Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Season's greetings to you all.

I hope 2010 will be a happy, healthy year for everybody. I am still recovering from the nasty virus I caught a few weeks ago so this posting is a little late, but better late than never, as they say!

Internet News no.7

It has been quiet on the Internet over the past weeks but here are some links that I have found that may be of interest.

Conductive Education

http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/4735281.New_chief_executive_for_Megan_Baker_House/
New chief executive for Megan Baker House, CE Centre, UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/publicservicesawards/runners-up
Joe Mawdsley, Rainbow Legacy Centre, UK, runner up for award.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091118/article_419793.htm
Conductive Education being applied at CereCare centre in Shanghai, in China

http://www.cerebralpalsybirthinjuryblog.com/2009/12/conductive_education_and_cereb.html
Video on Heel and Toe centre on cerebral palsy birth injury lawyer blog.

http://american-conductor.blogspot.com/2009/10/conductive-education-news-from-north.html
News of Conductive Education Awareness Day and ACENA conference now on ACENA website.

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/12/16/conductive-education-centre-christmas-pantomime-97319-25397501/
Christmas play at NICE, in Birmingham

http://www.cerebralpalsylawdoctor.com/technology/hungarian-born-method-treats-children-with-cerebral-palsy.html
Report of CE at Jackson Center in US.

http://www.marchofdimes.org/NR/rdonlyres/DA937E23-BAD9-43FD-91E8-AB0D61A8027E/0/CENewsletterFall2009Winter2010.pdf
Latest March of Dimes Conductive Education Newsletter published.　

Cerebral palsy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1236238/Why-did-Jude-Richmond-kill-disabled-daughter-Her-close-friend-reveals-drove-brilliant-woman-desperation.html
Friend speaks of desperation and despair.

http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2009/4770.html
Research focuses on mums with disabilities.

http://planetthrive.com/2009/12/using-dance-to-rewire-a-cerebral-palsy-brain/
Using dance to help cerebral palsy

Multiple sclerosis

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1229840/Vitamin-D--missing-link-multiple-sclerosis-sufferers.html
Vitamin D may help reduce symptoms.

Parkinson’s disease

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/12/19/a-hospital-patient-is-aiming-to-raise-100-000-to-find-a-cure-for-parkinson-s-disease-97319-25425185/
Young sufferer raising money for research into Parkinson’s.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8396112.stm
Worm could offer Parkinson’s clue.

http://www.viartis.net/parkinsons.disease/news/091203.htm
Detailed description of Parkinson’s disease dated 1690, has been discovered.

Stroke

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1235896/Electric-shocks-retrain-throat-muscles-help-stroke-victims-eat-again.html

http://www.viartis.net/parkinsons.disease/news/091203.htm
Anti depressants can up risk of stroke.

Conductive Education on the television

Its that time of year for 'feel good' stories everywhere and I understand that the March of Dimes centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia has had a visit from Gobal news TV crew. A session with participants and conductor was videoed earlier this week and is expected to be broadcast over this weekend or early next week.

Apparently it will be on their website eventually at

http://www.globalmaritimes.com/.

Perhaps there are other centres receiving similar coverage at the moment.

Heard this morning...

This morning I heard an interesting discussion on BBC Radio 4's programme Start the Week. The story behind the Internet encyclopedia, Wikipedia, was reported and the effects, growth and results of its presence discussed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p87qw#synopsis

Perhaps a similar encyclopedia relating to Conductive Education might prove enlightening and interesting to help those who know little about CE or understand its philosophy and practice. The entry for it in Wikipedia could do with elaboration and more detail perhaps. Difficult to establish I would think (technically and academically), and maybe it would not have enough solid knowledgable contributions.

Where has this week gone?

Since Sunday I have been the victim of a particulary nasty virus which has kept me in bed for five days and left me with a hacking cough and severe catarrh. Consequently, I have not even switched the computer on and checked my emails. When I did that this morning there was a large number of messages in my in-box and so I would like to say that if anyone has been waiting for a reply, please wait an little longer and I will get back to you all.

Just do it!

A new book on Conductive Education has just been published.

Twenty-one graduates of the Wolverhampton University/Foundation for Conductive Education degree course have contributed to this collection edited by Andrew Sutton and Gillian Maguire.

Mandy Elliott, Lisa Gombinsky, Rachael Skinner, Susanna Woo, Julia McDonald, Rebekah Wilkinson, Stephanie Driver, Eszter Richardson, Annamaria Berger, Kate Burke, Hannah Davies, Ingvild Froeysang, Anne-Christiane Wittig, Beth Brydon, Becky Featherstone, Marthe Gulbrandsen, Ben Foulger, Philippa Crane, Chloe Hicks, Lil Hege Skjerpen and Natalie Ibarguen-Sanchez have written about their experiences as new conductors.

The book costs £ 7.50 plus postage and packing and is published by Conductive Education Press: http://bit.ly/cep-justdoit

Reference

Sutton, A. and Maguire, G., eds. (2009) Just do it! Young conductors in their new world. Birmingham: Conductive Education Press.

Another new book on Conductive Education

Another book (details below), written in German has just been published and is available from Amazon at

http://www.amazon.com/Konduktiv-mehrfach-therapeutische-F%C3%B6rderung-nach/dp/3639206614

It is expensive - priced at $87.00 - and has 144 pages. More than that I cannot say as I have not seen it, but I will be very interested to receive any comments or information about this book which I can pass on.

Schwarzenbacher, S. (2009) Konduktiv mehrfach- therapeutische Förderung nach Petö und Keil: Theorie - Praxis - Effektivität. VDM-Verlag. ISBN-10: 3639206614 ISBN-13: 978-3639206616

Interconnections Electronic Bulletin

The latest issue of this free bulletin is now available at :

http://icwhatsnew.com/bulletin/index.htm

The Interconnections Electronic Bulletin is part of the Interconnections Information Services and goes free to over 10,000 people (and growing) in all parts of the UK and Ireland and then finds it way into many other networks and countries. It is aimed at all those involved in education, health and social services.

If you think it may be useful to anyone you know please pass this link on.

Jobs for conductors

Now recovered from a nasty tummy bug which made last week very uncomfortable, I can look at the outside world again. I notice today that Andrew has mentioned a conductor job going in Spain and I have had a request to mention the conductor-teacher post still unfilled in the US.

I quote:

...the need for a certified CE teacher here in the Washington , DC area. This school district is the one that has been working with Sixten’s Foundation (http://www.sixten.org/) and has successfully launched its pilot program last year.

This post has been advertised on the Employment center page of the new Conductive Education Communications Center website, but perhaps it needs more time to become a regular browsing page for conductors.

http://conductiveeducation.net/employment-center/

Also the Job Centre on the Foundation for Conductive Education's website has been having technical problems for some time now and might not be being viewed. Another thought is that maybe in these difficult financial times, conductors are staying put rather than moving around and looking for work.

Good luck to all those looking for a job and also to those wanting to recruit.

Photos taken in the Peto Institute

I was sent a link to some photos on the Internet which I thought I would mention on this blog.

Conductive Education centres all over the world have posted pictures on their websites illustrating their work with children, but these are very different. They are black and white, not colour, and carefully shot so they are more like works of art in their lighting and composition. Very interesting.

