Conductive Education - Canterbury

Conductive Education provides a holistic approach to support people with neurological disorders. At any one time, a wide range of skills are being utilised and developed; every task involves many elements, but for a person with a motor disorder, pathways and messages from the brain are damaged resulting in difficulties with motor planning and coordination. This is why Conductive Education supports all areas of development in an integrated manner. It aims to support people in addressing each developmental area in conjunction with the others, so they can learn to coordinate them effectively.

The people they serve and their whānau benefit from what they have to offer and so does the wider community. People will maintain skills and develop new ones which will lessen the day-to-day support required by a support person. By assisting disabled people to access and be included in their own community, they will have increased social networks and assist in changing community attitudes around disability.