I wish people to discuss a topic I wrote about CE in my blog www.lszogeczki.blogspot.com cause I would be really interested in how others can see it and what we can do about it.
Laszlo Szogeczki
The work of the brave, talented, diligent people who pioneered the field of CE has started to pay off a bit: CE is more widely known - mostly in the private sector of rehabilitation of physical disabled - in some cases getting accepted, different kind of conductor training programs are existing. Even, some Universities take notice of our profession. I should say we are effective.
Beneath this veneer of effectiveness however, there is an irony in the profession that I think of as CE paradox: For a profession that systematically helps people aspire to and reach their innate and function potential, CE has not yet reached its own potential. In fact, although CE is a 60 years old profession, it is still in its relative professional infancy.
CE lacks a coherent, widely agreed on definition, conductor training varies in content and its interventions differ sometimes greatly. In short, CE is still a broadly defined endeavour in need of refining. I would not suggest to look for ‘mistakers’ but we should definitely learn from our mistakes of past and start to be more constructive for the future.
So, we are here, but what next? In which directions CE might move how our interventions and services might evolve in the near future. Where do we, as profession, go from here? CE has long been a powerful force for transformation in people’s lives. Whether contributed in school situations, in blocks, summer camp ways, private, etc., CE is about harnessing the best in people and inspiring them to live out their potential. CE should be a wake-up call, challenging habilitation, rehabilitation, challenging folks to tap their inner abundance. The profession of conductive pedagogy is fortunate to have many skilled and imaginative people working toward a great end. I hope once we gonna get there...