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ECA Newsletter
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 Editorial

 WCPD 2019 Food for thought ...

 PTØ Norge With our editorial today, we
would like to “provoke” our
 First Graduates
members and friends of CE
 New CE School and give you some food for
 Report of EVHN- thought...
Student in Australia Looking back on the recent
 Celebrations & months, one could get the
scientific activities feeling it has become quiet
want to tackle and get to the
bottom of with the Board.
May we also invite YOU to
brainstorm with us by send-
ing us your thoughts on
these questions via Face-
book. We strongly feel we
need to analyze this matter
Our hard work has not gone unre-
warded: With our partner association
ACENA, Patti Herbst, ECA travelled to
Norway in spring to compare CE prax-
is with other countries. Today, we
are happy to announce that PTØ Nor-
ge has joined ECA in September.
WELCOME NORWAY,

 Visit Anita Tatlow around Conductive Educa-
tion? Even though the for-
 News from Sweden mer Petö Institute has re-
cently become part of the
SU, which means that more
C O U NT R Y
trained conductors will be-
N E W S:
come available.
WCPD 1 We ask you: “Is this the
case? What is going wrong?
Are people getting tired
Diary Date 2
fighting for CE? Has the
unique profession ´Conduc-
Norway 2
tor´ lost its glamour?“ These
are the questions we
Austria 2
urgently and act!
The situation shows that
even more so it is the ECAs
duty to network more and
promote our work as much
as possible. JOIN!
PTØ Norge
We promised to keep you up-to date
on the development on the new ECA
website. We are working with high
pressure on its accomplishment. A
special announcement will go out
later this year, you won’t miss it!
Enjoy our international news.
Yours
Beate Höß-Zenker
President ECA

Belgium 2
Green light for WCPD in Germany
E-mails, letters and appoint- an interview at the town hall
Germany 3 ments were needed for Ger- with Oswald Utz, representa-
many to get one step closer to tive for the disabled, Germany
Hungary 3 be able to join the GoGreen- received “green light”! Con-
4CP Campaign only in 2020. An gratulations!
Irland / 4 ever lasting battle seems to
For this years WCPD celebra-
Germany have come to an end. After 74
tion on 6th October, the ECA
countries already signed up,
Sweden 4 published a little green flip-
Germany has finally managed
block on the ECA Facebook
to convince the authorities. In
side as a `green action`.

… abstract from the ECA‘s WCPD Flip-book

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13.12.2019 - EVHN First CE Conference in cooperation with PAF

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PTØ Norge is a non-profit organization
founded in 1989 by parents of children
who have CP. Their reason for doing
so was because they wanted a more
intensive and more spesialised form of
intervention for their children. In the
beginning, families travelled to HU, in
order to receive services. After a
while, PTØ Norge started to employ
conductors to carry out courses in Nor-
way- and from there the services grad-
ually developed to several centers with
services throughout the year. The or-
gansiation worked hard in order to
Introduction of PTØ Norge
secure that the services, which in the
beginning were paid for privately, were
to be financed through the local health
authorities. PTØ Norge have provided
fully funded services to children and
young adults since 2002. In the west
of Norway, services are also provided
to adults with other neurological con-
ditions. The services provided by PTØ
have developed over time to accom-
modate context in which they are de-
livered. We now also employ occupa-
tional therapists and physiothera-
pists. It is interesting and encouraging
to see that developments in the (re)
habilitation field in general seem to be
in ‘our favour’ and the developments
confirm that there is a place for us and
for CE. However, as pointed out by
many people over the years, CE still
has a way to go in terms of explaining
what we do, as well as how and why
we do it.
We are therefore very happy to have
joined the ECA and we very much look
forward to joining forces and working
together for further understanding and
development.

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ST First Graduates!!!
AU
We are delighted to inform you about
our new certificate program “CE”,
which is offered in a cooperation be-
tween the University of Vienna, Helga
Keil-Bastendorff Foundation and the
Danube University Krems. Our gradu-
ates have finished the first training pro-
gram on CE offered by the Postgraduate
Center (University of Vienna) this sum-
mer. After two terms, consisting of the-
oretical workshops, seminars, lectures
and intense praxis also at the Petö Fac-
ulty of the Semmelweis University in
Budapest/Hungary and several exams,
our students made it! Join us in con-
gratulating them!
The award ceremony with friends and
family was led by Mag. Dr. Maria Dinold
together with the organizational team
of Bettina Tautscher-Fak, as the repre-
sentative of Helga Keil-Bastendorff
Foundation. Afterwards members of
the inclusive dance studio „I am o.k.“
presented an impressive dance improvi-
sation. The evening ended in a cozy
atmosphere at the campus in Vienna.
The certificate program is the first of
three steps leading towards a Master
title in Conductive Education (MSc).
After a successful graduation, the stu-
dents can continue the studies to be-
come an Academic Expert in CE and
finally graduate as MSc CE at Danube
University Krems.
www.postgraduatecenter.at/
konduktivefoerderung
www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/studium/
konduktive-foerderung

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I Secondary School OPENING in CE
BE

A dream we had since several years
has just been concreted thanks to
the energy of a few parents,
surrounded by a team of advisors
and the financial support of several
donators. This new structure in Brus-
sels is accessible for 50 students a-
ged 13 to 21 years. It is supported by
the French Federation for Education
and Commission for persons with
Special Needs. The students will de-
velop social and professional skills
and benefit of Conductive Education.
It is great to see the motivation of
both students and team! We thank
Eszter Daróczy for her precious sup-
port in October.

