Information of 10th World Congress on Conductive Education

10th World Congress on Conductive Education

“The Conductor: Attitude, Occupation, Profession”

Budapest, 22-26 May 2020

President of the Congress: Béla Merkely, Rector of Semmelweis University

 

The András Pető Faculty of Semmelweis University and the International Pető Association cordially invite you to note the date of the next, the 10th World Congress on Conductive Education in Budapest, 22-26 May, 2020.

2020 is an important jubilee year for all of us.

 

Previous World Congresses on Conductive Education

“Preparation for the future”
1st World Congress on Conductive Education, Budapest, 1990
(Patron: Árpád Göncz, President of the Republic of Hungary)

 

“Continuity and change”
2nd World Congress on Conductive Education, Budapest, 1995
(Patrons: the Duchess of Kent, Mr. and Mrs. Göncz)

 

“From creation to development”
3rd World Congress on Conductive Education, Hokkaido, Japan, 1999
(Patrons: His Imperial Highness Prince Takamado, President – the former Ambassador to Hungary, Mr. Eiji Seki)

 

“Celebration and achievement”
4th World Congress on Conductive Education, London, 2001
(Patron: Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary)

 

“Conductive Education Worldwide – Science and Quality”
5th World Congress On Conductive Education, Budapest, 2004
(Patron: Péter Medgyessy, Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary)

 

“Tradition and Future”
6th World Congress on Conductive Education, Gothenburg, Sweden, 19-22 August 2007
(Patron: Queen Silvia)

 

“East meets West”
7th World Congress on Conductive Education, Hong Kong, 5-8 December 2010
(Patrons: Ms. Tang Xiaoquan, Vice-Chairperson, China Disabled Persons’ Federation and President, China Foundation for Disabled Persons; Mrs. Selina Tsang, Spouse of Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)

 

“Rhythm and Balance”
8th World Congress on Conductive Education, Munich, Germany, 9-12 December 2013
(Patron:
Princess Ursula of Bavaria; Peter Maffay, musician)

 

“Welcome to the home of Conductive Education”
9th World Congress on Conductive Education, Budapest, 10-13 December 2016
(Patron: János Áder, President of Hungary and his spouse Anita Herczegh)

 

Committees of the 10th World Congress on Conductive Education

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

 ADVISORY BOARD

 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

 PARALLEL WORKSHOP DAY (22nd May 2020)

 POST-CONGRESS VISIT DAY (27th-28th May 2020)

 CHILDREN’S DRAWING COMPETITION

 WEBSITE

Professional programmes of the Congress are planned to take place at the Lurdy Ház in Budapest.
Early bird registration fee for the 3 Congress days (24-26 May 2020):

EUR 360,

provided that application and payment are completed by 15 January 2020 latest. Following this deadline the registration fee will increase by 15%.
The amount given above does not include the participation fee for the gala dinner on 24 May 2019 which is EUR 50.

 

PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

 

Hajnalka ÁBRAHÁM

Postnatal development of the human cerebellum: Morphological alterations in preterms

 

Erzsébet BALOGH

The cerebellar functions and the Conductive Education

 

Mel BROWN

Language as a tool of thinking: the role of rhythmical intention.

 

Éva FEKETÉNÉ SZABÓ

Changing panorama of people receiving conductive education

 

Renáta FÖLDESI

The fifties of András Pető in the fifties

 

Tamás FREUND

Brain waves -memory - creativity: The effects of information overload and our inner world 

 

Anna KELEMEN

Neurology of motivation, will and intention

 

Anna KLEIN

The Impact of Conductive Education on Learning Ability

 

Csaba PLÉH

Learning Plasticity and Developmental Disorders 

 

Rony SCHENKER

Parents’ perception, attitudes and actions regarding pain among persons with CP

 

Judit SCHULTHEISZ Balance training therapy and researches in early childhood intervention

 

Andrea TENKNÉ ZSEBE

The new challenges to conductive education from the aspect of educational science

 

Mari TERVANIEMI

Promises of music in education?

 

Eszter TÓTHNÉ HORVÁTH

Opportunities for Conductive Education, when E- and Tele-rehabilitation takes place

 

Ibolya TÚRI

Conductors' Views and Attitudes, Roles and Challenges

 

Message form the Scientific Committee

 

In the last Congress the plenary discussions were very well received. This time the Scientific Committee has decided to offer more of this form.

 

On behalf of the Scientific Committee we would like to invite all professionals listed in OPEN DISCUSSION TABLES I-II-III-IV (next page) to take part in the preparatory work for the best possible introduction of the topic.

 

The recommended procedure is to begin and maintain contact with the moderators, with each other, define and share the way for explanation between each other by the shortest, well focused matter for the benefit of the audience. A letter addressed to all members will include the recommended thoughts to be discussed and the e-mail address of each participant.

 

To avoid a waste of time at the congress and to secure the most valuable interaction, we think it is a good choice to have a “voice of the audience” role. Persons in this role should be moving and talking, asking and answering at the same time, leading the problem to one or two persons at the table. They are meant to be skilled professionals interacting continuously.

 

The duration of an OPEN DISCUSSION TABLE can hardly be longer than 70-90 minutes. The best speaking person is able to communicate verbally about 180 characters in 3 minutes (including spaces, Hungarian, but English?). Let’s talk with clear sense – without repeating each other.

