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What is Conductive
Education?
Conductive-Education is a
system of education for children and adults with physical and multiple
disabilities originating from damage to the central nervous system. It
teaches people how to overcome their movement problems to lead more
independent, active, and fulfilled lives.
Who Might Benefit?
You may consider CE for your child if:
- Your child has
cerebral palsy or an undiagnosed motor developmental delay, and he or
she is not thriving on other therapeutic approaches.
- You are
frustrated or unsatisfied with the short and long term goals set for
your child.
- You feel that
your child’s aide is doing most of the work at school instead of your
child doing it for him or herself.
- You do not
know how to apply the learned therapeutic approaches in your home when
caring for your child. (For instance, how to get your child to get out
of bed by him or herself.)
- You believe
that your child is able to do more than what she or he has accomplished
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Thanks Zsuzsi!! Our
6-month program has come to an end for 2008. We served 11 families in a variety
of ways, ranging from one-time consultations to full-time classroom sessions to
intensive individual time to school visits. I think it was a great success,
showing that British Columbia has HUGE potential for working conductive
education into the lives of families dealing with motor disorders. Two of our
most busy clients weren't diagnosed with cerebral palsy; showing the veracity of
CE simply as a method of education. 
Zsuzsi is
off to the States now for new adventures, and we will busy ourselves with
organizing for a bigger program in 2009. The help of all parents and
professionals will be more substantial now than ever before. If you are a
parent or person who has only just now learned that conductive education is
available in B.C., please stay in touch. We will be up and running again in
2009, hopefully as early as January; but that always depends on how far we
can get on limited funding and using volunteers to move things ahead. 
