Then, it is called Cerebral Palsy (CP).

The Cerebral Palsy Center is a Non Profit Organisation started by Nonyelum Nweke in February, 2010 to cater to the needs of children with Cerebral Palsy.

This Center was started with the hope that children with the defined condition will live happily with their families not in institutions, and get help in achieving their potentials to become productive adults living with their disabilities, even among their peers.

The Center provides early intervention services, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, special education services. It also gives information on newer alternative therapies. Most of these therapies work on the principle of neuroplasticity of the brain.

But how did this woman of passion and large heart come about this Centre? Nonye explains in her very words, hear her: "Chizimuzondu (Zimuzo as fondly called) was adopted as a six day old baby. She gave so much joy to her mother (still does) who adopted her because she did not have a baby of her own but had so much love to give. However, she noticed after a couple of months that Zimuzo was not developing appropriately, she was not achieving her developmental milestones. At four months she was yet to hold up her head, reach for toys or do any of the things babies her age would do. She used to shake and shiver like she was always cold, what Nonye now knows to be spasm and seizures. Her concern was dismissed by a doctor with a wave of hand, saying that some babies are naturally slow developers.”

At five months, Zimuzo was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (CP) at Owerri Sick Bay, a private children’s hospital in Owerri, Eastern state of Nigeria. Coincidentally, Zimuzo was adopted from Owerri through the Ministry of Women Development and Social Welfare. The doctor, the owner of the hospital advised Nonye to take back the child to the ministry that she would not be able to take care of such a child.

On getting to the ministry, Nonye met with the head of the unit, Madu, who insisted that she leave the child, that, she would not be able to take care of the child, assuring her that they would arrange for another baby for her. When asked by Nonye what would happen to the baby, she said they would just leave her in the orphanage. Nonye, according to her, had not heard the word Cerebral Palsy prior to that day, but from the way the lady was going about it and the doctor’s reaction, she knew that it was a huge issue.

“I left Zimuzo, much as I hated to do that, went back to Lagos and started reading Cerebral Palsy from the internet. I called my friends and informed them of my predicament, and how I wanted to go back and take that baby, all advised me not to, that it is an uphill task to take care of a baby like that. The more I read about the condition CP, the more I was convinced that I needed to go back for the baby, convinced that such a baby needed a mother to love her specially, she must not be a number in the midst of many. In less than a week, I had read enough to convince myself that the baby needed a lot of help which only a mother can offer her. I picked her back and I am glad she is part of my life till date,” Nonye declares enthusiastically.

Continuing on the establishment of the Center, “At the CP Center, we encourage parents to register their children as soon they are diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy because early intervention therapy is the key to successful rehabilitation. With proper management and adequate therapy, children from the center can function well in regular schools. We advocate their inclusion in these schools. The Center provides physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapies. It also provides the services of special educators and information on cerebral palsy in general. Families of children with CP are welcomed in the center to interact with their children and with each other. This Center is not just a place therapy, but a place where families can find each other, share joys, heartaches and learn from experiences gained from raising children with Cerebral Palsy.”

And to the government, she admonishes, “The government needs to support children with CP. Support our center in our attempt to bring in Conductive Education to Nigeria. Conductive Education was started inHungary in the 1940s purely for children with CP and motor issues. Today, it is entrenched in UKeducation curriculum and it is free. For me, I have long since accepted that God allowed me to adopt a child with CP, I no longer ask why , instead I ask how I can possibly met my daughter's needs, help her achieve her fullest potential and walk the part God has placed before me, hence I ask, CHIZIMUZONDU!!!”

Reference:
http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/inspiring-woman/25287-unveiling-nonyes-warm-hands-in-the-game-of-life

Further Reading: http://juditszathmary.blogspot.com/2011/06/wish-my-child-was-born-in-kuwait.html

http://juditszathmary.blogspot.com/2011/06/gail-edgecombe-comments-on-andrew.html

The School of Life

2011-07-23T19:17:00.004+01:00

Ken Robinson on Passion from The School of Life on Vimeo.

References: http://sirkenrobinson.com

http://www.imagineitproject.com

..."But the biggest disability is our inability to see behind it..."

2011-07-16T05:53:00.013+01:00

Certain Proof: A Question of Worth

Film Review from Vail Film Festival

By Thomas N.

..." Much of the film focuses on the relationship with the mothers and their children, along with the struggles the mothers go through to prove their children’s potential. When the Ellises first met the mothers of these three children, they noticed that the mothers hope had faded and they had given up on the school system. Yet making this movie helped to restore the hope that the mothers once had.

The Ellises chose Josh, Colin and Kay for this film as they believed they were at critical points in their growth and schooling. First grade being the beginning of a child’s journey in the public school system, third grade as the point in which the curriculum becomes much more difficult with having homework, and sixth grade when a student enters middle school.

Ms. Ellis said her favorite part of filming Certain Proof was that her expectations while at the start of filming was to help the kids have a voice but she later learned during filming the importance that those with cerebral palsy all communicate differently and that there is a “…very different perspective on what it means to communicate.” She questioned, “As receivers how are we communicating with them?”

According to Susan regarding the movie, “The trailer created quite a stir in the disability community because they generally are not exposed to the general public regarding their trails and tribulations of just getting your child an education.” This is the goal of the documentary: to educate the public.

“We should teach these children assuming they understand. Because when we assume they don’t understand, then we are not giving them the education they deserve… it is far less dangerous to teach them as if they understand.” Said Ray when asked about what he wants educators to learn form the movie..."

Directed by Ray Ellis Susan Ellis (Collaborating Director)

Produced by Patrice Donnel – Associate Producer Susan Ellis Producer

Run time 50 minutes

Reference and for further information: http://www.certainproof.com/index.html

http://www.footpathpictures.com/

A KONDUKTÍV NEVELÉS GYERMEKNEUROLÓGIAI INDIKÁCIÓJA

2011-06-23T07:31:00.012+01:00

Dr. András Pető and Dr. Mária Hári

„Volt egy alapvetô orvosi-nevelôi elve: mindenkit feljebb
kell emelni arról a pontról, ahol éppen tart. A »teljesen
béna« gyereket nem csupán eltartani kell, ha a szemhéját
sem tudja mozgatni, el kell érni, hogy megtanuljon pislogni,
és ha pislog, ez már eredmény, akkor ô »tudati szempontból
is« elôrehaladt… Ez pedig fontos ennek a gyermeknek
az éltében.”1

ÖSSZEFOGLALÓ KÖZLEMÉNY
A KONDUKTÍV NEVELÉS GYERMEKNEUROLÓGIAI
INDIKÁCIÓJA
Balogh Erzsébet nyugalmazott tanszékvezetõ, fõiskolai tanár,
Kozma Ildikó nyugalmazott fõigazgató, fõiskolai tanár
Mozgássérültek Petô András Nevelôképzô és Nevelôintézete, Budapest

CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH
NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES
Balogh E, MD; Kozma I, ME
Ideggyogy Sz 2009;62(1–2):12–22.

Conductive education, developed by the 40-s last century, spread out in the world in spite the lack of hard scientific evidences for its benefit. There are sorts of cerebral palsies (athetosis, ataxia) in which conductive education might have the unique role to help. In cerebral palsies of other sorts it is much helpful if the disturbance of body scheme and degree of somatomotor neglect are superior to the palsy. Short term results of conductive education are to see
in the better movement coordination whilst the long term outcome is the increased activities of daily living.

Keywords: conductive education, indication for conductive education, rhythmic intention, cerebral palsy, plus and minus signs of cerebral palsy.

Andrew Sutton sent me the link to this document which I very much appreciated. I thought that many of my Hungarian speaking colleagues would also like to read it and file it for future reference. The text can be translated via Google Translate. Thank you Andrew.

The full article can be read by following this link: http://www.elitmed.hu/upload/pdf/a_konduktiv_neveles_gyermekneurologiai_indikacioja-2399.pdf

Note: Photos of András Pető and Dr. Mária Hári are published in the article on page 17.

