The annual January retreat of the leadership team took place this year from January 16 to 19 in Belgium. In addition to the usual topics of planning, organizing and preparing the content of the planned events, it was also the opportunity to visit some curative education and social therapy initiatives in Belgium. The discussions with...
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AVAPANAM Annual Conference in Chennai, India
From January 4-8, 2023, the annual conference of the Indian Network for Anthroposophical Curative Education and Inclusive Social Design, AVAPANAM, was held in Chennai. Joining them as a guest lecturer was Jan Göschel from the Council’s leadership team. There were also contributions from Veera Panch (India), Christina Spitta (Germany), Augustine Thilak (India) and Sudha Athmaraj...
Certificate Course Eurythmy in Curative Education, Inclusive Education and Social Therapy
Start May 2023 For eurythmists with a completed professional training in eurythmy, preferably eurythmy pedagogy, and interest or activity in the main topic of the course Dear eurythmy colleagues, For quite some time – due to the clear need for professional qualification and the development of young talents – we have seen the necessity of...
Online Conference Trauma Therapy & Post-traumatic Growth
Online Conference in German, English and Russian from January 29 to April 2, 2023 Every Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. GMT on www.eurythmy4you.com Trauma Therapy & Post-traumatic Growth Theory, First Aid and Complementary Therapy Experienced clinicians and researchers demonstrate different approaches to trauma. People in the field present a wealth of proven exercises...
Ita Wegman Foundation’s Course in Budapest
The Ita Wegman Foundation’s Course on therapeutic education and social therapy, Budapest 16 – 18 December 2022 By a wonderfully favorable twist of fate, the Ita Wegman Foundation’s course weekend in Budapest coincided with the Christmas meeting of the Anthroposophical Society in Hungary on December 17, 2022. More than 300 people gathered in the main...
Perspectives 2022-4 – now online!
The new issue of the journal Anthroposophic Perspectives in Inclusive Social Development is now available – as always bilingual (German and English), in print and online! In the current issue you will find the following articles: Pascale Karlin – Autism Veera Panch – A curative education initiative in Chennai (India) Burga Liddiard & Penelope Baring...
Inner Connections: Soul Breathing and Nature Breathing
An in-person public conference on April 13-16, 2023 in Ytterjärna, Sweden Co-sponsored by the Karl König Institute and the Kulturhuset, Järna Most people understand that the earth is suffering. The symptons of this are dramatic and are affecting millions of lives around the world. What does this have to do with us? Humankind is not...
A visit to the Camphill community Agualinda in Colombia
About ten years ago, Lina Maria Reina Gartner founded the Camphill community Agualinda in a suburb of Bogota together with Pablo Acevedo. In the eastern mountain range of the Colombian Andes, the town of Cota is located in the province of Cundinamarca, at an altitude of 2,566 m (8,419 ft), with a distinctly cool highland...
Therapeutic Education and Social Work in Sao Paulo, Brazil
In November 2022, Leticia Santagata (member of the leadership team of the training institution “Cruz del Sur” in Argentina) and Jan Göschel (member of the leadership team of the Anthroposophic Council for Inclusive Social Development) visited the training in anthroposophic curative education of the “Associação Beneficente Parsifal” in Sao Paulo. They conducted the regular collegial...
Marjatta school in Helsinki celebrated its 50-year anniversary
On the 17th of November 2022 the Marjatta school for children with special needs commemorated its 50th anniversary with a festive performance with the children, teachers, therapists and co-workers. Parents, members from the board, former co-workers and teachers, local politicians and former pupils were invited in the school hall to listen and to watch how...