Characteristics of
Conductive Education
Programs
in North America
By Judit Roth-Familant
June 22, 2004
•Total number of births in the United States between
1983-1999:
66,445,131
•Based on the general guideline that 2 out of every
1,000 children born will result in Cerebral Palsy, the
number of children in the United States between
1983-1999 with Cerebral Palsy:
132,890
•Based on research conducted in Norway (NBH), in
30% of the cases, Conductive Education is more
beneficial than other approaches. 30% of the total
number of children between 1983-1999 with Cerebral
Palsy that could benefit from CE:
39,867
•Based on our research, in 1999, the number of
children who were receiving Conductive Education:
263
Total Number of Individuals
(0-17) with Cerebral Palsy
in the United States
263
39,867
Total Number of
Individuals (0-17) that
could benefit from
Conductive Education in
the United States
132,532
Total Number of
Individuals (0-17) currently
(1999) receiving Conductive
Education services in the
United States
•CE programs are
available mostly on
the eastern and
western coasts of the
United States.
States that have programs and participated. •CE programs are
more likely to be
States that have programs but did not located in highly
participate. populated cities.
States that have no programs and so did not
participate.
Participating Conductive Education
Programs Created Over the Past 15 Years
9
8
Number of Programs Created
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Year Created
YES NO NO ANSWER
2 1
0
0
7 7 6
8 8
11 11 10
12 13 12 13 1
0 0 14 14 14 15
1 1
20 1
19
2
14 14 14
12 12 8
5 8 7 9 7 10
6 6 8
6
2 1 1 1 2 1 1
0 0
PAST
PAST
PAST
PAST
PAST
PAST
PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
FUTURE
FUTURE
FUTURE
FUTURE
FUTURE
FUTURE
LEGALLY NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL CHARTER SCHOOL TAX EXEMPT
ESTABLISHED ORIENTED STATUS
•Most programs are legally established and listed as non-
profit organizations.
Distribution of Different Types of Programs
PAST •In the past,
4
8 Summer programs
5
were the most
popular type of CE
2
Year Round Program
School Calendar Program
programs offered in
the United States.
10
Summer Program
Intermittent Program
Other Type of Program
Distribution of Different Types of Programs
PRESENT (1999) •In the present, CE
3
programs are more
9
11
likely to offer Year-
Round programs in
the United States.
3
5 Year Round Program
School Calendar Program
Summer Program
Intermittent Program
Other Type of Program
30
24 24
25
20
15
10
6 7
5
0
Past With Conductor Without Conductor With Conductor Without Conductor Present
•The number of Conductors working in the United States:
In the past: 25
In the present (1999): 28.
•There are programs operating without Conductor’s
supervision.
Past
35
30 Diagnosis
Distribution
25
20
15
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Range of Actual Hours of CE Received in a
Year
Past Present
Year-Round 800-1200 500-1300
Programs
School Calendar 630-800 540-990
Programs
Summer Programs 45-210 80-220
Intermittent 144-660 144-500
Programs
Other Programs 144-160 100-NA
PAST
15% 15%
Applied •Most CE
15% Curriculum programs are
relying on the
35%
Hungarian
15% LOCAL STATE academic
5%
PRESENT HUNGARIAN curriculum.
19.05% 19.05%
COMBINED
•There
4.76%
OTHER
appears to be
NONE
14.28%
a tendency to
4.76%
38.10%
NO ANSWER include the
FUTURE
local state
curriculum
19.05%
33.32%
into the CE
14.29%
program.
14.29%
19.05%
Recommendations for the Future
•Follow-up studies should be conducted every 3-
5 years to monitor changes in programs in North
America.
•“Characteristics of Conductive Education
Programs in North America Survey” can be easily
adopted and transformed for application in other
countries.
•Based on the study results, guidelines could be
developed to help establish new CE programs,
and help to reach higher quality of CE in the
existing programs in North America.
The full comprehensive research report (containing more than 200 charts) is
available upon request from Judit Roth-Familant by contacting
Cerebral Palsy Solutions, Coaching & Consulting
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