Click on the following link to see these forty-nine photos taken by Stuart Freedman of children in the Peto Institute, that have been posted as a slideshow. They are not dated and include a number of pictures of a British boy, Joe Pallot.

http://www.photoshelter.com/c/stuartfreedman/gallery-slideshow/G00007BLxf9u_EGI/?start

Stuart Freedman, is a photographer who has worked around the world from Afghanistan to Sierre Leone, and been published in der Spiegel, Paris Match and Newsweek. More information and other examples of his pictures can be found at

http://www.stuartfreedman.com/index.htm

New book about Conductive Education

Books on Conductive Education are not large in number so it is always of great interest when a new title comes out. This week I heard that a new book has been published in Germany this September on Conductive Education, written by a therapist.

Baumann, Angelika (2009) Die Beziehung zwischen Körperbehindertenpädagogik und Konduktiver Förderung in Bildung und Erziehung.

Oberhausen: ATHENA - Verlag. 592pp. ISBN 3898963659 Price 34.50 euros.

This has been written in German and the title translated into English is -

The relationship between physical disability, pedagogy and Conductive Education in education and upbringing.

Details can be found at

http://www.phoenix-kf.de/index.php?n1=&n2=&r1=I&r2=&BB_ID=25

And a brief abstract (in German) is available on Amazon at

http://www.amazon.de/Beziehung-K%C3%B6rperbehindertenp%C3%A4dagogik-Konduktiver-F%C3%B6rderung-Erziehung/dp/3898963659/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258299125&sr=1-2

Unfortunately my knowledge of German is a little weak to say the least, and so I cannot say anymore. However, I will look forward to receiving your comments and reviews which I will post on this blog.
　
　
　
　
　
　

Internet News no.6

This is a selection of news items found on the Internet in the past few weeks that may be of interest.

Conductive Education

http://english.mti.hu/default.asp?menu=1&theme=2&cat=25&newsid=264602
Hungarian president, Solyom, will visit the Tui Glen foundation for neurological rehabilitation, which maintains links with the Hungarian Peto Institute for Conductive Education.

http://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/4658542.Dudley_Parkinson_s_support_group_benefits_from_supermarket_shoppers/
Supermarket raises funds for Parkinson’s sufferers.

http://southdownsliving.blogspot.com/2009/10/vera-lynn-charitable-side-of-forces.html
Big fundraising event for Dame Very Lynn School for Parents in Sussex

http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Vacancies/Vacancy.aspx?VacancyId=565433
Management vacancy for centre in New Zealand

http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/4659585.Founder_of_Megan_Baker_House_charity_resigns_as_leader/
Megan Baker House founder resigns as leader of the centre in Herefordshire

http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1917041
Fundraiser benefit for March of Dimes

http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/4682132
Fundraiser for little boy attending Sara’s Garden

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/your_money/New_jobs_need_new_degrees
New degree in CE offered by Aquinas College

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=60536525
Video on adult work at the National Institute of Conductive Education

http://www.peoplenewspapers.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=E2F53C4F6B614F7B91AB36319693A230&AudID=DA7D68F24889442D98449D08560D8327

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/healthyliving/family/stories/DN-nh_kidfit_1013gd.ART.State.Edition1.4bc1e5c.html
Stories about CE at I Can Do All Things in Texas

http://www.guardian.co.uk/publicservicesawards/joe-mawdsley
Award for Joe Mawdsley, founder of Rainbow House, Cheshire

http://www.freep.com/article/20091109/NEWS06/911090330/1001/News/Michigan-news-10-million-drug-bust-in-Thumb-area
Fundraiser for Conductive Education center Metro Detroit

http://www.wowjobs.co.nz/job/Conductor+08+FTE-iris-auckland-218247
Details of a job in New Zealand

Blogs that mention CE

http://southdownsliving.blogspot.com/2009/10/would-you-walk-over-hot-coals-to-help.html

http://southdownsliving.blogspot.com/2009/11/incredible-mission-undertaken-for-dame.html

http://greimannkappa.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-day-on-job.html

http://themoose.aquinas.edu/2009/11/11/interested-in-special-education/

Cerebral palsy

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091001/babies_091001/20091001?hub=Health
Cooling premature babies’ brains appears to help limit brain damage

http://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/78878/llanberis-cerebral-palsy-climber-to-make-history.aspx
Man with cerebral palsy becomes first with condition to qualify as indoor climbing instructor

Multiple sclerosis

http://www.examiner.com/x-11509-Multiple-Sclerosis-Examiner~y2009m11d10-New-drug-once-used-as-bird-poison-shows-promise-for-Multiple-Sclerosis
New drug may help MS

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/11/06/early-relapse-of-ms-may-mean-fewer-issues-later.html
Early relapse may mean fewer issues later

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/11/09/obese-teenage-girls-run-a-greater-risk-of-developing-multiple-sclerosis-115875-21807906/
Obesity may create greater risk of developing MS.

Parkinson’s disease

http://www.viartis.net/parkinsons.disease/news/091113.htm
Michael J Fox’s foundation funds four new approaches to Parkinson’s disease.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/6350921/Can-drugs-for-Parkinsons-Disease-cause-uncontrollable-desires.html
Drugs for Parkinson’s have compulsive side effects

http://news.therecord.com/Life/article/627960
Space perception may be reason for ‘freezing’ in Parkinson’s.

Stroke

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hkqiBIF0sct2MYYFjLhpYmhgy8hQ
Doctors link migraine to strokes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2009/nov/10/common-infections-may-increase-stroke-risk
Common infections may increase stroke risk

http://u.tv/News/Revolutionary-drug-for-stroke-victims/8aba35f5-3469-488e-9544-a4bdb75206c6
New drug helping save lives in Northern Ireland

Disability issues

http://lifeandstyle.independentminds.livejournal.com/698875.html
Families with disabled children receive little support from outside the family in UK

Reviews of the documentary - When a mother's love is not enough

The documentary was broadcast last night and unfortunately I was not able to watch it and have not tried the Internet yet. Others did see it and a number of reviews have appeared in the media.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6539642/When-a-Mothers-Love-Is-Not-Enough-BBC-One-review.html

There are 18 comments on this.

http://channelhopping.onthebox.com/2009/11/09/when-a-mothers-love-is-not-enough-review-special-television/

The end of this review calls the programme 'a worthwhile piece of entertainment' and has five comments on it.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television--when-a-mothers-love-is-not-enough-bbc1-james-mays-toy-stories-bbc2-john-sergeant-on-the-tourist-trail-itv1-1818096.html

No comments so far on this one.

Would anyone like to add to these with their thoughts ?

When a mother's love is not enough

This the title of a documentary on BBC1 television on Tuesday 10 November at 10.35pm and should be of interest to all those with disabled children as it presents it as it is. Rosa Monkton (best known for being a friend of Princess Diana) has a daughter with Down's syndrome and in this film she meets and interviews other families struggling to raise a disabled child.

In the Radio Times it says:

The emphasis here is deliberately - and courageously -on the hardships that come with caring for disabled children rather than the joys...All the parents - including Monckton - and able-bodied siblings talk freely about their lowest points. Some even admit to thinking about harming their children. It's not easy to watch as families battle to keep it together and prepare for a difficult future.

On Tuesday morning there will be a piece about this on BBC1 Breakfast News (between 8.15am and 9.15am) as Julie Evett, a parent who appears in the film and Rosa Monckton are interviewed.

The documentary should be accessible via the BBC's website for those unable to watch it on television

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ntmbf

New Conductive Education portal now up and running!