..."is there anything to do with music that you have thought at times: 'I wish I could give them...'x'; or 'I wish they could enjoy...x'; "

2011-06-21T06:17:00.022+01:00

"Hello everyone, this is a very random selection of email addresses I have in
relation to children with disabilities. Let me attempt to explain!

I have a cousin in his final year of a Music Technology course in the UK. He
has a final assignment to do and is want to do something practical and
worthwhile! I will quote from his email:

"I am beginning my final year of a Music Technology degree and need to find
a good research project topic. One project I know of from past years
involved adapting a Wii Fit board for people with reduced mobility in their
upper body to use as a musical instrument. I had the idea that perhaps
something new could be done for people with severe learning and physical
difficulties involving computer technology and their inclusion in the
enjoyment of music. Would it be good to facilitate the playing of musical
instruments or the creation of a tune, perhaps? Would you feel that those
with very severe motor impairment would benefit a lot, or those with severe
learning difficulties, or could it be used as a tool in others shperes of
their learning/development? I know it's a very broad question, but is there
anything to do with music that you thought at times: 'I wish I could
give them...'x'; or 'I wish they could enjoy...x'; or 'If they could just
have ...x...they'd understand this other skill/idea (etc)'.

Any/all ideas would be really welcome. I would like to begin to develop
something really worthwhile.

Thanks for taking the time to give it some thought.

James"

I wondered if I may ask all of you to contribute any ideas you may have
also. I will be getting back to him by Sunday I think, so if you could let
me know by then, that would be great and maybe we can get something that
will be useful out of his project - please feel free to pass on the question
to anyone who may be interested.

I was wondering about adapting the 'Garage Band' app on the iPad?"

I thought I would publish this letter which arrived in the early hours of this morning from Australia written by a colleague and a friend. All ideas gratefully received.

Note: Picture was taken at the Conductive Education Support Centre Brockenhurst, New Forest UK.

National Institute of Conductive Education promo film

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National Institute of Conductive Education - promo film

National Institute of Conductive Education Myspace Video

National Institute of Conductive Education
General Enquires: 0121 449 1569
Fax:0121 449 1611
Email: foundation@conductive-education.org.uk
Website: http://www.conductive-education.org.uk
Address
Cannon Hill House
Russell Road
Moseley
Birmingham
B13 8RD

Note:Logo Foundation for Conductive Education from Google Images

First message to ‘ "I wish my child was born in Kuwait"- A mother's plea’ from New Zealand by Gail Edgecombe.

2011-06-17T07:20:00.017+01:00

Gail Edgecombe comments on Andrew Sutton's facebook posting about "Wish my child was born in Kuwait" http://juditszathmary.blogspot.com/2011/06/wish-my-child-was-born-in-kuwait.html:

"I hope one day you have access to Conductive Education..yrs ago we thought it was impossible there was nothing here in New Zealand but we fought like lions to bring it here for our children..... don't give up"

Please find comment at http://www.facebook.com/StarlightAustralia?closeTheater=1#!/ConductiveEducationPress

Thank you Gail. I am very sorry that the comment box is not working.

If you would like to send a message for the mother in this posting please e-mail me at judit.szathmary@virgin.net . I will put it up under Gail’s comment.

Andrew Sutton a now retired director of the Foundation for Conductive Education e-mailed me his comment.

The word retired is really a misnomer because Andrew is still as active as ever in the worldwide issues of Conductive Education.

“A comment for your blog...

A great comfort to see that your comment box is not working either. Maybe
this problem is more than just mine, which vastly increases its chances of
ever getting fixed!

As for Nigeria-New Zealand, I fear that there is a fundamental economic
difference between the two economies. One has to doubt that
developing countries will EVER get CE as we know it, just as it is looking
increasingly unlikely that the developed countries will EVER get it equably
for all, or maybe even necessarily maintain all the fruits of the last
twenty-five years' struggles..

New worlds demand new models...”

Note: Picture from Google Images.

"Wish my child was born in Kuwait" -A mother's plea

2011-06-16T06:29:00.021+01:00

"Dear Judit,

I came across this http://www.conductive-educationsupport.com/cesk_a_paradigm_of_reality.pdf

I wished that my daughter was in Kuwait. Yesterday visiting ..... (a school/centre in England) I found it difficult to withhold my tears, now I made no effort to stop the tears. Knowing that my child would have been doing a lot better than she is now.
Then I saw your journal! I have been reading since the evening. and I ask;
Can we carve out the angel in my daughter and children like her in my country nigeria????. I agree that there are no accidents in life....
with all respect Regards ......"

I left the name of the school/centre blank along with the mother’s name. The Mother runs a small centre for children with cerebral palsy in Lagos Nigeria and would like to set up conductive education services for children in the area.
If anyone would like to help her and connect with her from her own country or from anywhere in the world please write in the comment box. A few words of encouragement would be as magical as any practical help.

References:‘ I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’ Michelangelo
http://sourcesense0.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-saw-angel-in-marble-and-carved-until.html

Conductive Education School Kuwait a paradigm of reality, by Judit Szathmáry page 77, from Internationalising Conductive Education, Reports from Recent Advances in Conductive Education, By Andrew Sutton and Gillian Maguire (eds.)

To order the book please visit: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1736366/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=140x240

Conductive Education Press: http://cepress.org/
http://www.blurb.com/user/cepress

The picture is painted by my friend Martyna Fon a Domancic biotherapy healer. Please visit her web-site to see her work at http://martynafon.com/

Martyna started painting after she began studying with Mr. Zdenko Domancic and his team at the Domancic Clinic in Bled Slovenia.
It was an unknown, hidden talent in her which was brought out by the energy she is working with as a Domancic biotherapist.

For further information about the Domancic Method of Biotherapy please visit this link: http://www.domancicmethod.eu/

Petö Institute Budapest, Hungary

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Conductive Education Summer Course 1st -27th August 2011 New Forest UK

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Szathmáry Training and Consultancy with New Forest Conductive Pedagogy

The closing date for Summer Course applications is Saturday 11th June 2011.

For further details please contact Mandy at mandyelliott100@gmail.com or Judit at judit.szathmary@virgin.net

An Insight into Conductive Education. Video created by the Foundation for Conductive Education

2011-05-27T04:53:00.013+01:00

References:
National Institute of Conductive Education
General Enquires: 0121 449 1569
Fax:0121 449 1611
Email: foundation@conductive-education.org.uk
Website: http://www.conductive-education.org.uk
Address
Cannon Hill House
Russell Road
Moseley
Birmingham
B13 8RD

Video via Krisztina Abonyi Bernstein, Program Director Conductiva
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/kabonyi

Crippled by the manipulators Article | Published in TESS on 4 October, 1996 | By: George Currie

2011-05-25T14:59:00.012+01:00

"George Currie says that the aims of conductive education have been subverted.
I was told the other day that it was nearly 10 years since I gave the introductory lecture on conductive education to the influential West of Scotland National Council for Special Education. I remember it well. It was the heady days of Stand up for Joey. I had been to Budapest to study and report on the principles and practice of conductive education. My talk was at Hampden School, Toryglen. It was the biggest meeting of its day, with more than 120 people, many standing. All heady stuff. Fellow professionals, with a whole range of disciplines, travelling far and wide, even from the north of Scotland, for that evening lecture. It was a pioneering meeting in the best sense of the word.

It would be good to get back to the non-political involvement of people, to the days when children were not used for career purposes and when important philosophies did not become the flavour of the month to be used to get into the honours lists. Now the 10-year cycle of conductive education has just about run its course the mandarins and master puppeteers, the educational godfathers and the exclusive cartels of the leadership corps can possibly breathe a sigh of relief. The system has been made politically correct with its own administratively sanitised version of events. Those who acted on behalf of the system have been suitably recognised and those who did not suitably isolated and airbrushed away.

Professional conductive education does not exist, it has gone to the great classroom in the sky. The forests of trees cut down to research the subject are all binned, trashed and reduced to the educational equivalent of Le Pen's "footnote in history". The sanitised versions have been put into the public placed aided by the recognised trappings of state approval: finance, promotion, career learning curves and the like.

