Conductive Education Unit

	Photographs of the Conductive Education Unit at Cashmere.

Conductive Education is a specialised system of education that originated in Hungary in the 1940s. It is now in many countries around the world. There are centres in New Zealand that cater for all ages from babyhood to old age. It is a system of rehabilitation/habilitation for motor disorders, usually cerebral palsy in childhood. In adulthood, it is conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Head Injury and stroke.

It aims to integrate the National Curriculum and the Conductive Education programme. Conductive Education improves all aspects of the student’s development - physical, social and communication.

The Conductive Education Unit at Cashmere High School has 21 students and 20 staff. The staff are lead by Ms Sam Dyer our teacher and Ms Agnes Jankovics our conductor and Alysia Cotter our speech and language therapist. Supporting Sam and Agnes we have our part-time teacher Kathryn Walker along with 16 teacher aides.

The unit has been built to cater for twenty one students, currently we are at capacity. Most of our Conductive Education enrolments come from the Conductive Education Unit at Addington Primary School. All of the students participate in mainstream classes as appropriate and also have swimming and outings as part of their weekly programme.

Please contact Louisa Clissold if you would like more information about Conductive Education at Cashmere High School.

If you would like more information about Conductive Education in New Zealand click on the following link which will take you to the New Zealand Foundation for Conductive Education website.