I will want to come back to this whole interesting...

2011-12-12T07:48:04.234+01:00

I will want to come back to this whole interesting question.

In the meantime, I have done a quick Internet search for "helicopter pilot" AND "astronaut". I found, not unexpectedly, considerable and presumably successful crossover. Thank are due to Anon for a most instructive analogy.

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2011-12-11T22:54:25.441+01:00

Thank you for your comments.

I will write more on this subject on my blog during the week, perhaps by then a few more comments will have appeared here. Just at the moment I would like to ask Anonymous a few questions so that I can better understand the comments already made and form my own further comments accordingly.

In which countries does “Conductive Education fight against” conductors becoming personal-classroom assistants for conductively brought-up children? I do not believe this to be the case here in Germany. It is something that many of us are discussing more and more often and working towards in some cases.

I think, after checking the Sitemeter on my blog, that you are writing from England and I am very interested to hear about the views on this subject from other conductors working in that country, and if it is at all possible to be employed in this capacity there. Of course any comments from other countries too are very welcome.

I wonder, whether this could be more about the level of payment that assistants in different countries receive and not about whether conductors are suitable for the job.

What do you mean by this statement: “Be a simple assistant beside a simple CP student”? Please can you also explain what you mean by the word simple in both cases?

Do you mean when you say not to use astronauts as helicopter pilots that a conductor does not have the appropriate qualifications to work as a classroom assistant?

In Germany it is possible to be a classroom assistant with no qualifications or as a qualified teacher. The assistant is chosen to suit the work he or she is asked to do. Here in Nürnberg for example we have an ex-university lecturer assisting a blind sixth-form pupil who specialises in sciences and maths, several junior-school teachers assisting children with CP and other learning difficulties and there is a counsellor assisting a youngster with autism. The assistants receive training from specialists in the different fields, conductors advise those assistants who work with the conductively brought-up children, and other specialist from the school for visual impairments and the autistic centre in the city advise the other assistants, and us too whenever we need it.

This is what conductive education fights against. ...

2011-12-11T21:27:18.976+01:00

This is what conductive education fights against. Be a simple assistant next to a simple CP student. If we talk about inclusion, don't separate the CP student more with a professional teacher (now that Peto Inst. doesn't give QTS I can't say teacher-what a shame!) who learnt that working with CP children in groups have the real effect of the method. Don't use astronauts as helicopter pilots (just to be literal...)

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