§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what proportion of mentally or physically handicapped children who receive conductive education proceed to normal schools;
(2) how many residential and non-residential schools in Britain provide conductive education;
(3) how many schools for mentally and physically disabled children in Britain are based on the principle of 147W conductive education; how many children they cater for; what is the teacher-pupil ratio; and if he gives any financial support to them.
§ Mr. DunnThe Department does not collect information about the movement of individual children. It is known that a number of schools and units use forms or derivatives of conductive education but details are not available centrally. More information on these and other aspects of conductive education is likely to become available, however, as a result of a detailed study of this method which the Spastics Society has proposed to carry out. An application for central Government support towards the project is at present under active consideration.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many courses there are for training teachers of conductive education; and how many teachers are involved;
(2) how many people have received training to become teachers of conductive education; and what proportion of them have received combined training in therapy, nursing and teaching.
§ Mr. DunnThere are no institutional courses approved by my right hon. Friend which provide training in conductive education. On-the-job training may be provided for teachers at schools which use some form of conductive education but no details of any such provision or of the number of teachers involved are available centrally.