András Peto
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András Pető was a practitioner of physical rehabilitation whose work provided the foundation for conductive education
.
Between 1930 and 1938, Pető published many literary, philosophical and medical works. He was the editor-in-chief of the periodical Biologische Heilkunst (Biological Healing).
His institute, the National Institute of Motor Therapy, officially opened in 1952. Instead of following the medical model of providing therapies, Pető created a framework for an educational model in which children with disabilities could have an education that met their particular physical and intellectual needs.
Conductive education (CE) entered the public consciousness in the mid-1980s, as a result of two television documentaries —"Standing Up For Joe" (1986), and "To Hungary with Love" (1987). In recent years, CE has gained more and more acceptance in the education of children with motor disorders. While CE had been developed first and foremost for children who had cerebral palsy
or brain injury, CE has also been used with adults with Parkinson's disease
, multiple sclerosis
and after-stroke
conditions.
Conductive education
Conductive Education, or CE, is an educational system that has been specifically developed for children and adults who have motor disorders of neurological origin such as cerebral palsy. It is based on the premise that a person who has a motor disorder may not only have a medical condition...
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Between 1930 and 1938, Pető published many literary, philosophical and medical works. He was the editor-in-chief of the periodical Biologische Heilkunst (Biological Healing).
His institute, the National Institute of Motor Therapy, officially opened in 1952. Instead of following the medical model of providing therapies, Pető created a framework for an educational model in which children with disabilities could have an education that met their particular physical and intellectual needs.
Conductive education (CE) entered the public consciousness in the mid-1980s, as a result of two television documentaries —"Standing Up For Joe" (1986), and "To Hungary with Love" (1987). In recent years, CE has gained more and more acceptance in the education of children with motor disorders. While CE had been developed first and foremost for children who had cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
or brain injury, CE has also been used with adults with Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
, multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...
and after-stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
conditions.