The greatest wealth, the greatest power and the most potent force in society is knowledge. To have knowledge is to have great power. It has value beyond money, gold and diamonds. To control knowledge is to control society, to distribute knowledge through such things as 5-14 policies and qualification is to distribute power, control, authority and responsibility. Our society has been a distribution mechanism which displays the principles of state-controlled knowledge. It is a rigidly controlled system, as shown in the 5-14 policies.

We have a form of Government-sponsored state knowledge. One particular school's practice is weakly developed into a school of thought in generalised terms. A school's philosophy is transformed into a school of philosophy and, when closely examined, this transition is forced, stretched and weakened by a lack of evidential logic, leading to thinly supported judgmental conclusions.

Even the presence of Dewey, Piaget, Froebel, Steiner, Montessori and other heavyweights to authenticate a particular approach is rather thin. Selections from other cultures and belief systems lead to a patchwork quilt, a cocktail, a composite which may be acceptable in creating new movements, but only if these snapshots are not open-ended to the point of being so diffuse that they lack power and authority and thus fail. The titbits may help to create a school's philosophy but not a school of philosophy, even when sanctioned by the state.

I have found my work to have become highly politicised with many climbing on to the bandwagon. It has been administered away and replaced by the approved version which strongly replicates the already existing practices. Since I introduced it on a formal national basis at a conference of the Scottish Educational Research Association in the eighties, supported by a wonderful and brave Dundee family, I have seen it twisted and warped out of existence.

Existing national bodies and approved personnel acted in a disgraceful manner. It was quite shameful and despicable. The "system" panicked and diverted money, resources, rewards to protect itself and not what it was designed to protect - the children.

My views on this matter have not changed, indeed the years have reinforced them. We have today a sanitised and systems-sanctioned policy which, at even its best. is pseudo-conductive education created under someone else's name, recycled and reconditioned to comply with existing system policies. The traditions of bureaucratic feudalism and systems fundamentalism still characterise the profession. Policy has been made a parody by being controlled by the powers of patronage and privilege and produces reports of blatant superficiality and arrogant simplicity which are the usual hallmarks of the political professionals.

On the whole the educational establishment lacks people of presence and persons of consequence and substance. What is required, of course, are those of intellectual competence and integrity to compensate for those in the bureaucratic tendency. The "system" ridiculed conductive education in the beginning. It was laughed away. It was only the power of the determined parent and the media that brought it back, much to the great anger of the establishment. Now it is controlled on a network system through a series of formal qualifications to ensure that only the party line is practised. Course have been approved of and therefore given the appearance of respectability and legitimacy.

But those who approved the courses know nothing of conductive education: they merely possess knowledge of how to approve courses - the packaging and not the contents. This state system of national course approval allows for the sanitised version to be given public respectability and allows the social manifestation that it must be conductive education. This mechanism of approval has to be changed in Scotland. We lack an independent and informative watchdog to monitor the situation. We need an organisation to replace the situation where one arm of the system approves the working of another arm. Above all, it demonstrates that conductive education has become institutionalised.

Courses on conductive education reflect more the policies of the Scottish Office. In essence they are politicised versions of formal official approval. Second-generation staff have no access to the primary principles of conductive education, but only the edited versions issued through the Scottish Office, which, in turn, is strongly influenced by the static traditional practices which, in turn, rejected conductive education in the first place.

Further efforts are being made to practise the sanitised version in modules of six months to two years for a child. What is left of conductive education is further weakened by it being considered to be, literally, a pre-school experience, a preparation for school, whereas in reality it is a lifelong commitment.

A lot of people have been very naughty indeed in the 10-year cycle."

What about what happened in England and the rest of the world?

References: http://www.facebook.com/#!/ConductiveEducationPress
Times Educational Supplement 4 October 1996
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=20026

Times Educational Supplement 8 July 2005
Pirates of Petö have much still to prove
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2115113

Hungaricum The Petö Method-Conductive Pedagogy

2011-05-11T15:18:00.016+01:00

The recent developments at the Petö Institute are remarkable. The Petö System of Education became a National Trademark of Hungary.

Brief translation of the first part of the promotional video from the Petö Institute:

“We have many visitors from around the world who come to learn from us and to experience the benefits of Conductive Pedagogy.Arvai Zoltan Reporter

We thrive towards perfection taking into consideration all available possibilities. We would never consider practising tasks or setting up a programme which would be detrimental to the individual or which wouldn’t bring succes to them.” Adam Makk Conductor/ Head of Communication. International Petö Institute, Budapest Hungary

Quotes from parents who were interviewed on the film:

Father: It was an incredible experience when my child took their first steps and from a parents point of view it was an emotional experience.

Mother: In three weeks we achieved that he is able to independently sit at the table which we never thought would be possible…

Reference:
Petö Institute
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=605073566#!/pages/Pet%C5%91-Int%C3%A9zet/164626920246313

Inspirational Women... Dr. Túri Ibolya from the Petö Institute, Budapest Hungary

2011-05-04T20:16:00.018+01:00

'A Pető Intézet főtitkára, konduktor-tanító és jogász. 35 éves, férjével két gyermeket nevel, most várják a harmadikat. Fegyelmezett, komoly, szigorú és odaadó ember. Felelősséget érez és vállal sok-sok szárnyaszegett kisgyerek sorsáért, nem csak a sajátjaiért.

'Dr. Pető András 1940-ben hozta létre azt a hungarikumnak számító konduktív pedagógiai rendszert, amely mozgássérült személyek integrációját készíti elő a társadalomba. A Pető Intézetbe járó gyerekek olyan, a szülés előtt, közben vagy után bekövetkezett központi idegrendszeri károsodás miatt sérültek, amely érinti az izomtónust, a testtartást, a mozgáskoordinációt és az egyensúlyérzékelést. A köztudattal ellentétben ez nem betegség, hanem egy rendkívül összetett szindróma, s bár a tünetek ritkán tűnnek el nyomtalanul, jelentős mértékű fejlődés érhető el. Minél korábban kezdik el a gyerekek fejlesztését, annál jobb eredményre lehet számítani. Az úgynevezett „rávezetés” módszerével megtanítható az, ami babakorban nem alakult ki automatikusan, és megelőzhetők a kóros fejlődési minták. Ez a nevelési rendszer lehetőséget ad a személyiség kibontakoztatására és a társakkal való együttműködésre. A módszernek csodájára jár az egész világ.

Két és fél évvel ezelőtt Ibolya gondolt egy merészet. Úgy döntött, nem éri be annyival, hogy az intézet világhíres mozgásfejlesztő módszerével sokszor járni sem tudó, sérült gyerekeket állítanak talpra, hanem megpróbálnak profi utánpótlást nevelni egy fiatal sportágnak: az adaptív evezésnek. A program anyagi finanszírozását jelentő pályázatokat Ibolya maga írta. Nagy elszántság, komoly szervezés, sok fáradság és áldozat kellett ehhez a gyerekek és az edzők részéről is, de megérte. Fél év tanulás és gyakorlás után a Magyar Evezős Szövetség 19. ergométeres országos bajnokságán, Szegeden a Városi Sportcsarnokban az MTK Pető Egyesület kis sportolói úgy nyomtak le 1000 métert, mint a nagyok, beleadták legjobb tudásukat és minden erejüket: legyőzték önmagukat.

Ibolya és kollégái felfedezték, hogy a mozgásukban akadályozott gyerekeknél a konduktív módszer mellett az aktív sportolás további fejlődést hozhat, akár fiatal kamaszkorban is. Az evezős programban részt vevő 10–16 közötti korosztály erő- és állóképessége, izomzata, járásképessége és tartása jelentősen fejleszthető. És legfőképp az önbecsülése! A sportoló, versenyző gyereknek mindig van dolga, célja és társasága, és ettől persze lesz kedve is élni és küzdeni, mert van miért. „Mit szeretnék? Minél több gyermeket bevonni a programba, új élményekhez, közösségekhez és versenysikerekhez juttatni őket” – mondja Ibolya, akinek meggyőződése, hogy a sport és azon belül például az adaptív evezés igen fontos lehet az áhított integrációhoz vezető úton.'

