Starting in summer 2019 (start date by agreement), we are looking for a new partner in a part-time capacity our office in Dornach, Switzerland. The tasks include general administrative support of the Leadership Team, communication with the international network of the Council, as well as participation in conference organization. Please email Jan Göschelwith questions and...
Portraits of Us is a devised piece of theater which highlights our strengths, who we are as individuals with all sorts of abilities living in community. The piece is a celebratory, empowering, insightful and educational piece about what it means to live in modern times with different abilities. The piece is made up of nine...
The Ubumwe Community Center Was founded by two young people, Frederick Ndabaramiye and Zacharie Dusingizimana, with the aim of supporting people with support needs, some of whom lost their parents and family members during the genocide in Rwanda, and creating a school for children, as well as residential, therapeutic and work situations for adolescents and...
In 2015, CESTT (Curative Education and Social Therapy in Taiwan) started a four-year, twice-yearly training program in Yunlin, Taiwan. CESTT, under the direction of June Yu, has been supported by faculty members from Camphill Academy as well as others. Participants in the courses have included Waldorf teachers, Extra Lesson practitioners, early childhood specialists and Anthroposophic...
“Learning difficulties as an opportunity for transformation,” was the title of the conference of the Associazione Italiana per la Pedagogia Curative e la Socioterapia Antroposofiche, which took place in Milan from 18 to 20 January. The aim was to provide an overview of the current research themes in Italy and abroad around learning difficulties The...
The Camphill Movement Group brings together representatives of the worldwide Camphill movement every year, usually in May or June. The Camphill movement is made up of independent communities, organizations and regional associations. There is no international association. The Camphill Movement Group has the task of keeping the regions in touch with each other and in...
Planning is underway for this year’s ‘small’ autumn conference of the Council in the carpentry hall of the Goetheanum. The thematic arc will begin this time (similar to 2017) with Open School of Spiritual Science work on the topic of ‘Spirit-Beholding’, and then move into a study of the seventh lecture of Rudolf Steiner’s Curative...
The international German-language conference “Future Now” (16-18 May 2019 in Berlin) for students and young professionals in anthroposophic curative education, social therapy and related fields of work is now available for registration. The conference flyer and registration form are available here .
An initiative on the Focus Theme Research and Outcomes Studies of the Council Challenging and self-harming behaviors often push teams and institutions to the limit of their abilities and can lead to the need to discontinue care relationships because clients cannot be supported appropriately in the setting. Even in anthroposophical contexts, it is not uncommon...
