The András Pető Institute Of Conductive Education And College For Conductor Training
General
Peto Institute
Our Institute
The András Pető Institute of Conductive Education and College for Conductor Training is a non-governmental, state-recognised institution of higher education maintained by the International András Pető Public Foundation. A college training pedagogues, an institution carrying out conductive practise and a centre offering professional services, the Pető Institute pursues different functions: on the one hand it provides conductive care to individuals with motor disorders from infancy to old age; on the other hand it prepares young people for implementing conductive education.
Our mission is to show individuals suffering from injuries to the central nervous system and their families the way to a full life and to make society aware of the opportunities to help.
Centre for Early Development and Conductive Care
Children whose delay in spontaneous motor development becomes increasingly apparent may lose very valuable time if intervention is not started early enough. Having to ascertain whether or not the infant is healthy and whether or not it is at risk of pathological development imposes he same level of responsibility on our experts as to recognise and identify he pathological process. Waiting to no purpose, playing for time due to uncertainty will diminish the results that could be achieved with early development.
To newborn babies who presumably suffered damage to the central nervous system, early conductive education is vital as the brain has a residual capacity which can be activated and thereby the functions of the injured, defective brain area replaced.
Infants and young children attending the Pető Institute's Centre for Early development and Conductive Care participate in a comprehensive education programme that promotes motor activity, cognitive development, self help skills, manipulation and play activity. Early development of speech, development of body scheme, transmitting knowledge, supporting education in the family and preparation for kindergarten education are also involved.
Early education is provided in various forms. The residential mother and toddler group is mainly for children and families living outside the central area of the country. Our outpatient groups provide conductive care to children residing in or around Budapest. Children whose condition or age does not allow development within the group are educated individually.
The Principle and Aim of Conductive Education
Physician and educator András Pető developed his conductive educational system after World War II, in 1945. His method opened up a new way for the rehabilitation of motor disordered children and adults whose dysfunction was due to damages to the central nervous system. His approach was first taught and practised in the Institute named after him. According to Professor Pető, in addition to damages of the central nervous system, motor disability is chiefly due to the lack of co-operation among different functions. He argued that instead of applying special therapies, these people need to be treated through real education, and thus he created the system of conductive education to prove the idea. Conductive education is based on the idea that despite the damage, the nervous system still possesses the capacity to form new neural connections.Our Mission
Our mission is to show individuals suffering from injuries to the central nervous system and their families the way to a full life and to make society aware of the opportunities to help.
Physician and educator Andras Pető developed his conductive education system after World War II, in 1945. His method opened up a new path for the rehabilitation of children and adults whose motor impairments originate from damage to the central nervous system. His approach was first taught and practised in the predecessor of the Institute now named after him. Conductive education is based on the idea that despite the damage, the nervous system still possesses the capacity to form new neural connections and this ability can be mobilised with the help of a properly guided teaching and learning process. That is the reason why Professor Pető called his method "conductive" (Latin origin).