References: Eva Magazin Inspiralo Nok http://www.evamagazin.hu/inspiralonok/item.php?id=608

Petö Institute

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pet%C5%91-Int%C3%A9zet/164626920246313

Urbán Judit Konduktíve Mozgásfejlesztés MS betegeknek

2011-04-22T14:48:00.006+01:00

Reference: Petö Institute
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Mozg%C3%A1ss%C3%A9r%C3%BCltek-Pet%C5%91-Andr%C3%A1s-Nevel%C5%91k%C3%A9pz%C5%91-%C3%A9s-Nevel%C5%91int%C3%A9zete/135546556517245

Szathmáry Training and Consultancy Conductive Education Course Updates

2011-04-13T13:47:00.018+01:00

Conductive Education Easter mini block commencing on 18th April. One place is still available.
It is a three day course in a lovely setting in Lymington Hampshire UK.
Please contact me if you would like to enroll for this course either by our contact form http://www.szathmarytc.com/contact.php,

e-mailing me at judit.szathmary@virgin.net or by phoning me on +44 (0) 796719 44 33.

Future Courses:
Conductive Education May Half Term mini block 30th May-1st June 2011.

Conductive Education Summer Course 1st -27th August 2011.

Szathmáry Training & Consultancy © 2011

Emberfeletti kuzdelem stroke utan...The conductor who had a stroke

2011-03-30T14:40:00.019+01:00

Andrew Sutton writes:

"ZSUZSA SZABÓ
For all her friends http://rtlklub.hu/musorok/fokusz/videok/123491

Zsuzsa a gyógyításnak szentelte az életét, 5 éve azonban stroke-ot kapott, kómába esett és lebénult. Emberfeletti küzdelmét folyamatosan filmezték. Csodák márpedig vannak, a Fókuszban be is bizonyítjuk! The conductor who had a stroke."

Thank you Andrew for sharing this with us.

The clip is in Hungarian and it is about Zsuzsa (a daughter, a mother, a friend etc.) a conductor who had a stroke after giving birth to her daughter. She spoke several languages and helped many people throughout her working life. She was in a coma for 26 days. Conductor friends and colleagues supported her all the way through to recovery…

She is a great example to us conductors and for all professionals out there the clip is worth watching to observe what is happening in a conductive education group catering for people whose life is affected by a stroke.

Kitartas Zsuzsa igy ismeretlenul is! Egy igazi nagy pelda vagy mindnyajunknak. Sok Szeretettel, Judit Szathmary xxxxx

References: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1540593482 http://rtlklub.hu/musorok/fokusz/videok/123491 http://www.peto.hu/

A wish...

2011-03-23T20:08:00.009Z

There was something so heart warming when I arrived to work after a two and a half hour car journey and saw this sign on the door.

If only all day centres could have a similar notice on their doors :)

CONFERENCE ON ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) ON 26th MARCH AT TAJ PALACE HOTEL, DUBAI-UAE

2011-03-23T04:55:00.008Z

"Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood. Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling behavior, and hyperactivity.

Life can be hard for children with ADHD. They are often in trouble at school, can't finish a game, and have trouble making friends. They may spend agonizing hours each night struggling to keep their mind on their homework, only to forget to bring it to school. Family conflict can increase, placing added stress on exhausted parents and frustrated children. Adolescents are at increased risk for poor self-esteem and lower educational attainment. School programs to help children with problems often connected to ADHD (social skills and behavior training) are not available in many schools. In addition, not all children with ADHD qualify for special-education services.

The Conference targets to overcome these barriers and have a team approach involving parents, teachers, school psychologists, other mental-health specialists, and physicians. Transitions can be difficult. Each school year brings a new teacher and new schoolwork, a change that can be especially hard for a child with ADHD who needs routine and structure. Additional and up to date information is needed to deal with the transition.

We acknowledge the need of the society to deal with this situation and provide a venue for everyone linked to it to have a dispersal of thoughts guided by experts in the field.

This professional development conference is designed for professionals in the Medical, Allied Health, Education and Human Service fields involved in the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation efforts of and with children and adults with AD/HD. Parents, students and individuals who believe they will benefit from the educational sessions and networking opportunities are also welcome to attend. Specifically, this conference will benefit:
•Pediatricians/internists/
family physicians/psychiatrists
and other physicians working
with this population

•Psychologists

•Teachers & administrators

•School counselors/nurses/
psychologists/psychometrists
and other evaluators

•State department specialists

•School board members

•Behavioral therapists

•Rehabilitation counselors
•Social workers
•Employment specialists
working with disabled persons
•Clinical nurses
•Parents
•Students
•Families
•Daycare center staff
•Tutors
•Recreational personnel
•Support groups
•Anyone with an interest in AD/HD "

For further information please follow link:
http://www.isharaonline.com/adhd/adhdagenda.htm

Note: Text and photo from the conference pages of the Ishara Consultants' web site.

http://www.isharaonline.com/

Two new exciting Conductive Education initiatives in Australia

2011-01-14T05:35:00.032Z

Conductive Education Queensland

Website: http://www.ceq.org.au/

Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Conductive-Education-Queensland/123627737704186#!/pages/Conductive-Education-Queensland/123627737704186?v=info

Conductive Education Centre in Adelaide, South Australia

Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Conductive-Education-Centre-in-Adelaide-South-Australia/140622349313447

Congratulations and Good Luck!

Old long since...

2010-12-31T20:10:00.004Z

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Or friendship e'er grow cauld?
Should we nae tighter draw the knot
Aye as we're growing auld?
How comes it, then, my worthy friend,
Wha used to be sae kin',
We dinna for ilk ither spier
As we did lang syne?"

'Tullochgorum' Skinner

Picture of Robert Burns’ original manuscript and lyrics to Auld Lang Syne from Google Images.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

2010-12-22T11:48:00.005Z

"From the Editorial Page of The New York Sun, written by Francis P. Church, September 21, 1897

We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:

"Dear Editor--I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, 'If you see it in The Sun, it's so.'
Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?"
Virginia O'Hanlon,
115 West Ninety-fifth Street

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood."

Image:From Google Immages.

Speech by SLW at 7th World Congress on Conductive Education

2010-12-08T15:00:00.013Z

"Hong Kong (HKSAR) - Following is the speech by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, at 7th World Congress on Conductive Education today (December 6):

Professor Leung (Professor Leung Nai-kong, Chairman, Organising Committee of the 7th World Congress on Conductive Education), Ms XuXiao Ming (Secretary General/Deputy Director, China Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons), Professor IldikÃ¶ Kozma (President, International AndrÃ¡s PetÃ¶
Association of Conductive Education), Mr Fong (Mr Fong Cheung Fat, Chief Executive Officer, SAHK), distinguished guests, ladiesand gentlemen,

Welcome to "East Meets West: Adaptation & Development"- The 7th World Congress on Conductive Education. We are indeed honoured that the Congress is being held in Hong Kong. It is, if I may say so, an encouraging recognition of our effort and achievement in promoting the well-being of persons with disabilities.

The Hong Kong SAR Government is fully committed to helping persons with disabilities develop their physical and mental capabilities, fully realise their potential and integrate into the community.

For children with special education needs, our objective is to help them acquire a whole range of skills.

These include their fundamental developmental skills, intellectual ability, and perceptual-motor, cognitive, communication, social and self-care skills. Conductive Education is one of the programme options being implemented in many of the special schools for physically handicapped children in Hong Kong.

The holistic approach of Conductive Education combines education and therapy specially designed for children with neurological impairment resulting in weak or uncoordinated movement, Since its inception some 40 years ago, it has helped improve the quality of life and psychological well-being of these children and their families.

I would like to congratulate the SAHK and the International AndrÃ¡s PetÃ¶
Association for hosting this important event. Researchers, educators, policy-makers, carers and other specialists worldwide are invited to get together to share their knowledge, experience and best practices.

