Book event at the World Congress

A number of publications will be announced at the 8^th World Congress for Conductive Education in Munich at the book event on Friday.  These are in three languages – English, German, Spanish,  and come from England, Mexico and Germany.

It is wonderful to see so many additions to the Conductive Education literature from  all over the world.

The publications are:

CEP Quotationary of Andras Peto and his Conductive Education. Birmingham: Conductive Education Press  
£12 plus p & p

Strzałkowski, R. Never, never quit; My Conductive Education. Pieces of mind, memories and opinions from the desk of Ralph Strzałkowski, Esq. Lawyer on Wheels. Birmingham: Conductive Education Press.

£12 plus p & p

Both available from www.e-conduction.org/CEP

McDowell, G. George's Travelogue. Nürnberg: CN Press

10 euros

Bugya, É. Conductive cookery book.  Nürnberg: CILA
10 euros

Both available from small66711@aol.com


Fermin, C., and others, Guia práctica de la Educación Conducida. (Practical guide on Conductive Education)  
Price not known

Available from  sermara@aol.com

Elliott, A. Challenge me cards (in German) Originally published in English by Jessica Kingsley in 2009. 

Already launched in a separate event at the Congress:

Tatlow, A. Konduktive Förderung für Kinder und Jugendliche mit Zerebralparese

Originally published in English in 2005 by SAHK as  Conductive Education for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy .

 

I do not have more details for the last three.

 

If there are any others, please do let me know.

 

 

 

Another new book from Conductive Education Press

                        

Never, never quit
My Conductive Education                                                                  
Pieces of mind, memories and opinions
From the desk of Ralph Strzałkowski, Esq.
Lawyer on Wheels

Birmingham: Conductive Education Press

 ISBN 978-0-9569948-6-8     £12.00

 

 I am very pleased to announce the publication of another book by Conductive Education Press.

Ralph Strzałkowski has cerebral palsy. He went to the Pető Institute as a child and is presenting a paper about his conductive childhood at the 8th World Congress this week.

 

Ralph is now living in the US and working as a lawyer. He became involved on the Conductive Education centre set up in Gainesville, Florida and this led to the start of his blog at

http://blog.lawyeronwheels.org/.  

Never, never quit is a collection of  postings from this relating to his experiences and reminiscences of Conductive Education.

As the back of the book explains further:

Rafał (now Ralph) Strzałkowski was born in 1979, in Warsaw, Poland, with cerebral palsy, ten years before the fall of the Iron Curtain. From 1986 to 1990 he attended the Pető Institute in Budapest, Hungary, as a weekly boarder. After that it was back to school in Warsaw, then law degrees at Warsaw University, and the University of Florida. Today Ralph is an attorney admitted to law practice in Florida and in Washington DC.

He is also an activist. This year he inaugurated DAAF, the Florida Disability Access and Awareness Foundation.

This book is a collection of 53 postings from his blog Lawyer on Wheels, selected for the unique light that they throw upon Conductive Education as remembered from the experience of a child, reflections upon his adult life that bear the stamp of his particular upbringing, and some of his further Conductive Education experiences in the United States.

A view of Conductive Education from someone who has experienced it is very rare and Ralph's memories provide a very interesting account of what it is like to be a recipient, live with a disability and manage it.

This is available for £12 plus postage & packing  from

www.e-conduction.org/CEP

or by clicking on the book badge on the right hand side of this blog.

Also available is the recently published CEP Quotationary of András Pető and his Conductive Education.  as mentioned in my previous posting.

http://www.gillian-maguire.info/2013/09/new-book-from-conductive-education-press.html

This collection of quotes from him, about him, and his work, helps us to a greater understanding of both the man and his system.

On Conductions' website www.e-conducion.org quotes from the book appear, a different one each time you open the front page of the website.

Enjoy and do let us know what you think. Feedback is very welcome.

Honorary conductors for 2013 announced

Since the first World Congress of Conductive Education in 1990, the names of those who have been made honorary conductors are announced and presented with an award during the Congress. This will happen at the  8th World Congress that is taking place in Munich, 9-12 October and the recipients have now been announced..

The criteria for this award  are:

The College Senate of the András Pető Institute of Conductive Education 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 Pető Association (IPA) Executive Committee. Final nomination is submitted to the Senate of the András Pető Institute which is authorized to make a final decision about acceptance.

I was lucky enough to be made one in 2010 and went to Hong Kong to receive my award. It was a huge surprise and wonderful to be selected.

The recipients for 2013 have been announced and there are only two people this time.

Beate Höß-Zenker (Germany) and Norman Perrin (UK).

Very well deserved, congratulations to them both!


A list of past honorary conductors can be found at

http://www.ce-worldcongress2013.org/default_en.asp?mid=64&iid=168
 

Norman Perrin named as an honorary conductor for 2013

The World Congress of Conductive Education takes place every three years and the next one will be in October this year in Munich.

http://www.ce-worldcongress2013.org/default_en.asp

At these congresses a number of people are awarded honorary conductor status for their contributions to Conductive Education. The first group of these, announced in 1990 at the First World Congress in Budapest, included Andrew Sutton, and I was surprised to be included myself in  2010.

This year Norman Perrin, a British parent who established and runs his own centre, Paces, in Sheffield, Yorkshire has been named as honorary conductor. Norman, parent of Sarah, who has cerebral palsy, has worked tirelessly for Conductive Education since the late 1980s publicising its benefits, attending conferences and meetings, lobbying politicians,writing papers, and now his blog, whilst dealing with the day to day running of Paces.

 

In the past there have usually been a number of people selected, but I have looked on the Congress website, the International Pető Association website and the Pető Institute website to try and discover who this year's might be, but without success. There is nothing there, maybe it will come later.

In the meantime, congratulations, Norman, a well deserved honour!