School Programs
Summer Program in Conductive Education
Conductive Education is an intensive, multi-disciplinary approach to education, training and development for individuals with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other motor challenges. CE provides a structured emotional group dynamic very similar to the Chinese open clinic or group therapy. The children receive great benefit from participating with peers that are functioning at different levels. This is very different than traditional physical therapy, occupational therapy, drills or educational “pull-outs” where the child is working in isolation on a task that may not have any relevance to life. CE breaks therapeutic movements into tasks with specific aims that contribute to the health and well being of both the individual and the group. In our perspective, it’s a fantastic approach that seems to draw upon eastern and western healing and educational philosophies. Our program integrates games, music, movement and fun summer activities.
This is a four week program meeting Monday to Friday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm led by a Conductive Educator and Instructional Assistants.
View some of our summer program:
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Holistic Healing Education and Movement Based Academic School Program
We plan to utilize an adapted Waldorf curriculum, which offers a developmentally appropriate, balanced approach to education that integrates the arts and academics. We encourage the development of each child's sense of truth, beauty, and goodness with plenty of room for science, exploration, movement and play. We aim to inspire a lifelong love of learning toward the full development of each child’s unique capacities.
Our program design fosters emotional intelligence; integration of body, brain and heart; and functional independence for children with motor disorders such as cerebral palsy or who have neurological challenges causing developmental delays.
We include children with developmental challenges and promote awareness of movement based healing education, social recreation, Waldorf remedial education, Conductive Education and H.A.N.D.L.E. (Holistic Approaches to Neurological Development and Learning Efficiency).
We are in the planning phase of our year-long school program.
Enrollment
Please contact us with your interest in our summer program and our upcoming school program. We want to hear from you!
Student learning to use her left hand while forming animals with clay.
Students taking turn leading social integration circle.
Libby: “I hold my head up and I keep it!”