In this regard, the unstinting effort of the International AndrÃ¡s PetÃ¶ Association is most commendable and impressive.

On the other hand, as the pioneer in the field in Hong Kong since 1980s, SAHK has not only made great strides in applying Conductive Education to its special child care centres, special schools and adult services, but also taken up the pivotal role in promoting Conductive Education to the Mainland of China in the 1990s. We are very proud of its accomplishment.

With the valuable input of our distinguished speakers and knowledgeable delegates from both the East and the West, I am sure that the Congress will lend further impetus to translate insightful ideas into practice. I wish all of you fruitful exchanges in the Congress, and our visitors a pleasant and enjoyable stay in Hong Kong.

Thank you."

Source: HKSAR Government

7th Space:

http://7thspace.com/headlines/366037/speech_by_slw_at_7th_world_congress_on_conductive_education.html

Susie Mallett's book arrived today with a lovely card.

2010-12-04T15:18:00.030Z

Although I wasn't able to make it to Hong Hong for the 7th World Congress on Conductive Education, today I received Susie's first book in the post which she published herself to present at the congress.

Thank you Susie!

On the front cover of the book is her sketch of Mária Hári the late director of the Pető Institute, Budapest Hungary.

I also received a card from her tucked nicely in the book. A card which has relevance to my own intention to contribute to Pető's work.

References:

http://www.ce-congress2010.org/CE/

Photos: Susie's first published book and the card which I received today .

Light has no past; it lives in the eternal present.

2010-12-03T09:14:00.007Z

Photo: Buddha in the snow in our courtyard and hungry birds having breakfast on the back patio Winter 2010.

Can you help to translate this hidden treasure please?

2010-11-16T06:28:00.017Z

For about two years now I have been looking for a book in our small gallery office without any success. Since we closed down I very rarely went up to the office, but on Friday last week I decided to spend some time there. Everything was left in the office untouched since the last day of our summer course.

I walked up to one of the bookshelves and I instantly found the book, which I was looking for. There was a gap in the rows of books, which clearly showed me the title of the book, which I was seeking. I was delighted to find it at last.

For some reason I turned towards another bookshelf, where I found another book a long forgotten present from Ester Cotton which she gave me when we worked together in London at the Hornsey Centre.

The title of the book is Introduction to Conductive Movement Pedagogy, András Petö’s lectures and practical demonstrations. On the first page there was a hand written note from Dr Mária Hári to Ester Cotton in German. I don’t speak German so if anyone can read it and can translate it, I would most appreciate it.

Reference: Gyogypedagogiai Tanarkepzo Foiskola,

Bevezeto A Konduktiv Mozgaspedagogiaba,

Pető András eloadasai es gyakorlati bemutatoi alapjan.

Tankonyvkiado, Budapest 1963 Hári Mária, Székely Ily

'Why not? Szathmáry. J (2010) Chapter Three

2010-11-11T21:50:00.010Z

The next morning I woke up early and quickly got ready. I could hardly wait for him to arrive. The morning was fresh and filled with a sense of adventure as the sun sparkled through the branches of the trees. The sky was open, imposing its vastness with calmness and dignity.

He was already in the car park when I opened the back gate and stepped out onto the frosty gravel.

‘We are going to go back in time, close your eyes'--he said as he put his hand on my shoulder.

He gently squeezed my shoulder and I opened my eyes. We were at a reception of a single story building.

He took me to a large wooden cupboard and opened it. It was packed with a collection of walking sticks and different walking aids filled up to the brim.

‘These were left behind from children and grownups who didn’t need them anymore.'-He said, pointing inside.

'It was their intention to leave these behind in this cupboard. What is not visible to the eyes is that these people have left a lot more behind here. One of those things was their negative beliefs that held them back' -He said seriously.

He let go off my shoulder and stepped back to let me absorb what was presented to me.

'All those negative beliefs are just thoughts people keep thinking, they are man made and carried through and handed down over time by societies.' -He said breaking his silence.

'Beliefs influence the choices people make, the directions they take. Our beliefs trigger inner processes and manifest behaviours, which influence how we act, how we feel, how we move, how we engage with life.

Beliefs can be changed and they must change, as life is about constant change. Nothing stays still in life. Stillness is death.

You made me laugh once'-he said. 'Do you remember when you arrived to England and the headmaster was showing you around the school. The corridors and the classrooms were packed with standing frames, different kind of walking frames, wheelchairs and those high-tech, expensive special needs equipment, which cost thousands and thousands of pounds? He was very proud and asked you what you thought about them.

You answered without any delay. They will be good to be sent to a museum, as they will not be needed anymore.

I will never forget his face. I know that your comment was innocent and spontaneous, but this was not what he expected to hear.

I was listening to your effort of explanation to him, but he was not ready to hear it. You told him that by exposing the children with all of the equipment and using them from such an early age is detrimental to their progress. They put emphasises on disability and they don’t allow a platform for finding out their true, innate abilities, which could be and must be utilised and unique to each and every person.

In his mind the headmaster quickly came to a conclusion, which he found reassuring that you are Hungarian and you wouldn’t know about such equipment anyway and he turned his attention towards something else.'

He started moving with a fast space towards a long corridor and said-'First and foremost we are not dealing with the physical, as it is the end result of the process, we must attempt to influence a lot more things before we get to that.'

He turned around and he held my face with his hands- 'You must tell this to them.'

He gently slid his fingers off my face and continued- 'There is an ancient Toltec warrior saying: “Human beings love to be told what to do, but they love even more to fight and not to do what they are told, and thus they get entangled in hating the one who told them in the first place." –and with that he opened a door which led us to one of the classrooms.

Picture: Michael Angelo Creation of Adam 'Hands' from Google Images

'Why not? Szathmáry. J (2010) Chapter Two

2010-11-01T06:05:00.011Z

I was warming my hands over the crackling fire in the study. The autumn evenings became colder and colder. He reached towards me handing me back my notes. ‘I have made some corrections'. –He said.

'I want you to tell them that I live in the eternal present and I come from the past and the future.

We met and known each other in many other times not just in the last thirty years. I lived and worked with you on ancient continents, in ancient cities and in old civilisations. We have known riches and poverty, experienced great love of the hearts and also solitudes of body and mind.'

He slowly walked around the room with his hands folded behind his back. He quickly turned around at the fireplace, looked up and with a raised voice he cited the following.

'The greatest pitfalls of man are ignorance and prejudice.

This is what we have been dealing with here, my dear girl! Ignorance and prejudice put their stamp on the work and tried to sell the distorted version of it to minds that are made of concrete.

The minute the work left the institute they wanted to change it to fit into their own work, into their own systems. They are still trying to find the bases of its existence in the literatures written by other minds.

They forgot to pay the slightest interest and attention to what was already there right in front of their eyes.

In some ways I can understand them. For example many people know that electricity exists, although it is not visible. No one can see it, no one knows where it comes from and no one can create it. Once it has been discovered they learned to use it and harness it, but there are certain requirements as to how it has to be handled. Otherwise it doesn’t work or could be very dangerous.'

Raising his palms towards the ceiling he continued. -' Look around you- the seeds, which have been put down by them many decades ago, are sprouting and growing into unrecognisable forms with no substance.

The energy is scattered and conduction is far from its ideal state.'

He was silent for a long time, only the sound of the crackling fire and the smell of the burning logs filled the room.

It suddenly became dark outside.

'The ego cannot pose truth my dear girl.' -He said quietly.' It wants to protect itself and what it knows. It strives for safety and control. The base of its existence is survival what ever it takes.'

Then he changed the subject and his voice became passionate and excited.

'But what we meant to talk about here is eternal and the greatest gifts of all, which grows in the giving and it never looses its luminous shine.'

Are you talking about love? – I asked with my heart pounding faster and faster, paying the closest attention to his words.

'It is love, but it is not the kind of love, which is portrayed and understood in everyday life.

The love that people generally talk about can be blissful, but it cannot compare with a still higher love, which marks a higher life.

This love requires commitment and puts great responsibility on the person who chooses to work with it.