Today I received the press release re the new CE portal which is now up and running. Rather than try and summarise it I have reproduced it here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 5, 2009 Contact: M.J. Szimanski
Publisher@conductiveducation.net
202.560.75 1 6


Conductive Education Communications Center (CECC) Launched at

www.ConductiveEducation.net

Website Portal will Connect and Inform Parents, Educators and Legislators with Conductive Education Resources and News for Children with Cerebral Palsy and Related Disorders


WASHINGTON, DC – The Conductive Education Communications Center (CECC) website, blog and discussion forum was officially launched today at

http://www.conductiveeducation.net/.

The CECC website is specifically designed for parents, certified Conductive Education teachers and specialists, other therapists, center and facility owners, service providers, legislators, attorneys, the media and those involved with the care and education of children with cerebral palsy and related neuromuscular disorders.

The Conductive Education Communications Center offers areas including a blog, links, a resource toolbox, videos, attorney resources, worldwide Conductive Education centers, an employment center (for those seeking both Conductive Education employment and applicants), recent and relevant articles, news and perhaps most importantly, a discussion forum for parents, educators and others to discuss Conductive Education resources and experiences. Contributions from parents, educators and others will also we welcomed.

According to the Peto Institute (http://www.petoinstitute.org/), Conductive Education’s founding organization, “Conductive education is a unique system of teaching and learning for children with motor disorders such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida. It is designed to improve motor skills and increase independence of many aspects of common living.

Conductive Education was developed at the Petö Institute (http://www.peto.hu/) in Hungary over 40 years ago and has now been widely established in Hungary, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Israel , and others. There are other centers using principles of Conductive Education in Malta and New Zealand as well.”

For further information on the Conductive Education Communications Center , please contact the publisher at publisher@conductiveeducation.net. Sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available.

New content is still to be added and a little tweaking to be done. I am sure Mike Szimanski would appreciate any feedback that you may wish to give and it will be interesting to see how it develops.

Award for Conductive Education

Another award for someone in Conductive Education was announced today. Six years ago the Guardian public service awards were created and are run in conjunction with Hays Specialist Recruitment. The awards are for all organisations involved in public services including those in the public, private or voluntary sector. For further information see:

://www.guardian.co.uk/publicservicesawards/about-the-awards

The Award for 2009 has been given to Joe Mawdsley, founder of the Rainbow House Centre in Cheshire. The article states:

In April 2001, four months after her five and three year old sons' were diagnosed with the rare genetic life-threatening disorder (CDG), Mawdsley created Rainbow House, a self-help group delivering conductive educational and holistic therapies to six children including her own boys. Mawdsley funded the centre for two years using her disability allowance. In 2003, Rainbow House became a charity tending 112 youngsters weekly, in Chorley, its East Lancashire and Cumbria branches.
Officially opened by Princess Royal in 2007, the emotional, physical and behavioural rehabilitation centre now treats 187 children aged from 7 months to 21 years old. And there is a two year waiting list. It employs 32 staff plus an on-site physiotherapist and provides tailor-made treatments from 7.30 am until 6.30pm for 50 weeks a year. Last year, in Mawdsley's drive to raise £1m annual maintenance, this indefatigable mother-of-three addressed 85 charitable groups nationwide and organised countless communal events.
Despite living with a ticking time-bomb, Mawdsley remains positive stating: "My boys shouldn't sit up, talk, feed, toilet themselves or walk - albeit with crutches - but they do . They were fine at birth. But at 13 months, Tom, now 11, was discharged from hospital to die. At 4 months, Will, now 13, stopped supporting his head. Looking into his eyes, it seemed his light had been switched off -nothing there. I've been desperate and suicidal. Occupational and physiotherapies proved ineffective, so I arrived with 21 months old Will, floppy like jelly in my arms, at Merseyside Association for Conductive Education. Three months later he crawled, sat and uttered his first word- 'No!'"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/publicservicesawards/joe-mawdsley

A wonderful result, Joe, and great publicity for Conductive Education.

Access to new portal now available

The new portal for CE is now up at

www.conductiveeducation.net

and I have managed to register for the Forum. Andrew has blogged that he has found it impossible to do so, so perhaps adjustments have now been made. Do try.

I hope to look at the website more closely and will say more later.

Announcement of Interesting National Seminar in London

I have received notification of a seminar in London on 27 November which should be of interest to parents and professionals working with babies and young children. The following was sent to me :

This Interconnections seminar in London on Thursday 27th November 2009 is for multi-disciplinary practitioners and managers who support babies and young children who need ongoing multiple interventions and their families. We will address the questions:

Do we offer some vulnerable infants
too many practitioners?
Do we give some infants too many separate therapy
and education programmes?
Should we assess the infant’s emotional, social
and psychological readiness before asking him or her to relate to so many
people?

As seminar facilitator, [Peter Limbrick] will argue that it is not always appropriate to assume that ‘multiple’ disability needs ‘multiple’ practitioners. The Team Around the Child model will be offered as the forum for creative solutions when a baby or pre-school child is being overloaded.
The venue is

Friends Meeting House near Euston Station and the cost varies between £75 and £120. There are free places for parents.

For more information and booking form please contact Peter Limbrick, Interconnections – the home of Team Around the Child. Tel: 01497 831550 E-mail: p.limbrick@virgin.net Web: www.icwhatsnew.com

Conductive Education Communications Center is nearly here

It is nearly the end of October when the new portal being set up in the US is due to be launched.The announcement of its aims and content has now been extended and updated. For further details go to

http://conductiveeducation.blogspot.com/

The portal, Conductive Education Communications Center, hopes to provide information for all those interested and involved in Conductive Education and 'will allow you and others to learn more about Conductive Education and share what they know'.

It will provide, amongst other services, articles and information obtained from libraries, (I hope copyright has been looked at here), a discussion forum, a blog, access to videos and news, sample forms, correspondence and strategies to help support Conductive Education in your area, webinars, and advertise centres, services etc for a fee.

This is a lot of information to be kept up to date and accurate, so I wish the CECC the best of luck and look forward to posting about the launch soon.

Presentations from the Finland 'European Conductive Education' conference

In May Susie posted a blog about a ‘European’ Conductive Education conference in Helsinki, Finland happening in October this year.

http://www.susie-mallett.org/2009/05/revealing-soul-and-magic-will-simply.html

This took place on 19 October at Ruskeasuo School in Helsinki from 9am-4pm with an hour break for lunch. I cannot find information on who organised the conference and assume it was Ruskeasuo School which I believe has been 'applying the principles of Conductive Education' for some time now.

There were parallel presentations in two halls, six in each and two plenary speakers. Franz Schaffhauser, director of the Peto Institute, started the morning programme with Ideas and Methods in Conductive Education and Logotherapy and Melanie Brown the afternoon sessions with Conductive Education an unchanging philosophy and changing methodology.

Nineteen people presented, six of whom were conductors. Three from the National Institute in Birmigham, England, one from the Norsk Forum for Konduktiv Pedagogikk, Norway and two from Joriel School, Stockholm, Sweden.

All presentations (except Franz Schaffhauser’s) are available in their Powerpoint formats at

http://www.ruskis.fi/innovation_in_conductive_education-educational_equality_presentations.html

It seems to be the trend at the moment to talk to Powerpoint and consequently the presentation is not written down for publication in proceedings or to give interested parties. As a result there is no written record for those who could not make the conference to read, or to archive in libraries for future reference. Perhaps this conference will be different. There is no mention either of a report on the conference to follow, but again perhaps that will come later.

Susie made the point in her blog that finance can play a big part in whether conductors can attend such gatherings or not.

http://www.susie-mallett.org/2009/05/when-it-comes-to-crunch.html

It would be interesting to know how many managed to get to this one.

