Conductive Education and spina bifida

Twenty years ago there was a spina bifida group at the Peto Institute and one of the first British children to go there was a little girl with the condition (Tippet, 1988, Ash, 1990). Since then the prevalence of spina bifida has been greatly reduced and children are placed in groups with athetoid children.

Consequently, some newly qualified conductors have not had training or experience in working with this condition. A request for help on the Conductive Community Discussion Forum made me look at what I have in the library. Not very much at all.

Here is a list which could be of some use and if anybody would like photocopies please get in touch with me. If you have anything else you are willing to let me have, please let me know.

Ash, A. and Ash, P. (1990) Our beautiful daughter has spina bifida. The Conductor, 2(4), pp.86-87.
Sutton, A. (1984) A note on the spina bifida group at the Institute for the Motor Disabled. Unpublished paper.
Sutton, A. (1987) Conductive Education and spina bifida. Ability, no.9,
pp.11-12.
Sutton, A. (1988) Conductive Education and spina bifida. Part II. Ability, no.10, pp.22-24.
Sutton, A. (1988) Conductive Education. Part III. Unanswered questions. Ability, no.11, p6.
Tippet, J. (1988) First experiences: Sophie Tippet. The Conductor, no.3,
pp.48-49.
Tippet, J. (1991) Life after Peto. The Conductor, 3(4), p84.
Whelan, K. (1986) Observation of the spina bifida group at the Peto Institute 16-18 June 1986. Unpublished paper.