Steps: Conductive Education Centre, specialist nursery services and support to children with motor disorders
Every year in the UK one in every 400 babies is born with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects movement, posture and co-ordination. Sometimes these conditions can be seen around the time of birth or they may not become obvious until later. Sometimes there is no obvious reason why a child has cerebral palsy but research suggests that it is mainly due to factors affecting the brain before or during birth, but causes may be multiple and complex.
Steps is a registered charity which provides specialist nursery services and support to children with motor disorders (cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, spina bifida or other conditions affecting motor skills) and their families, enabling them to lead fuller, more active lives.
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Contact Details
- Contact Name
- Trish Mabbott
- Telephone
- 01509 506878 01509 506878
- info@stepscentre.org.uk
- Website
- Steps Centre
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Where to go
- Name
- The Old School
- Address
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40, Loughborough Road
Shepshed
Loughborough
Leicestershire - Postcode
- LE12 9DN
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Time, Costs and Availability
Availability
- Referral Required?
- Referral not required
Additional Local Offer Information
Local Offer
- Description
Conductive education was pioneered in Hungary in the late 1940’s by Dr Andras Petö in the Institute and College which now bears his name. He developed the teaching system to enable more children to be included in mainstream schools. It is:
- A complex approach to educating children with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, spina bifida or any condition affecting the acquisition of motor skills.
- A holistic approach concerned with the children’s physical, social, emotional, cognitive and spiritual development.
- It is a programme focussed on the children, not their disabilities.
It is not:
- A cure
- A therapy
- A treatment
- A form of exercise
Play is of fundamental importance within conductive education. It is through structured play that children learn a wide range of skills and are motivated to do things for themselves.
Each week during term-time Steps run a variety of sessions:
- A mother and baby group
- A mother and toddler group
- A nursery group for children who attend on their own
- A pre-school independence group where we liaise closely with the schools the children will soon be, or already are, attending
- A Gym Club for children over five who attend mainstream school
Steps welcomes families from all across the East Midlands. For more information please visit the Steps website.