New Conductive Education portal about to be launched

I received an email over the weekend informing me that the new portal www.conductiveeducation.net is being launched this week.

Watch this space for more information.

New portal may still help parents find out more about Conductive Education

Two things have been sent to me today which made me think about the lack of accessible accurate information for parents on what Conductive Education is and what it could do for their child.

Firstly, a discussion forum for parents had a posting asking about CE and received two very limited responses. Perhaps parents or centres would like to elaborate on these and help the mother make an informed decision.

http://www.parent-2-parent.com/forum/showthread.php?p=223940

I imagine there may be other forums with similar requests; it is difficult to keep track of them all.

Secondly, two stories in the Texas press highlight the success of Conductive Education for one child and relate the process of finding out about it and the setting up a centre by this child's parents. This may provide publicity in Texas but that doesn't necessarily spread out from there.

http://www.peoplenewspapers.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=E2F53C4F6B614F7B91AB36319693A230&AudID=DA7D68F24889442D98449D08560D8327

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/healthyliving/family/stories/DN-nh_kidfit_1013gd.ART.State.Edition1.4bc1e5c.html

How this lack of information can be remedied is a moot question. The proposed CE website, www.conductiveEducation.net, announced earlier this year failed to meet its launch dates in April and May, but now hopes to launch on 30 October and intends to act as a portal for all those interested in CE at all levels. See-

http://conductiveeducation.blogspot.com/

Maybe this will go some way to providing answers.

Conductive Education videos

It is great to receive emails passing on information to me about sources of information in Conductive Education. Today I had one from Susie about a website which has a list of Conductive Education videos on the Internet. No indication of the compiler is given but the URL does include a reference to fantasy football!

There is a substantial number listed and the title, source and brief description of each is given. Some have been produced by parents highlighting the progress of their child/children receiving Conductive Education and some by conductors who wish to demonstrate their work in a particular session, group or centre. This could be a useful source of information for those wanting to see 'what conductors do' .

Also included is a selection of news items.

http://www.fantasyfootball101.mallentry.com/Conductive+Education/

Please keep such emails coming and I will blog the details.

Honorary conductors

I received an email re the exact date that Marion Fang was made an honorary conductor and it set me thinking about honorary conductors in general. In the process I remembered having seen a list on the Internet in the past and have managed to track it down on the website of the 5th World Congress of Conductive Education, 2007.

http://www.ce-congress2007.com/v1/content/7/honorary.html?lang=en

Here it states the criteria for the award.

The College Senate of the International Peto Institute gives the Honorary Conductor Award. It was established in 1990 to recognise the work of non-conductors in the field, which is well known both in the homeland and internationally. Nominations are initiated by leading persons and are submitted to the International Peto Association Executive Committee. The IPA Nominating Committee considers the person’s contribution to the development of Conductive Education and is deserving of wider and more formal recognition. Final nomination is submitted to the Senate of the International Peto College who are authorized to make a final decision about acceptance.

Included is a list of the recipients from 1990-2007 which includes Marion Fang who received her award in 2001 at the World Congress held in London.

The site also has a list of all the World Congresses with their dates and venues.

No doubt nominations to receive the award at the Congress in Hong Kong, 2010 will be requested soon, if they have not been already.

'History is more or less bunk' - is it so for Conductive Education?

I have received an enquiry about the history of Conductive Education which made me realise that this is a very difficult area to investigate with few accurate sources.

Over the years I have seen a number of publications and papers which give different accounts, have different dates for the same events and different emphases. Primary sources for information are very thin on the ground and quite a few accounts rely on the memories of those involved and have no references for follow up. I built up a collection of such materials, which can give at least some of the answers if carefully looked at, and the National Library of Conductive Education is now a rich resource of all sorts of material, including videos and press cuttings, in a variety of languages which can help to confirm facts and check details. I am sure that the Peto Institute library has an equally good collection of material too.

This would make a wonderful research project for someone.

Here are a few items which may be worth considering in a first trawl through the known resources, in no particular order.

Hári, M. (1999) A history of conductive pedagogy. Budapest: International Peto Institute.

Mária Hári produced this history published in Hungarian, English and German editions which includes details of the spread of CE outside Hungary. Some details do not tally with other accounts especially in relation to the UK. As I recall, there are no references.

Forrai, J. (1999) Memoirs of the beginnings of conductive pedagogy and András Petõ. Budapest: Ú j Aranyhí d and Birmingham: Foundation for Conductive Education.

This concentreates on the memories of those who knew Peto and discusses how he started, who he worked with and the development of his services into the Institute.

Sutton, A. (1986) The social-historical context. In Cottam, P. and Sutton, A., ed. Conductive Education; a system for overcoming motor disorder. London: Croom Helm, pp.3-28.

This early account includes a number of references that were available in English at the time of writing and concentrates on the system in Hungary.

Sutton, A. (2004) Mária Hári, from whom we have still so much to learn. Unpublished paper.

A paper read in tribute to Mária Hári after her death and looks at her achievements.

Kilborn, E. (2007) The Hungarian origins of Conductive Education: an educational system for children with neurological disorders (1945-2001). Unpublished paper.

This paper was written as a precursor to a research project which did not get started in the end.

Balogh, M., ed. (2007) Mária Hári and her conductive education. Budapest: International Pető Institute.

This book is also a tribute to Hári and looks at the development of the Peto Institute. English and Hungarian editions are available.

Ákos, K. and Ákos, M. (1997) The enigmatic Dr Petõ . The Conductor, 6(3-4), pp.49-55.

The Ákos' recall their experiences of working with Peto.

Maguire, G. and Sutton, A., ed. (2004) Mária Hári on conductive pedagogy. Birmingham: Foundation for Conductive Education.

This is a collection of papers presented by Mária Hári between 1967 and 2001. Each paper has an introduction putting it in its historical context.

On a previous blog in November 2008, I included a list of material relating to Peto himself. http://www.conductiveeducationinformation.org/2008/11/what-do-we-know-about-andrs-pet.html

This is only a small selection and I would suggest anyone wishing to consult any of these or other material in the National Library should contact mel@conductive-education.org.uk

By the way, just in case you were wondering, the title of this posting includes a well known quote from Henry Ford, motor car manufacturer.

Dealing with change

It has never been easy to establish, promote and provide Conductive Education and it is not likely to get easier in the current situation. Daily we read and hear about the collapse of companies and the consequent redundancies. Conductive Education may not be exempt from this.

I have just read a book recommended by a friend. Bearing in mind that the current financial situation means the world as we know it is changing and we all have to change with it, I thought I would pass the details on for those who may be interested.

Who Moved My Cheese? intends to show the reader 'an amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life'.

Not being one for self help books I approached this with some reluctance, but now think it is worth a read particularly as it is short and easy to understand.

Written by an American well known for writing The One Minute Manager, it intends to help you deal with difficult changes in your life, taking the situation seriously, but not yourself. Perhaps this is something we all forget, especially at difficult times, and we may need all the help we can get to battle through. I am sure that most of us will see the contents of this book as common sense, but I think sometimes we need the obvious to be pointed out.

Reference

Johnson, S. (1998) Who moved my cheese? London: Vermillion.

Its all Greek to me

Holidays in Greece usually mean lots of lovely food, wine, good company and wonderful weather. The sun has proved somewhat elusive this year and there has been heavy rain for almost twenty-four hours. It reminded me of the monsoons I experienced as a child when I lived in Malaya. Fortunately the sun has come back now and hopefully will last for the last two days of my stay.

