Der Merkurstab: Special edition: “100 years of the Special Needs Education Course”
With a contribution by Jan Göschel on “Supportive education and inclusive social development on an anthroposophical basis” as well as further contributions by Martin Niemeijer (“The images of the child’s constitution”), Bernd Kalwitz (“Autoaggression and self-injurious behavior in the context of supportive education”), Karl-Reinhard Kummer (“The riddle of autism: an attempt at taking stock”) and Almut Tobis (”A synthesis of gold, frankincense and myrrh? A metaphor for the manufacturing process of Myrrha comp. “). The anthroposophically oriented supportive education initiated by R. Steiner 100 years ago is the focus of the current issue of the Journal of Anthroposophic Medicine. Central supportive education concepts, as developed in the “Special Needs 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 auto-aggressive behavior and autism spectrum disorders. The guiding principle is the mutual awakening of those being supported and those providing support. Anthroposophical inclusion work thus combines “both directions of attention” at its core (Göschel, pp. 307-308).