This energy that we call love here, vibrates on a certain frequency. This frequency cannot be lied to, cannot be manipulated, cannot be grasped and controlled by the polluted mind.

When you learn to know this love, this energy; you understand that whatever may come to pass, if love-bonds are broken and you appear to have no friends, you are by right of birth surrounded by protecting powers that defy all opposition.

So long as you live a life of purity and goodness, and adhere strictly to the path of duty you will be protected from all harm'.

He turned towards the fire; his face lit up and his eyes reflected the most luminescent burning light.

He took a sip of his strong coffee, and as he slowly walked away he called back.

‘Tomorrow I want you to come with me.’ I nodded and looked at the burning fire as I put my hands on my burning heart. The sound of an owl broke the silence of the night.'

Picture: Michael Angelo Creation of Adam 'Hands' from Google Images

‘Why not? Szathmáry. J (2010) Chapter One

2010-10-25T11:46:00.021+01:00

He looked at me as he comfortable sat down onto the big armchair next to the large sash window.

‘Why not? What can you lose? Now that you know what you know there is nothing measurably difficult to accomplish, but it is up to you. You are in charge, only you can make that decision and the way things are going something needs to be done. It doesn’t have to be you but it is up to you’.

His presence filled the room. He had an enormous presence, which was uplifting, reassuring, sharp, and at the same time childishly serious.

You know that it is not an easy decision- I replied.

He looked deep into my eyes so deep that forms slightly started fading around us. He held his vision right into my soul, which resonated with mine.

‘Remember who you are. Focus on the greater collective good, rather than your individual loss or gain. Imagine the world you want your great grandchildren to live and strive in. Envision all the beauties, freedoms and joys of a truly fulfilled life, and decide how this would help perpetuate those gifts’.

He reached across the coffee table and opened up a beautiful silver box, which was engraved, with his initials and a quote, which appeared to be in Latin, but I was not able to read the scribe. He carefully took out a cigar and lit it.

‘You know very well that what you were involved in was not going to benefit future generations in the way in which you intended to. That is the reason you decided to stop what you were doing. You understood that sometimes the cost of self control is simply too high.

In order to fit in, you were suppressing a tremendous emotional charge and it started taking a toll on your body. This lightning bolt instead of being released to find its target, started to get grounded and trapped within your body, zapping your internal organs and your nervous system. The energy became too intense to contain.

It happens when for a long time we suppress the truth that should be acknowledged, spoken and acted upon. You knew that taking those steps you have taken will set loose that lightening and by doing so you will create permanent change.

You made a choice, allowing your desperate desire to be on the other side of the issue. You overcame the fear of invoking change. You made the first step’.

He looked at me and smiled.

‘Isn’t this what I taught you to do in your work? Now you know how hard it is and at the same time how liberating it is for those who practise overcoming their fear under your guiding hands’.

‘Remember who you are and choose your path’.

I closed my eyes and quietly said. Okay.

‘Well? He said, as he hadn’t heard me. Are you going to choose?’

I silently giggled, stood up, went to my desk and picked up a notebook. Why not? I scribbled on the first page.

This is going to be the title of it.

He nodded and stretched out in the armchair, quietly acknowledging that I remembered what he taught me; that decisions are not made with words, but with actions.

He relaxed in the knowing that I was going to do it.

From his point of view things were so much easier and simpler. He didn’t have a physical body anymore, but he couldn’t influence the physical as much as I could either.

I had a great respect for him, but he told me once; -don’t put anyone on a pedestal, if for some silly reason you do, imagine them having a ‘rush’. It will stop you.

‘You my dear girl, first and foremost learn to respect yourself. Once you achieved that, you made the first step to accomplishing what you came here for’.

I have known him for a long time. Our friendship started about 30 years ago. These kinds of friendships don’t happen by mere accidents. One day he told me this when we were sitting under a big pine tree in the forest. ‘There are no accidents in life, if people were more aware, they would read the signs and use them as guidelines. There is so much guidance available and brought forth only by our sheer existence, just by being alive’

Picture: Michael Angelo Creation of Adam 'Hands' from Google Images

Orbs...Can you find them on the photos?

2010-10-21T05:27:00.031+01:00

Photos taken for record keeping at the Conductive Education Support Centre New Forest UK.

Today is the first frosty morning in the

New Forest UK.

"My! My! Time flies! A man in a winter sleigh, white white white as the snow

My! My! Time flies! A new day is on it's way, so let's let yesterday go

Could be we step out again

Could be tomorrow but then,

Could be 2010"

Enya My my time flies...

THE HANDS IN CONDUCTIVE PEDAGOGY

2010-10-17T07:35:00.025+01:00

One Day Workshops

Saturday 30^th October 10.00am -3.00pm

and

Sunday 7^th November 10.00am-3.00pm

Book your place now!

07967 194433

judit.szathmary@virgin.net

Workshop fee: £111

Venue: 2 Bridge Farmhouse,

Lyndhurst Road,

Brockenhurst SO42 7TR

See map:

Please bring your camera with you!

Pictures:

Display picture from the late Conductive Education Support Centre in New Forest.

Michael Angelo Creation of Adam, 'Hands' Google Images

Cave Hands Google Images

“It is good to feel good"

2010-10-05T19:25:00.002+01:00

"Clarity is your natural state of being, eager is your natural state of being, loving is your natural state of being.

It is natural for you to have a desire… it is natural for you to anticipate happy outcomes.

It is natural for you to love and to sing and it is natural for you to play, it is natural for you to be joyful and it is natural for you to feel and know well-being.

It is natural for you to expand… it is natural for you to want more.

It is natural for you to question, it is natural for you to find interest.

It is natural for you to want more and it is natural for you to feel good…and anything else is resisting the natural state of who you are…” A H

Notes: Photos from the work at the Conductive Education Support Centre, New Forest UK. Parent and child group photo 1999.
The art of collapsing with laughter! after practising independent walking July 2010.

The excellence of conductive pedagogy is between the pause and the actions...

2010-09-01T11:28:00.010+01:00

“Music

is

the

silence

between

the

notes.”

Claude Debussy

Notes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy
Photo: Finley at the lounge door August 2010.

How did it feel like working at the Petö Institute at the beginning of the 1980's?

2010-08-14T16:55:00.003+01:00

...It felt like the smell of freshly cut grass infused with a particular ray of sunshine that carried the light of simplicity, reassurance, calmness and clarity. It felt like a clear sense of focus and determination merged with the gentle breeze of everyday life with its noises, textures and feelings. Bringing this magical combination of peace (a kind of knowing), clarity and compassion into our distinctively perceivable three-dimensional world of time and space reality. It felt like purpose with infinite bounds of possibilities and choices, combined with a sense of seriousness and awe-inspiring joyful responsibility...

Be free...

2010-08-06T15:53:00.014+01:00

Almighty Freedom
Almighty freeer of the soul
Be free
Be free
And imagine
Free with peace at last
It's lovely
It's lovely, this land
No one can believe or understand
How far I came just for my lovely family
I should have been there with them when the world crashed down
But now they rest with me.
I'll never forget
How I felt that moment
I became free.

Photo from Google images.

Song by Lisa Gerrard in her invented language which she calls 'the language of the heart.'

While you are waiting for your acceptance letter to present at the 7th World Congress of Conductive Education in Hong Kong...

2010-07-04T10:02:00.013+01:00

Enjoy Lang Lang's playing Franz Liszt (Liszt Ferenc) Hungarian composer's Liebestraum and Hungarian Rhapsody. It might get you in the mood of the Hungarian spirit which will hopefully be presented at the conference along with the true spirit of Conductive Pedagogy, just like the way in which Lang Lang performs Liszt.