I am visiting Zakynthos and went to the main town which has been completely rebuilt since the 1953 earthquake which destroyed most of the buildings on the island. Only three buildings were left standing in the town - a church, a school and a bank. Fire then ravaged all that was left.

The Cultural centre has a library with the most beautiful wooden bookcases with glass fronts - a step back in time! The island archive is in the same building and is kept also in similar glass fronted bookcases, consisting of lots of paper files tied up with coloured tapes. A bit of a busman's holiday looking at these, I suppose.

This year I have seen more wheelchairs than I have ever before, but the Greeks have installed ramps of various sizes - some impossibly steep and narrow - making all buildings, including bars and restuarants accessible with help if necessary.

By the way, is there a conductor/and or conductive services in Greece? I seem to remember hearing about some recently. If anyone has information please let me know for my next listing of centres/services worldwide.

Its back to the beach now, then perhaps another ouzo before dinner. I must make the most of this holiday as it may be a long time before the next one.

Internet News no.5

It has been fairly quiet over the past few weeks so there are fewer items than usual in all subject areas. Perhaps the next few weeks will present a different picture. One particularly interesting item is an advert for a new Chief Executive for a CE centre.

Conductive Education

http://www.trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=111434&sc=68
Parent in Nova Scotia enthuses about Conductive Education.

http://www.loughboroughecho.net/whats-on-loughborough/events-leicestershire/2009/08/26/money-for-steps-at-music-in-the-meadows-73871-24534888/
Fundraiser for Steps Centre in Leicestershire
　
http://prayersforlittleangels.blogspot.com/2009/08/congratulations-zachary.html
Mother raising money to send child to Colorado Centre

http://www.prlog.org/10341804-cetsat-adopts-childrens-charity-to-help-50000-londoners-impacted-by-cerebral-palsy.html
IT company ‘adopts’ London CE centre which gets £14,000 investment

http://imagebearer.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/the-brace-race/
Fundraiser for Blue Ridge Association for Conductive Education centre in Virginia

http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/320352/chief-executive
Advert for new Chief Executive for CE centre in UK
　
Cerebral palsy

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-cerebralpalsy-bab,0,7147081.story
Michigan State University using $1.9 million federal recovery grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study causes of cerebral palsy by taking blood samples from all new born babies.
　
Multiple sclerosis
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1207217/The-2p-blood-pressure-pill-holds-multiple-sclerosis-bay.html
Cheap blood pressure tablet able to hold off MS
　
Parkinson’s disease

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/09/15/pesticides-in-parkinson-s-disease-link-115875-21674838

Claim that working with pesticides can raise risk of getting Parkinson’s disease.

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS80235+14-Sep-2009+PRN20090914
Announcement of the first of a series of conferences for those with early onset Parkinson’s disease.

http://www.itnews.it/news/2009/0914091001470/new-online-resource-for-people-with-parkinson-s-their-families-and-carers.html
New online resource for people with Parkinson’s disease, their families and carers.
　
Strokes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1213471/When-singer-Edwyn-Collins-strokes-family-desperate-help-But-nurses-treated-nuisance.html
Report of inadequate care for Edwyn Collins after his strokes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1210030/New-blood-thinning-stroke-drug-save-lives-cut-reliance-warfarin.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2009/sep/02/safer-alternative-to-warfarin-for-protection-from-stroke
New blood thinning drug could help save lives and protect from stroke.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/displayarticle.asp?id=447063
Stroke survivor talks about her recovery

Another CE Centre added to US list

I have been alerted today about a CE centre in Virginia, United States - Blue Ridge Association of Conductive Education (BRACE) - which I was not aware of.

http://imagebearer.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/the-brace-race/

Details of this centre have now been added to the US list which has a link on the right-hand side. Please do let me know if you are aware of others which need to be included.

CE Centres worldwide A-F

This is a list of centres or programs employing conductors, in countries beginning with letter A to letter F. If I have missed any centres or programs, or included wrong details, do please let me know so that I can amend accordingly.

Australia
CE Assoc. of W. Australia19 Carson Street East Victoria Park 6101 Western Australia Australia
contact: Trevor Granland, President phone: 08 9361 7500 fax: 08 9361 6363
email: katrinag22@bigpond.com web site: http://www.conductiveedwa.com.au/

Centre for Conductive Education
McLeod Centre, 189 Alhambie Road, Alhambie Heights, NSW 2100
contact: Joan Bratel phone: 02 9975 8424 fax: 02 9975 8420
email: mailto:%20jbratel@tscnsw.org.au web site: http://%20www.tscnsw.org.au/services/conded

Conductive Education ServiceSpecial Education Resource Unit, 724 Marlborough Street, Henley Beach, SA
contact: Assistant Manager tel 8235 2871
email admin@seru.sa.edu.au website http://web.seru.sa.edu.au/

Kidman Park Primary SchoolDean Avenue Kidman Park Adelaide 5025 Australia
contact: Meryl Davidson phone: 011 618 353 2444 fax: 011 618 235 1357
email: mdavidso@kidmanpkps.sa.edu.au

National Association Conductive Education (SA)
P.O.Box 152 Fulham Gardens South Australia Australia
contact: Andrew Rabbitt phone: 0408845135
email: andrewra@kin.on.net web site: http://www.conductiveeducationsa.org/


Austria

Institut Keil
Bergstetggasse 36- 38 A - 1170 Wien Austria
contact: Monika Weiszmann phone: 0043 1 408 81 22 fax: 0043 1 408 81 22 16
email: office@institutkeil.at web site: http://www.institutkeil.at/

Mehrfach Therapeutisches Zentrum MTZ - LinzDauphinestarsse 56 A - 4030 Linz Austria contact: Mr Kapellner / Mrs Schmid
phone: 0043 732 30 40 20 fax: 0043 732 30 40 20 20
email: mtz-linz@aon.at web site: http://www.therapie-mtz.at/

Bahrain
Al Matrook Conductive Rehabilitation Centre
Duraz, Bahrain
[No other information available]

Belgium

Centre et Ecole “La Famille”
Rue Jean Jacquet 25 1081 Bruxelles Belgium contact: Yves Bawin phone: 02 411 31 37 fax: 02 410 93 35
email: yves.bawin@geslafamille.be web site: http://www.geslafamille.be/


Brazil
Associação Beneficente Pássaros de LuzItajai, Santa Catarina
Email: edcondutivaitajai@hotmail.com

Educação Condutiva Com Amor
Florianópolis- Santa Catarina
Rod. SC 401, km 14 Vargem Pequena
contact: Leticia Kuerten email: leticia.kuerten@gmail.com
and educacaocondutiva@gmail.com
Internet http://educacaocondutiva.blogspot.com/

Canada
Ability Camp Inc
RR#8 Picton Ontario KDK2T0 Canada
contact: Kevin Hickling, Director phone: 1-800-442-6992
email: mailto:sandy@abilitycamp.com web site: http://www.abilitycamp.com/

Families of Alberta for Conductive Education (FACE)
Hope Lutheran Church, 3527 Boulton Road, NW Calgary, AB T2L 2L3
contact: Andrea Hargitai  email: Conductor@conductive-education.ca
website: http://www.conductive-education.ca/Conductive_Education_Alberta/Conductive_Ed.html


March of Dimes
10 Overlea Boulevard Toronto Ontario M4H 1A4 Canada
contact: Brent Page phone: 416 425 3463 fax: 416 425 1920 email: bpage@marchofdimes.ca web site: http://www.marchofdimes.ca/
Sessions also available in Nova Scotia. contact: Beth Brydon phone:902-401-8425
e-mail: bbrydon@marchofdimes.ca.

