The Merkurstab: Special edition “100 years of the Curative Educational Course”

With an article by Jan Göschel on “Curative education and inclusive social development on an anthroposophical basis” as well as further articles by Martin Niemeijer (“The images of the child’s constitution”), Bernd Kalwitz (“Auto-aggression and self-injurious behavior in the supportive education context”), Karl-Reinhard Kummer (“The mystery of autism: an attempt at an inventory”) and Almut Tobis (“A synthesis of gold, incense and myrrh? A metaphor for the manufacturing process of Myrrha comp.“). The content of the current issue of the Journal of Anthroposophic Medicine focuses on the anthroposophically oriented supportive education initiated by R. Steiner 100 years ago. Central supportive educational concepts, as developed in the ‘Curative Education Course’, are presented in detail. The resulting methodological approaches, which can be found in current social and inclusion work, are illustrated and discussed using the examples of self-injurious behavior and autism spectrum disorders. The guiding principle is the mutual awakening of those being cared for and those providing care. Anthroposophical inclusion work thus combines “both directions of attention” at its core (Göschel, pp. 307-308).