"Lang Lang was born in Shenyang, China, and he has Manchu ancestry. When he was only two years old, he saw the Tom and Jerry episode The Cat Concerto which features the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt. According to Lang Lang, this first contact with Western music is what motivated him to learn piano.[1][2] He began lessons with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen at age three. At the age of five, Lang won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition and performed his first public recital.[3]

When he was nine years old, Lang Lang neared his audition for Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music, and, having difficulties with his lessons, was expelled from his piano tutor's studio for lack of talent.[4] His music teacher at his state school noticed Lang Lang's sadness, and decided to comfort him by playing a record of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330; she asked him to play along with the slow movement. This reminded Lang of his love of the instrument. "Playing the K. 330 brought me hope again," recalled Lang.[4] "

References:

http://www.ce-congress2010.org/CE/

http://www.conductive-world.info/2010/07/hong-kong-congress-next-stage.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lang_Lang_(pianist)

Photo by Herbie Hancock at http://www.langlang.com/news?page=4

It's all about perception :)))

2010-06-29T23:30:00.013+01:00

Note: Photo from Friends of Irony

Just for fun...Enjoy!

2010-06-24T18:38:00.012+01:00

I hope that you enjoy this as much as I did. Communication between humans and animals. Wonderful!

:)))))))))))

Laugh more and play more.

Note: Photo Baby Finley on a mission May 2010.

Summer Solstice 2010 "- Keep your eyes to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows." Helen Keller

2010-06-21T09:19:00.011+01:00

"Ahh! FirstRay of Dawn
Awakens the heart
In appreciation of life

This morn of Summer's

portent born.

Yes! Love,

My basket,

Yearning to be filled

With all bliss in the ecstatic

Joy garnered from Earth's

Green delight!

Oh! You

Golden orb,

Bless all life brought forth

In the flowers' promise made known

By fruit and bird song

From now on.

Ha! Smile

Upon us,

Lighten each our heart

That every child is fed and loved;

Embraced in green arms

And bloom bright.

Ahh! First

Ray of Dawn:

Summer's Solstice born.

Earth's passionate embrace fulfilled,

Her covenant song
Our troth."

Jade Wah'oo

Notes:

Helen Keller: Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Photo: Sun Rising Over Stonehenge - Summer Solstice, June 21, 2005 by : wikipedia

Are you ready to change?

2010-06-16T12:28:00.024+01:00

How many times a day do you say yes when you mean no?

How many times a day do you compromise your truth in your work and in your life, and by doing so depleting your precious energy and selling your spirit bit by bit even though you beleive you are giving your best at that particular moment?

Are you living your life at peace with yourself?

Are you afraid or inspired by change?

Is there a need for change how conductive education services are run and what is on offer under the name of conductive education?

Notes:

"The English word spirit (from Latin spiritus "breath")..."From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit

Photo: Judit and Owen at the Conductive Education Support Centre in Brockenhurts, UK February 2010.

Hebrew Translation of the Challange Me! TM Mobility Activity Cards designed by Amanda Elliott

2010-05-21T08:12:00.014+01:00

On 19th May 2010 Jessica Kingsley Publisher confirmed that they have received the counter-signed contracts for Challenge Me! TM Mobility Cards to be translated in Hebrew.

Amanda Elliott the creator of the Challange Me!TM Mobility and Activity Crads is a senior conductor, one of the first graduates of the National Institute of Conductive Education UK, and the director of Conductive Education Support Services UK.

The set of beautifully illustrated full-colour mobility cards, together with a detailed instruction booklet, is a valuable tool for all professionals and parents facilitating the rehabilitation of children with neurological disorders and general developmental disabilities.

The activities address the development of mobility and coordination skills, while also promoting independence and self-esteem, using a fun approach that is motivating for children.

The cards were designed to give parents and professionals plenty of new ideas of tasks to practise at home/school to help improve mobility and all over motor skills based on Conductive Education.

Using the cards is fun and provide you with many useful ideas how to help children to improve essential skills. The cards also enable children to choose, focus, plan, empowering them to take charge in their own problem solving in a playful way.

Children can create their own activity regime which they can practise every day until they master the skills required, or they can choose ad-hoc challenges throughout the day which will build their abilities.
The cards were created in mind that everyone involved with child care, upbringing and education can easily be involved in helping children in a relaxed and joyful way.

In her resource review Julie Hughes of Down Syndrome Education International writes about the Challenge Me! Mobility Activity Cards.

"I'm always on the look-out for useful, practical activities that can be worked into everyday games – and that is just what I found in these cards.

The Challenge Me! Mobility Activity Cards - a set of useful, practical activities that can be worked into everyday games. They address mobility, balance coordination, spatial awareness, trunk control, transferring skills, gross motor skills, flexibility, adaptability, safety awareness, and independence. Practising these skills can also have a knock-on effect on self-esteem and confidence."

Link to full article: http://www.down-syndrome.org/resources/2023/

Link to order the cards directly from the author: http://www.challengemecards.com/order.html

Links to order the cards in USA:
http://www.amazon.com/Challenge-Me-Mobility-Activity-Cards/dp/1843104970/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274429105&sr=8-1

In Australia:
http://www.thebrainary.com/shop/product.php?productid=3583&cat=0&page=1

Challenge Me! TM Speech and Communication Cards are also available by Amanda Elliott.

'Speech and language skills are a vital part of being able to communicate with others and express one's own needs. The Challenge Me!™ Speech and Communication Cards provide fun and dynamic challenges for children aged 3-12 with any form of speech problem, whether this is a severe problem which is related to a motor disability or a general delay in speech. This set of beautifully illustrated full-colour cards with accompanying instruction booklet will be an ideal creative tool for parents and professionals working to improve a child's speaking skills.’

For further reading and to order the cards please follow these links:

http://www.challengemecards.com/speech_and_communication.html

http://www.challengemecards.com/order.html

Mandy at the moment is in Italy helping out with homeless, abandoned and cruelly treated dogs. Well done Manda and congratulations for your achievement!

When a child sees with his heart

2010-05-14T21:17:00.007+01:00

On Monday, one of our boys a 2½ year old was walking across the room towards a little toy sports car, which was put on a small side table at the centre.

When he arrived to the table, he looked at the photograph of Dr. Pető, which was also on the table, he stopped for a moment and gently stroked the picture, ignoring the car. We never talked to him about Pető. One of the conductors said to the little boy ‘that’s Petö, say hello to him’. The young child said ‘Hello Pető’, smiled and then he turned around and continued practising his walking… It was like he knew who this special man was.

Shanghai Tang Hong Kong

2010-05-08T05:27:00.012+01:00

I decided to create a separate posting about Sanghai Tang as it is something really special. If during the busy schedule of the 7th World Congress of Conductive Education you have only time to visit this beautiful flagship store you are in for a real treat.
Sanghai Tang is gorgeous, stylish and a 1930’s inspired, art deco boutique.
This ‘East meets West’ designer store is an adventure on its own. As you step through the doors the spirit of genuine creativity blending Chinese traditional designs with contemporary styles absorbs you and carries you to a different world. To me it felt like arriving to a movie set and depending on where I chose to focus my attention different stories emerged blending cultures, past and present and gently immersing me to participate.
I just wanted to hold everything in this magical place, the smell in the store, the colours, the shapes, and the textures of the goods are second to none.

Sir David Tang the creator of Shanghai Tang

References:

http://www.ce-congress2010.org/CE/

http://juditszathmary.blogspot.com/2010/05/7th-world-congress-on-conductive.html

http://www.shanghaitang.com/

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article1803225.ece

Photos from Google Images.

Peak tram, dim sum and more

2010-05-07T08:11:00.030+01:00

Whether you decide to travel to Hong Kong to participate in the 7th World Congress of Conductive Education or not I thought you might like to know about some interesting places to visit. The Peak tram takes you up to Victoria Peak. It is a breathtaking journey amongst the lush vegetation with an ever-expanding view of Hong Kong as the train gently clatters to the top.

If you like you can have breakfast, lunch or dinner at the 'Pearl on the Peak Restaurant' depending upon which lighting you prefer to see Hong Kong below while you are dining.

I think tasting some dim sums is a must. I prefer the ones filled with prawns. It is quite hard to get prawn-filled dim sums without pork so watch out if you don’t eat red meat like me. You can also have it for breakfast. If you wake up early and walk on the early morning streets of Hong Kong you can see them being cooked on street corners and people are buying them on the way to work. If you are a visitor I would recommend that you buy them in a restaurant.