Purpose Conductive Education Lower Mainland Purpose Society, 40 Begbie Street New Westminster, B.C. V3M 3L9 Canada contact: James Forliti, Coordinator phone: 604-526-2522 fax: 604-526-6546
email: james.fotliti@purposesociety.org web site: http://www.purposesociety.org/

Strive for Children

PO Box 2900, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 7W7

Contact; Centre Manager phone: (647)828-5255 email: strive@striveforchildren.com

or  tunde@striveforchildren.com   website: http://striveforchildren.com/index.html

The Movement Centre of Manitoba Inc.1646 Henderson Hwy Winnipeg Manitoba R2G 1N7
contact: Margy Nelson, Executive Director phone: 204 489 2679 fax: 204 255 2947
email: mailto:margy@movementcentre.ca web site: http://www.movementcentre.ca/
 
S.T.E.P.S. (Special Therapy & Education Program of Saugeen). Contact: Angela Richard e-mail a_richard@yahoo.com phone: 519 797 1935 website: http://www.stepsahead.ca/Home.html

S.W.O.N.T. Optimist Conductive Education Trust FundP.O. Box 22, Pain Court, ON N0P 1Z0
contact: Manager phone: 519-351-2089 fax: 519-351-3494
email: steps@swontconductiveeducation.com or website: http://swontconductiveeducation.com/


Denmark

Conductive Education Program Copenhagen Istedgade 44, 41650 KH V Copenhagen, Denmark
contact: Andrea Sabroe  email: cp@petocph.dk   web site:  http://www.petocph.dk/


CP Skolen
Gustav Zimmersvej 23 9430 Vadum Denmark contact: Centre Manager phone: 98 26 96 93 email: bevaegelsesskolen@get2net.dk web site: http://www.cpskolen.dk/

Geelsgårdskolen
Kongevejen 252, 2830 Virumcontact: Manager phone:. 45114000 Fax: 45114001 email: geelsch@hav1.regionh.dk

Konduktiv Pædagogik i Danmark
Primulahaven 52 Smørumnedre 2765 Smørum Denmark contact: Jette Olsen phone: 44 651757 email: nanni@smorumnet.dk

Eire (Ireland)

Cork Centre for Conductive Education
Cork Peto Group Ltd,Bandon Business Centre,Lauragh,Bandon,Co. Cork, Ireland
Phone: +353(0)23 29834  email: info@corkpeto.ie
website: http://www.corkpeto.ie/index.php



Hand in Hand

Norbreck, Belvedere Lawn, Douglas, Cork, Ireland.
contact: Hajnalka Kele  phone: 00353 (0) 879560460 
email: contacthandinhand@mail.com
website:  http://www.handinhand-conductiveeducation.com/



France

Association Noemi   675 re Pateur 59652 Sainghin en Melantois France
contact: Olivier Delplanque email: assonoemi@wanadoo.fr
website: http://www.assonoemi.fr/?p=135

Centre d'Education Conductive de Bayeux  Honorine Leve Toi, 39 rue des bouchers 14 400 BAYEUX
contact: Melanie Jeannot    phone : +33(0)2.31.22.02.19 – email: asso.hlt@orange.fr
website: www.honorine-leve-toi.org

Where can I get books on Conductive Education?

I was sent an email this week asking about the book Susie mentions in a comment on Andrew's blog about spina bifida

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1817853304487578335&postID=1716217999823721751&isPopup=true

Dr.Erika Medveczky's book published, I think, in 2006 is Conductive Education as an educational method of neurorehabilitation. Budapest: Peto Institute. ISBN963 229 819 5

This particular book, in Hungarian or English, is only available from the Peto Inbstitute. Although they no longer have a list of publications on their website, the library holds stock, can supply items and would, I am sure, let you know what else is still in print that they can supply.

Contact balogh.margit@peto.hu

Unfortunately I, personally, do not have books on CE for sale, but can suggest where to go.

Some titles can be ordered from the Foundation for Conductive Education and include:

Akos, K. and Akos, M. (1991) Dina. Birmingham: Foundation for Conductive Education

Maguire, G. and Sutton, S., ed. (2004) Maria Hari on conductive pedagogy. Birmingham: Foundation for Conductive Education.

Maguire, G. and Nanton, V., ed. (2005) Looking back and looking forward. Birmingham: Foundation for Conductive Education.

All three titles should be available via Amazon too.

The Foundation also has a number of other titles in their catalogue produced in the 1990s and I suggest you contact them for availability. These include:

Come wind come weather

The transitional years

A different outlook

The Foundation may also hold copies of Adult Conductive Education; a practical guide for sale.

Copies of all titles mentioned here should also be accessible to users and members of the National Library of Conductive Education.

If anyone knows of new titles published on Conductive Education please let me know. Details of any I hear about will be posted on this blog.

Final issue of RACE now in the mail

Today it was confirmed that all subscribers to RACE will receive their copies of the final issue shortly as these are now in the post.

Anyone who does not receive their copy should contact Melanie Brown mel@conductive-education.org.uk

Spina bifida in the news

Yesterday I saw a news item on television about the rise of spina bifida cases in Scotland. The Scottish Association for Spina Bifida was recommending that women hoping to have a child should take folic acid as a precaution.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/north/120266-mother-backs-folic-acid-campaign/

This morning I read of about a parent's blog new to me that is reporting her child's sessions at the Conductive Learning Center in Michigan.

http://whitneynelson.blogspot.com/

On this she reports that a child with spina bifida is in her daughter's group, and I wondered if this is a sign that spina bifida is increasing outside the UK too. The Peto Institute has always had a Conductive Education group for those with the condition, and some of the first non-Hungarian children to go there in the 1980s had spina bifida.

Due to the decline in numbers it has not featured much in Conductive Education in the UK since then, as far as I am aware. Perhaps things will change and conductors will need a refresher course on those children's needs.

If any centres do have groups with spina bifida children, please let me know and I will put the information up on this blog.

Final issue of RACE journal now available

When the journal, Recent Advances in Conductive Education, edited by Andrew Sutton and myself, was started in 2001, it aimed to publish original research and facilitate continuing professional development for conductors and everyone with a concern for Conductive Education worldwide. Over the last eight years it has strived to do this.

As it has become more difficult to obtain material for publication and the practicalities of putting an issue together more arduous, it was decided, reluctantly, to finish the run with volume 7 number 2. A detailed explanation of this decision is given in the editorial of this last issue.

This has now been published. It was due out in December 2008 but due to unforeseen circumstances, has been delayed until now.

The final formatting and technical production was completed by Elliot Clifton, and Andrew and I went into the National Institute of Conductive Education (as it was open on Friday morning) and copied, stapled and finished the production process. All those with subscriptions should receive their copy shortly.

The contents consist of an editorial, two articles and two book reviews as follows:

Editorial

Articles

Reflections upon conductive upbringing A pedagogic essay – Susie Mallett

Abstract: In the English-speaking world since the late nineteen-sixties, the term 'Conductive Education' has largely displaced the concept of 'conductive upbringing' (English translation of the system's Hungarian name), with unknown effects upon how this work is perceived. Drawing from her personal experience as a trainee-conductor at the Peto Institute in Budapest, at the start of the nineties, the author describes the total conductive upbringing that Hungarian children and conductors shared there, the children being brought up by conductors largely apart from their families. Foreign children experienced a different, less total regime that parents soon sought to export home. Drawing then upon her subsequent, experience, working as a conductor in Germany, she presents the principles of her goals on developing her own practice for conductive upbringing, as total as what she knew at the Peto Institute but family-based rather that institutional. Three case studies describe a to-date eleven-year involvement with one family of a child with cerebral palsy and a much shorter, intervention, of one year, with another. In the third, the term 'conductive lifestyle' is suggested as more appropriate than 'upbringing' when speaking of adult work, and a to-date twelve-year involvement with the life of a lady who has had a stroke is described.

