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What is Conductive Education?
The philosophy of Conductive Education
is that all children and adults who have motor disorders of neurological
origin can learn. It is based on the assumption that a person
who has a motor disorder has a problem of learning which requires
education, as opposed to a medical condition which requires treatment.
Dr Andras Peto, the founder of
Conductive Education, believed that human development is holistic
and learning occurs in an integrated way, encompassing the sensory,
motor, cognitive, communication and socio-emotional aspects of
development (Porter and Kirkland, 1995). The aim of Conductive
Education is to achieve an 'orthofunctional personality'. The
term 'orthofunction' is defined as the general capacity for adaptation,
which enables an individual to adjust to their natural environment
(Hari, 1997).
Conductive Education teaches
people with motor disorders to coordinate their movements and
achieve greater independence in their everyday lives. The level
of achieved independence will be different for each individual
and must be seen in the light of the difficulties faced. However,
while individual discrepancies are recognised, the central vision
for all is that orthofunction develops integrated cognitive performance
as 'self-realisation', so that individuals view themselves as
people who 'can' (Hari, 1997).
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