ECA NEWSLETTER
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EVHN Student, Franziska Heim at in Australia
Hello! It's a great course that has the potenti- conductors and works conductively.
al for great training after some initial The school day begins at 8. 30 am with
My name is Fran-
difficulties have been overcome. the arrival of the students and is divi-
ziska Heim, I am
ded into three teaching units interrup-
21 years old and The fourth semester is designed as a
ted by two breaks. There are swimming
study curative practical semester in which students
lessons, music, art, literature, math,
education with a spend 20 weeks in an institution and
etc. , as well as one break for morning
focus on conduc- gain practical experience there for the
tea and one for lunch. Two large playg-
tive education at first time. It was always clear to me
rounds on the site that are accessible
„Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg“. that I would like to do my internship
to both wheelchair and non-wheelchair
abroad and so I looked around for a job
Three years ago I did an FSJ in an integ- children, and ALD's are everywhere so
in England. However, as the school
rative kindergarten where at that time that students can communicate as
holidays put a spoke in my wheel and I
conductive education blocks for child- most of them are non-verbal. The disa-
could not fulfill my twenty weeks work-
ren with special needs were offered. bilities range from autism spectrum
ing time, I decided to look for a place in
These units gave me my first insights disorder to cerebral palsy, Angelman
Australia. I wrote to various institutions
into conductive education. During this syndrome and Down syndrome. Many
about a list of Mrs. Desits, who is now
year I got to know Krisztina Desits, of the children are fed by a PEG and
lecturer at the college, and received
conductor, who gave me a flyer about have to be wrapped several times
positive feedback. I finally decided to
a study course and asked me if it would during the day.
go to Carson Street School in Perth,
appeal to me. And it did. Just what I
WA. A primary school for children with The nice thing about conductive educa-
was looking for. So I applied for a study
special needs, which has four female tion is working ...
place in October 2017 and luckily got it.
… for full story see ECA Facebook

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NG Time of celebrations and scientific activities
HU

02 May 2019 – the 25th anniversaries of the Kindergarten and Methodology Institute in
Szigetszentmiklós and the Addeture Secondary School in Budapest, were celebrated by
the Hungarian conductors’ community, as conductors in both Institutions support the
integration of the children with special needs, into the elementary-, and the higher
education system.

11 September - András Pető’s birthday was celebrated nationwide. 25 September, The

New Scientific Workshops were introduced at the András Pető Faculty. 27 September,
Night of the Researchers – Semmelweis University participated in this program and our
Faculty promoted conductive education, such as Conductive development for people
with Aphasia, The Importance of Early Screening and Intervention, the Benefit of dog
therapy, The Interactive Art Therapy
04 October, Dr Mária Hári Symposium is organised at our Villányi út building, Hungarian
and International presentations, and discussions are organised to remember the work
of Dr Hári.
04 October, World CP Day participation is organised at our School and Kindergarten.
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ND /G E R Visiting Anita Tatlow in Dublin
IRLA
The 2019 Whit holidays brought my
daughter, Lea, and myself on a trip round
the south of Ireland, entitled ‘Fabulous
Ireland.’ It began in Dublin where Anita
Tatlow now lives with her husband. We
have shared many personal encounters
(Würzburg, Hong Kong, Munich). A quick
telephone call led to a spontaneous visit
with Anita and her husband, Antony.
Over tea and biscuits we exchanged
memories, accompanied by the warmest
greetings and best wishes from German
and Hungarian CE colleagues. Anita is a
physiotherapist from Würzburg-
Schweinfurt who played a significant role
in establishing and expanding CE in Hong
Kong, which was greatly admired in Bu-
dapest. She had already published an
impressive German article in the journal
for physiotherapists introducing the CE
system to specialists at that time (Anita
Tatlow, ‘Konduktive Bewegungspädagog-
ik (Petö-System) für zerebralparetische
Kinder.’ Krankengymnastik (KG) 42
(1990) Nr. 9 pp.1001-1012). In 2000 –
2010 Anita was an outstanding partici-
pant, who enriched the PTK course
(German conductor training) in various
places where it was held. She also pub-
lished a significant work in 2005: CE for
Children and Adolescents with CP. In
2013, it was translated into German,
among others by Friederike Bock, author,
physiotherapist and PTK (see the refer-
ences below). During our visit Anita’s
eyes lit up when speaking of her work in
Hong Kong and how it all began. Several
times she jumped up to demonstrate the
various tasks that helped people with CP.
She was surprised to hear that her per-
sonality and publications - her great
book has also been translated into Chi-
nese – have inspired people in CE and
that they often refer to her. At the end
of the visit we saw her garden and the
wonderful view of the sea below her
house. A fabulous experience. Our
thanks also to Antony for enabling this
unforgettable encounter.
Elisabeth Pitz
(MSc neuro-orthopedics, social pedagogue,
PTK and mother of a young man with CP)
August 2019
Tatlow, Anita (2013); Konduktive Förder-
ung für Kinder und Jugendliche mit Zere-
bralparese ISBN: 9-783732-254989
Bock, Friederike (2005); Konduktive
Förderung; Bewegungstherapeutische
Aufgabensammlung ISBN: 3-8334-1770-6

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SW News from Sweden
Eszter Horváth Tóthné, president of the Swedish Conductor Association together with Lars Mullback continued previous
discussions on government committees regarding the professional registration of conductor-profession. One of the next
step in the process is that Eszter will have a meeting with the Chair of Parliament's Committee on Education.

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Publisher: ECA European Conductive Association, Antonigasse 60, 1180 Wien, Austria
Beate Höß-Zenker (President), Dr. Eva Szabó Feketéné, Eszter Horváth Tóthné, Krisztina Desits,
Dr. Melanie Brown, Eszter Dároczy, Jennifer Moreau, Zsofia Nádasi, László Szógeczki, Bettina Tautscher-Fak,
Board of ECA
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