The first module of the Asia-Pacific training in Curative Education and Social Therapy took place in October in Bangkok, Thailand. This newly established program for English speaking Asia welcomed more than 40 participants from Malaysia, China and the Philippines, as well as Thailand. The program is an initiative of the Anthroposophic Medical Association in Thailand...
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“Community in Conversation – Learning Inclusion Together”
A cordial “Save the Date” to the inclusive conference “Community in Conversation – Learning Inclusion Together” from 08–11.05.2024 in Altenschlirf in the middle of Germany. “Save the Date” means that you make a note of the date of the conference because you would like to attend. The conference is organized in cooperation with the partner...
Support for Kfar Rafael
With good thoughts and wishes for safety and peace for all those directly affected by the war, we pass on the request for support that has reached us from the social therapeutic community Kfar Rafael in the south of Israel. Almost the entire community had to be evacuated due to the war to ensure physical...
Perspectives 2023-3 – Online now!
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: Thomas Suska – The Social Therapeutic Task in the Field of Tension between Individuation and Socialization Joan Sleigh –...
New edition of Karl König’s ‘First Three Years of the Child’
How Children learn to Walk, Speak and Think 3rd edition May 2023 Floris Books ISBN: 978-1-7825-0847-2 In his classic work on early childhood development, Karl König explores the first three years of a child’s life by examining the three major achievements that occur during this stage: learning to walk, speak and think. These are three...
Leben mit Autismus – Eine besondere Art des Daseins
Jos Meereboer 1. Auflage 2023 Verlag am Goetheanum ISBN: 978-3-7235-1720-8 Menschen mit Autismus erleben die Welt – in unterschiedlich starkem Maße – oft wie von außerhalb und müssen sich teils ihrer eigenen leiblichen Wirklichkeit durch zunächst für Außenstehende schwer verständliche Handlungen vergewissern. Der erfahrene niederländische Heilpädagoge Jos Meereboer legt mit dieser einfühlsamen und anschaulichen Schrift...
Religion and Spirituality in Inclusive Social Development
Register now: Working Conference on Religion and Spirituality from October 4–6, 2023 at the Goetheanum in Dornach/Switzerland We warmly invite you to our working conference about religion and spirituality in our field of work. This includes festivals, commemorations, services, bible evenings, rituals, class lessons, study groups, personal spiritual practice, … How does one experience the...
Coming 2024: The Twelfth Section of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum
We are pleased to also share here the following announcement from the Goetheanum leadership regarding the future development of our field of work within the School of Spiritual Science. We will provide information on the next steps here in the course of the coming year as well. Anthroposophical social therapy, curative education, assistance for people...
In memory of Karla-Maria Schälike
Today we received the news that the pioneer of anthroposophical curative education in Kyrgyzstan, founder of the children’s rehabilitation center Ymyt-Nadeshda, and longtime contributor to the international cooperation of the Council and the International Training Circle, Karla-Maria Schälike, has crossed the threshold in Germany after a short illness. We would like to express our heartfelt...
Completion of the first curative education and social therapy course in Mexico
On August 4, 2023, the first group of the advanced training in anthroposophical curative education and social therapy, founded in 2019, at ‘Gita – Centro Antroposófico’ in Cuernavaca, Mexico, celebrated their graduation. Gita engaged Doris Unger from Buenos Aires, co-founder and former member of the leadership of the Argentine ‘Seminario Cruz del Sur’, to develop...