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conductive education

British  

noun

  1. an educational system, developed in Hungary by András Petö, in which teachers ( conductors ) teach children and adults with motor disorders to function independently, by guiding them to attain their own goals in their own way

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Buddy Bear is the only school in Northern Ireland to offer an approach called conductive education, which aims to teach children greater control over their movements.

From BBC

Paces is a school for conductive education where the emphasis is on developing the children so they can achieve as much independence as possible.

From BBC

She eventually helped found the Conductive Education Center of San Francisco, a six-week summer camp for children with motor disorders or developmental delays.

From New York Times