Management report: Conductive Education programs in North America – David C. Dvorak

Abstract: Development of Conductive Education services across North America has been driven by parents of children with motor disorders seeking to establish Conductive Education programs local to their homes. During 2006-7, some fifty programs were found in various listings. Only thirty were found to be operational, twenty-five of which responded to brief enquiry on the management challenges that they experienced. Center administrators’ responses clustered mainly in five areas, finance, conductors, overall management, leadership and marketing/publicity. Respondents also offered suggestions as to how these issues might be addressed, helping in the creation of a Management Report on Conductive Education Programs in North America.

Reviews

Eva Beck - Feladatsorok a konduktív nevelésben – reviewed by Tunde Rozsahegyi

Nia Wyn - Blue Sky July – reviewed by Gayle Westcott

The end of something is always a mixture of sadness and celebration and the three of us involved in the journal over the years feel both in equal measure. Sad that its the last issue, and pleased to have finally completed it. I would like to convey the editors' appreciation and thanks to Elliot who helped so much in a voluntary capacity with all the technical bits we did not understand.

Perhaps the journal may be restarted in the future or replaced by another publication - we shall have to wait and see.

Anyone interested in purchasing a copy of this issue or any of the previous issues, should contact Melanie Brown at the Foundation for Conductive Education mel@conductive-education.org.uk

Visit to Paces Campus, Sheffield

After visiting the Conductive Education Centre in the new Forest, I received an invitation to visit Paces in Sheffield, Yorkshire. I have now been and had a very interesting and informative day out. I must admit to not looking forward to the drive up the M1 motorway, but the day was sunny and the traffic reasonably light.

Paces campus is set in the countryside north of Sheffield in a 5 acre site. It was originally a comprehensive school which had closed and Sheffield Council invited Norman Perrin and Karen Hague, to look at the site in 1996. Norman and Karen are parents of children (now young adults) with cerebral palsy who had been to the Peto Institute in Hungary and wanted to set up Conductive Education services near their home. It was offered to them at a very small rent. They took it on a short lease of three months which was extended and lasted 12 years. In January 2009 they were granted a 40 year lease.

http://www.looklocal.org.uk/detail.php?id=1241

Most centres offering Conductive Education deal with that exclusively or offer other therapies too, but Paces is very different. It was decided that the site would not just be a home for Conductive Education services but be community led, the services would be a part of something else. The partnership with others meant the site would be managed jointly and it was hoped the different groups would grow and interlink. Paces campus, as it is known, is now an inclusive community and business hub which specialises in business development, children, disabilities, sports and art and is used by a variety of groups.

Now the site is managed by the High Green Development Trust. All 14 groups using the buildings are members of this and involved in the management, development and promotion of the site. The lease is held by the Trust which can issue licences to use the building and charge the rents that are used to pay for the management of it. Membership organisations are broadly charitable but private companies are not excluded by the terms of the lease.

Conductive Education services

In 1997 Sheffield Council paid for four children to attend and this has developed into Paces High Green School for Conductive Education led by Gabor Fellner. Services for 0-18yrs and beyond are offered and include the following programmes during school term dates:

Parent and child programme for 0-5 years. Sessions are offered Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons .

School placement aged 5-11years. 9.00-300pm, 5 days per week.

School placement aged 11-18 years. 9.00-3.30pm, 5 days per week.

A young adults group which has sessions throughout the year, so this was the only group in action the day I visited as it is now the summer holiday for schools in the UK. On Wednesday the four participants had prepared and eaten their lunch with their conductor, Emma, and were happy to welcome visitors into their group.

Staff

There are 5 permanent conductors who work with the children and they organise the academic curriculum according to the National Curriculum, modified where necessary based on needs. Norman and Karen are still active in the running of the centre.

The future

There are plans to extend the services and facilities of the site which have had to be put on hold due to the current financial climate, but hopefully that will change soon and they will be able to extend the size of the site and carry forward their plan to build living accomodation nearby.

A lot of Conductive Education centres have been set up by parents all over the world but not many have managed to survive and thrive due to financial and legal problems, visa difficulties, uncooperative local government etc. Paces is a wonderful example of one that has managed to overcome all these and build a firm foundation for Conductive Education services in the Sheffield area whilst establishing a centre involving and encouraging use by its local community .

Congratulations to all concerned.

Contact details :


paces_school@mac.com

http://www.paces-school.org.uk/

New place for directories

As the Google Knol system is not really satisfactory for putting up my lists, I am now going to put them on the blog and have links to the postings on the side as before.

CE Centres in the UK and CE centres of the US have both been re-located in this way.

If anyone knows of any inaccuracies in the information please let me know and I will amend accordingly.

CE Centres in the US

If any of these centres are no longer operating, have changed their names or no longer employ conductors please let me know and I will amend the list accordingly.

CE CENTRES US


Arizona
SWGaitWay 7447 E. 22nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85710 contact: Mary Hare phone: 520-749-1065 email: info@swgaitway.org web site: http://www.swgaitway.org/

Arkansas
ConductABILITY

2846 N. Garland, Fayetteville, AR 72074 contact: Leslie Porter phone: 479 966 4322 ex. 226 email: conductAbility@ucpcark.org web site: http://www.cenaar.org/



California



Avalon Academy
818 Mahler Road,Burlingame CA 94010 contact: Kinga Czengi phone: 650 777 9130  Fax: 650 777 9129 email: kinga@theavalonacademy.org
website: http://theavalonacademy.org/


Boost Camp for CE of Sonoma County
Conductive Education Center of San Francisco
1425 Corporate Center Parkway Santa Rosa California CA 95407
contact: Susy McBride phone: 707 5429605
email: SusyMcB@aol.com  web site: http://www.boostcamp.org/



Can-do-Camp for Conductive Education


c/o Eric & Stacy Baron, 536 Calle Aparejo,Santa Barbara, CA 93111 tel: (805) 964-8189
 Email: Seebaron@AOL.com

ConductAbility

2121 Country Club Drive Glendora California 91741
contact: Jim Prust phone: 626 484 8633
email: info@conductability.org   web site: http://www.conductability.org/


Conductiva

contact: Krisztina Abonyi Bernstein,Tel: 408-318-3456
 email: conductiva@earthlink.net   website: http://home.earthlink.net/~conductiva/

 
 Learning Together

Address: 1201 Parkmoor Ave, #3123,San Jose, CA 95126
Conductor: Eleonora Tamasne Tel.: (408)-858-2238 Email: eleonora.tamasne@gmail.com  Website: http://www.learningtogether-ce.com/




Colorado

Colorado Foundation for Conductive Education 483 N. Denver Avenue, Loveland, Colorado 80537 contact: Roxanne Waechter phone: 970-667-0348 Fax: 970-461-3472 email: roxanne.cfce@yahoo.com website: www.conductiveed.com/default.asp


Connecticut


Zsuzsanna Deer, Independent Conductor 34 Vesper Street, Fairfield, CT 06825
Tel:: 203-366-5979 email: pzsdeer904@aol.com



Florida


Conductive Education Center of Orlando 3377 Forsyth Rd, Winter Park, FL 32792
contact: Jen Gase phone: 407 671 4687 fax: 407 647 3833
email: jen@cecfl.org web site: http://www.cecfl.org/



Conductive Education Center of Sarasota-Bradenton
63 Sarasota Center Blvd.,Ste 104, Sarasota, FL 34240 contact: center manager phone: 941-780-6001 email: jlklick@comcast.net website: http://www.cecfl.org/SarasotaProgram/tabid/9579/Default.aspx 



Jordan Klausner Foundation/GCEA Gainesville Conductive Education Academy 2606 NW 6th Street Suite C Gainesville, Florida 32609 contact: Dr. Klausner phone: (352) 219-6744 email: jordanklausnerfoundation@yahoo.com web site: http://www.jordanklausnerfoundation.org/

Georgia


A Step to Independence, Inc.

