I have just received the following Google alert, as Scope has updated its website.
http://www.scope.org.uk/services/early-years/conductive-education-1
Scope, a charity working for the disabled in the UK has created a network of Schools for Parents that offer various Conductive Education Services. A charity was set up by parents of cerebral palsied children in the 1950s to support and care for those with cerebral palsy and it was called the Spastics Society. In the 1990s it became involved in Conductive Education but this was not developed and sustained as suggested at the time. It has now changed its name to Scope and over the past few years has gradually widened its support to include all disabled people and their families. A network of Schools for Parents has been created over the years that offers various Conductive Education Services. A list of these can be found on their website at
http://www.scope.org.uk/services/early-years/conductive-education-1
Scope, a charity working for the disabled in the UK has created a network of Schools for Parents that offer various Conductive Education Services. A charity was set up by parents of cerebral palsied children in the 1950s to support and care for those with cerebral palsy and it was called the Spastics Society. In the 1990s it became involved in Conductive Education but this was not developed and sustained as suggested at the time. It has now changed its name to Scope and over the past few years has gradually widened its support to include all disabled people and their families. A network of Schools for Parents has been created over the years that offers various Conductive Education Services. A list of these can be found on their website at
http://www.scope.org.uk/services/local-groups/schools-parents
Twenty-six schools are listed alphabetically by name and not geographically. These are a mixed collection and consist of centres operating for some years, e.g. The Rainbow Centre, STEPS Leicestershire Conductive Education Centre, The London Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy and some part of established special schools e.g Percy Hedley, Villa Real, Horton Lodge. along with small centres such as the Norfolk School for Parents.
Some centres have conductors and some offer the principles of Conductive Education, one even says that the staff have been trained in the Peto method, but not where or how. This makes it difficult to understand exactly what is on offer, but I am sure any parent wishing to find CE for his/her child would follow up on this information and find out more about each School using the contact details given and probably making a visit.
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