The Jade Market

Please be aware that genuine jade is rather pricey and if you don't know much about jade it is hard to distinguish them from replicates.

Stanley Market and Temple Street Night Market are also worth a visit.

Rainbow Finley March 2010.

References:

http://www.ce-congress2010.org/CE/

http://juditszathmary.blogspot.com/2010/05/7th-world-congress-on-conductive.html

http://www.thepeak.com.hk/en/home.asp

http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/dining/dim-sum-guide.html

http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/attractions/kln-jade-market.html

http://www.12hk.com/area/SouthIsland/StanleyMarket.shtml

http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/attractions/kln-temple-street-night-market.html

All photos from Google Images.

The 7th World Congress on Conductive Education 5-8 December 2010 Hong Kong

2010-05-04T08:56:00.012+01:00

A few people have been asking me about the 7th World Congress on Conductive Education, in Hong Kong. Some of them were unaware of it. I guess when people are absorbed with their everyday work and life, it is easy to loose touch with all that is happening around the world of Conductive Education. I believe when you just roaming the Internet and ‘accidentally’ come across information about something close to your heart synchronicity just appeared in your life. So my answer to those who just discovered the information about this event…you were meant to find it for a reason…To defy that reason is up to you.

Hong Kong is a magical place on many levels. Hong Kong professionals working in the field of Conductive Education have a very good reputation and are highly respected in our Conductive community and they are also blessed with excellent organisational skills.

‘Tuning in’ to that event brings excitement and pleasant feelings…definitely an opportunity not to be missed.

I was looking for a video clip about the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre where the conference will be held, to show you the magnificence of the place on the waterfront without any luck. There are a few amateur clips available and one, which is not the best quality.
Nevertheless here is the link to it:
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

The submission for abstracts has been extended to 17th May 2010. Soon after that date we would be able to see the complete conference programme.
Whether you choose to present at the conference or choose to enjoy being enthused sitting in the audience this event promises an unforgettable adventure.
The last time I visited Hong Kong I stayed in the Island Shangri-La. It was a fabulous experience. The words “Shangri-La” stand as a synonym for paradise. On my pillow I found a lovely bookmark with a quote printed on it from the book of Lost Horizon.
“ That evening,
after dinner,
Conway made occasion
to leave the others and
stroll out into the calm,
moon washed courtyards.
Shangri-La was lovely then,
touched with mystery
that lies at the core
of all loveliness.
Conway was physically happy,
emotionally satisfied,
and mentally at ease.”
James Hilton Lost Horizon

I sincerely hope that the 7th World Congress on Conductive Education will be an event, which promises to find the Lost Horizon.

♥

Me and Finley my White Light Warrior puppy, April 2010

Finley has a white star shaped patch on his chest.:)

References:
Photo of Hong Kong Convention and Exchibition Centre at Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island by Christopher Biggs from Flickr images.
Link to official website of the conference:

http://www.ce-congress2010.org/CE/
James Hilton Lost Horizon. A captivating story written in 1933 by an English novelist who wrote of an idyllic settlement high in the mountains of Tibet.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Horizon-Classic-Tale-Shangri/dp/1840243538

Journal

Residential Conductive Education Holiday Courses for Individuals with Parkinson's

'VISIT ANDRÁS PETŐ I do hope that some still do'...

Look what I found about Dr. Pető András...

Pető András orvos, a konduktív mozgásterápiai képzés megalapozója

Do you know someone who has a child with cerebral palsy in Yorkshire? Help them find us

Poetry in motion by George Hanks

A Lépjünk, hogy léphessenek.

It would be so enlightening if…

From Memoirs of the beginnings of Conductive Pedagogy and András Pető , compiled by Dr. Judit Forrai

Petö UND Inklusion-Kongress Rosenheim 2012

Residential Conductive Education Courses for Individuals with Parkinson's in the New Forest UK

Paces TV commercial: Conductive Education school helping young people with Cerebral Palsy

Residential Conductive Education Holiday Courses for Individuals with Parkinson's in the South of France

5 Day Residential Conductive Education Course for Individuals with Parkinson's 20th-24th February 2012.

Mind your Own Business. Literally…

Spectacular Charity Concert Supporting Parkinson's UK

"Congratulation Andi! Gratulálunk Andi! Hungarikummal Amerikában." Ádám Makk, Pető Intézet

Conductive Education Course Parkinson's UK Bristol Branch

Conductive Education Course Parkinson's UK Romsey Branch

Fundamentals of conductive upbringing

MÁRIA HÁRI – In fond and respectful memoryKatalin Bíró analyses and synthesises fundamentals of Mária Hári 's conductive upbringing. CE desperately needs more disciples like this http://www.e-conduction.org/depository/BiroJun06.pdf

“Whoever offered the wine of movement;

A MOZDULAT MÁGUSÁRÓL

Semmi sem lehetetlen. Nothing is impossible

Dr Melanie Brown from the National Institute of Conductive Education talks about conductive education for individuals with MS

Not a therapy, Andrew Sutton explains Conductive Education

"Conductive Education – Learning for a living

Unveiling Nonye’s warm hands in the ‘game’ of life…

The School of Life

..."But the biggest disability is our inability to see behind it..."

Certain Proof: A Question of Worth

A KONDUKTÍV NEVELÉS GYERMEKNEUROLÓGIAI INDIKÁCIÓJA

..."is there anything to do with music that you have thought at times: 'I wish I could give them...'x'; or 'I wish they could enjoy...x'; "

National Institute of Conductive Education promo film

First message to ‘ "I wish my child was born in Kuwait"- A mother's plea’ from New Zealand by Gail Edgecombe.

"Wish my child was born in Kuwait" -A mother's plea

Petö Institute Budapest, Hungary

Conductive Education Summer Course 1st -27th August 2011 New Forest UK

An Insight into Conductive Education. Video created by the Foundation for Conductive Education

Crippled by the manipulators Article | Published in TESS on 4 October, 1996 | By: George Currie

Hungaricum The Petö Method-Conductive Pedagogy

Inspirational Women... Dr. Túri Ibolya from the Petö Institute, Budapest Hungary

Urbán Judit Konduktíve Mozgásfejlesztés MS betegeknek

Szathmáry Training and Consultancy Conductive Education Course Updates

Emberfeletti kuzdelem stroke utan...The conductor who had a stroke

A wish...

CONFERENCE ON ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) ON 26th MARCH AT TAJ PALACE HOTEL, DUBAI-UAE

Two new exciting Conductive Education initiatives in Australia

Old long since...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

"From the Editorial Page of The New York Sun, written by Francis P. Church, September 21, 1897

Speech by SLW at 7th World Congress on Conductive Education

Susie Mallett's book arrived today with a lovely card.

Light has no past; it lives in the eternal present.

Can you help to translate this hidden treasure please?

'Why not? Szathmáry. J (2010) Chapter Three

'Why not? Szathmáry. J (2010) Chapter Two

‘Why not? Szathmáry. J (2010) Chapter One

Orbs...Can you find them on the photos?

THE HANDS IN CONDUCTIVE PEDAGOGY

“It is good to feel good"

The excellence of conductive pedagogy is between the pause and the actions...

How did it feel like working at the Petö Institute at the beginning of the 1980's?

Be free...

While you are waiting for your acceptance letter to present at the 7th World Congress of Conductive Education in Hong Kong...

It's all about perception :)))

Just for fun...Enjoy!

Summer Solstice 2010 "- Keep your eyes to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows." Helen Keller

Are you ready to change?

Hebrew Translation of the Challange Me! TM Mobility Activity Cards designed by Amanda Elliott

When a child sees with his heart

Shanghai Tang Hong Kong

Peak tram, dim sum and more

The 7th World Congress on Conductive Education 5-8 December 2010 Hong Kong

MÁRIA HÁRI – In fond and respectful memory
Katalin Bíró analyses and synthesises fundamentals of Mária Hári 's conductive upbringing. CE desperately needs more disciples like this http://www.e-conduction.org/depository/BiroJun06.pdf