 

OPEN DISCUSSION TABLE I (24th May 2020) (80’)
ON THE CONVENTIONAL/CLASSICAL FORM OF CONDUCTOR TRAINING;
The Transmission of Knowledge
International activities of the András Pető Faculty of Semmelweis University

 

Moderators: Andrea Zsebe & Éva Feketéné Szabó

Voice of the audience: Ildikó Pásztorné Tass & László Matos

 

 

Suggested topics (Horváth - Szabó)

„Lege artis educationes conductivae”

(Kozma, I. The basic principles and present practice of conductive education.

Eur J Spec Need Ed 1995; 10 (2):111-123)

 

-       Pre-historic - direct teaching in personal contact (each by each or in small group)

-       Short history - Relevant milestones (or landmarks) of the development to the classical conductor training

-       The accredited curriculum to be established BA level college (from - to)

-       News on the classical training (conductor, conductor+)

-       B.Sc.
-       special training
-       disease-specific conductor training
-       how to teach what needs to be done and how to achieve goals
-       whether there is a summary, obligatory and recommended checklist on facilitation systems - which can be learned by disease

-       MA level training

-       The milder and more serious problems and deficiencies of the training (duration, practice vs theory, competence of conductor, the need for postgraduate curriculum, etc.)

-       Basic training general vs special training
-       Age-specific conductor training (kindergarten and school age, adolescence and adult age)
-       Symptom and/or disease-specific facilitation systems
-       Aptitude vs professionalism

 

OPEN DISCUSSION TABLE II (24th May 2020) (80’)

CONDUCTOR TRAINING VARIATIONS WITH OR WITHOUT HUNGARIAN COOPERATION

 

Moderators: Mel Brown & Andrea Benyovszky

Voice of the audience: Zsófia Nádasi & Eszter Daróczy

 

 

Suggested topics (by Mel Brown)

-       from - to and now

-       the volume of the training

-       the character of the training (BA? or lower)

-       number of the trained(discharge number and follow up of the trained persons up to Dec. 2019)

-       What skills do conductors need within their country that may differ from the original Hungarian training?

-       What types of environments do conductors work in and how has this impacted on training?

-       What ‘value’ does conductor training have in their country? How transferable is the qualification to other settings?

-       How have they constructed the course and how does this differ from the more ‘traditional’ conductor training? What national regulations do they have to take care of when developing a training course?

-       How have they managed to merge theory and practice within their national context?

-       Are there challenges recruiting to a ‘small’ profession? If yes, how are these overcome?

-       What future challenges do they see for the conductor profession with regards to training of new professionals?

-       How are the courses/ students funded?

 

OPEN DISCUSSION TABLE III (25th May 2020) (100’)
CLASSICAL & NON-TRADITIONAL, MOST MODERN FORMS & TOOLS OF FACILITATION
ARTS & SPORTS, FREE TIME ACTIVITIES IN CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION

 

Moderators: Ibolya Túri & Eszter Tóthné Horváth

Voice of the audience: Anna Klein & Renáta Földesi

 

 

Suggested topics:

András Pető summarized Cond Ed:

 

What is the role of unusual tools/processes in conductive education?

Opportunities for wider forms of the facilitation system, enrichment facilitation’s system (recruitment of other professions, sport and arts procedures, tools)

 

How far or wide is the use of various tools and high tech devices in conductive education (e.g. talking machines, handwriting or replacement tools etc.)?

 

Topicality and pressure of research for tools and methods of tele-conductive education (similarities and differences to telemedicine)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemedicine#Store_and_forward

 

OPEN DISCUSSION TABLE IV (26th May 2020) (80’)
CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION/CONDUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENT/ADULT AGE
TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD WITH CP - PAIN IN CP

 

Moderators: Roberta O’Shea & Ildikó Pásztorné Tass

Voice of the Audience: Ivan Su & László Szögeczki

 

 

Suggested topics:

 

From personal to professional experience

Ideas and CE experiences among adolescents with cerebral palsy

Ideas and CE experiences among adults with cerebral palsy

The role of CE for the parkinsonian population

About pain

 

(Erika KOLUMBÁN - Tudomány és Hivatás; pp: 33-40)

https://issuu.com/petoandrasfoiskola/docs/tudom__ny___s_hivat__s_3

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

 

This is an invitation for all participants of the 10th World Congress on Conductive Education "The Conductor: Attitude, Occupation, Profession" from 22 to 26 May 2020 in Budapest, Hungary to share their ideas in lectures, posters and/or videos.

 

The official language of the Congress is English.

 

Instructions for the preparation of abstracts

 

The deadline for abstract submission is 1st March 2020.

 

Abstracts in English will be accepted – without any furtherrestrictions regarding content. The important/interesting professional content and the quality of the abstracts will be taken into account for acceptance.

 

Abstracts are to be submitted via e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Authors’ names should be provided in the format SMITH, John
Affiliation of the authors should be provided in the format:

This should be followed by the TITLE and the type of presentation (lecture, poster, video, DVD)
The abstracts should be approximately 250 words structured by subheadings:

All accepted abstracts will be published in the Book of Abstracts.

The Scientific Committee will make decisions shortly after the deadline and inform authors via e-mail by 1 March 2020.

 

Recommended poster format: A0.