PO Box 1166, Dacula, GA 30011 contact: Corey Rewis. phone: 678-407-1093 email:mailto:asteptoindependence@yahoo.comwebsite:http://www.asteptoindependence.com/

Illinois

Center for Independence Through Conductive Education
100 W. Plainfield Road Suite 100 Countryside Illinois 60525
contact: Patricia Herbst phone: 708-588-0833 fax: 708-588-0406
email: pcherbst_1@msn.com web site: http://www.center-for-independence.org/

El Valor

1850 W, 21st Street,Chicago, IL 60608   Contact: Centre Manager Phone: (312) 666-4511
Fax: (312) 666-6677 
 email: info@elvalor.net  website: http://www.elvalor.org/enriching_youth



Walk With Me Conductive Education

2348 N. Meadow Lane Barrington, IL 60010 Contact: Szilvia Mark phone: 847-975-5172 email: mailto:walkwithme4@sbcglobal.net

Indiana

Jackson Center for Conductive Education

802 N. Old SR 67Mooresville, IN 46158 contact: Lara dePoy phone: 317.888.8720 email: thejacksoncenter@sbcglobal.net web site: http://www.thejacksoncenter.org/


Michigan

Conductive Education Centre of Metro Detroit

P.O. Box 7083 Sterling Heights MI 48331-7083 contact: Centre Manager phone: 586-566-5154 fax: 586-566-8472 email: info@cecmd.com web site: http://www.cecmd.com/

Conductive Learning Center Aquinas College

2428 Burton Street SE Grand Rapids Michigan 49546 contact: Andrea Benyovszky phone: 616 575 0575 fax: 616 285 1935 email: abenyovszky@aol.com web site: http://www.aquinas.edu/clc/index.html

Minnesota
Plus Center Inc

12940 Harriet Avenue S, Suite 215, Burnsville Minnesota MN 55337 contact: Centre Manager phone: 612 483 6748 fax: 952-377-2487 email: info@pluscenter.org web site: http://www.mncce.com/

New Jersey


Association for Conductive Education and Related Services Inc

P.O.Box 217 Middletown New Jersey 07748 contact: Erika Nagy phone: 908-272-9675 email: info@acersi.org web site: http://www.acersi.org/

New Mexico


Conductive Education of New Mexico

243 Metzgar Southwest, Albuquerque, NM 87105 contact: Kim Buckle phone: 505-873-0333 email: mailto:Email:kim@emeraldbuckle.com website: www.mudd4kidsorg/programs/conductive.htm
Conductive Education NM 6917 Red Sky Rd, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico 87111-1053 contact: Kathy Hedemann phone: 505-821-2057


New York


Standing Tall

463 West 69th Street, 200 Riverside Blvd Unit , New York, NY 10069 contact: Rachael Skinner phone: 212 787 8315 fax: 212 787 1740 email: info@standingtall.org web site: http://www.standingtall.org/


Ohio


Brighter Beginnings Through Conductive Education (opening July 2010)
P.O. Box 425169 Grove Street,Marysville, OH 43040 contact: Kelly Morris phone:937-243-8326 email: BrighterBeginningsCE@gmail.com
Conductive Learning Center of Greater Cincinnati

P.O. Box 54396 Cincinnati, Ohio 45254-0396 contact: Center Manager. phone: 513-231-0457
email: mailto:walking@clcgc.org or sntyfox@aol.com website: www.clcgc.org/default.htm

Miracles Unlimited Conductive Education Center

100 Debartlo Place Suite 120, Boardman Ohio 44512 contact: Tracey Tatar phone: 330 542 2854 email: traceytatar@abcglobal.net web site: http://www.miraclesunlimitedce.org/

North Coast Ohio Conductive Education

5510 Pearl Road, Suite LL94, Parma Ohio 44130 contact: Donna Dooley phone: 440 884 3641 fax: 216 481 4677 email: info@ncoce.com website: www.ncoce.com/

Rising Star Learning Center

Inc. 8090 Broadmoor Road, Mentor, OH 44060 contact: Erin De Carlo, Executive Director. phone: 440-454-2898 email: mailto:erindec1@yahoo.comwebsite: http://www.risingstarlc.org/

Sara’s Garden Sara Joy Rychener-Burkholder Hyperbaric Center

620 West Legett St Wauseon Ohio 43567 USA contact: Judy Burkholder phone: 419.335.SARA fax: 419.335.5564 email: info@sarasgarden.org web site: http://www.sarasgarden.org/

Oregon


Step by Step

660 NE Hwy 20 Suite 610, #416 Bend OR 97701
contact: Centre Manager phone: 541) 633-7044 email: info@stepbystepbend.org website: http://www.stepbystepbend.org/

Pennsylvania


ACHIEVA

711 Bingham Street Pittsburgh PA 15203 contact: Linda S. Wright, PhD phone: 412 9955000 ext420 fax: 412 9955044 email: lwright@achieva.info web site: http://www.achieva.info/

Steps to Independence

300 Cedar Ridge Drive Suite 311, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 contact: Khrissy Bartolowitsphone: 412-731-3070 email:ce-pgh@comcast.net web site: www.ce-pgh.org/


South Carolina

International Institute for Conductive Education
95 Crossings Blvd., Bluffton, SC 29910 contact: Erika Bartos or Peter Bartos. phone:843-815-4259 email:mailto:erikab@iice-mn.orgwebsite: http://www.iice-mn.org/

The Therapy Place

P.O.Box 5093, Columbia, South Carolina 29250
contact: Center Manager email: info@thetherapyplace.org website: http://www.thetherapyplace.org/

Tennessee

Miracle Milestones, Inc.

PO Box 681178, Franklin, TN 37068 contact: Jennifer Patton phone: 615-794-4833 email: mailto:miraclemilestones@comcast.net

Texas

A Child Can Do All Things

12870 Hillcrest Road, Suite H - 101, Dallas, Texas 75230 contact: Annette Wilson phone: 972.788.2856 email: accdat@accdat.org web site: www.accdat.org/

Virginia

C P Ability Center

3933 Avion Park Ct, Suite B-210 Chantilly, VA 20151
contact: Katalin Vizy phone: 703 920 0600 fax: 703 685 2819 email: cpac@cpabilitycenter.org web site: http://www.cpabilitycenter.org/

Blue Ridge Association for Conductive Education

338 Coleman Lane,Galax, VA 24333 contact: Jean Felts phone: 276-236-7897 email:mailto:jfelts2@yahoo.com

Center for Developmental Differences
4000 Virginia Beach Blvd, Suite 136, Virginia Beach, VA 23452.　contact: Judit Roth phone: 757 486 0585 email: info@cdd-site.org website: http://www.cdd-site.org/





285 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025