Why isn’t conductive education covered by the education or health care systems?
It’s a “new” methodology that seeks a niche in the marketplace. Conductive education is spreading like wildfire across the globe, but without serious supports and advocacy it cannot take a solid place. It offers something to persons with motor disorders that is not available in the health care system, nor the school system. There have been some professionals who have visited our conductive classroom at the request of parents involved, but for the most part the professionals, and the system, don’t seem eager to recognize a new teaching method that may deservedly require some space and money to really make a difference. Out of sight, out of mind, I suppose. Nonetheless, parents of kids with cerebral palsy know different, and some really appreciate the value of conductive education. My feeling is that it really works for some, and British Columbians who can benefit from conductive education should have equal and open access to it.
