ECA - European Conductive Association

06/07/2026

🎉Participation - activity - self-determination - fun! CE works in the sense of daily routines and the f-words!🤗🤼🏹🥏🏊🏼‍♀️🏇🏻🥋👨🏻‍🍳👯‍♂️😎☀️


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09/06/2026

Together Shaping the Future

As the EACD 2026 Congress in Galway comes to a close, we look back with gratitude on several days filled with inspiring encounters, scientific excellence, and meaningful international collaboration.

We are particularly proud of the strong presence of the Conductive Education and Rehabilitation community of Austria and Hungary. Colleagues from across Europe, Asia, Northamerica and beyond contributed through presentations, poster sessions, workshops, and scientific discussions, demonstrating the value of holistic, family-centred, and functional approaches for children and young people with disabilities.

The many conversations with researchers, clinicians, therapists,pedagogues , families, people with lived experience and self-advocates reinforced an important message: real progress happens when different disciplines and perspectives come together with a shared commitment to improving lives.

A sincere thank you to everyone who represented EACD with professionalism, passion, and scientific integrity. Every contribution helped strengthen the visibility and recognition of our field within the broader childhood disability community.

The National Coordinators Meeting was another highlight, reflecting the strength of our growing European network and our shared determination to advance inclusion, participation, and quality of life for children and families.

As we look ahead, exciting opportunities lie before us. The prospect of having an even stronger voice within the EACD, including future representation at Board level in 2027, offers an important chance to contribute to the strategic development of childhood disability services, research, and advocacy across Europe.
The congress may be over, but the work continues.
For the children. For the families.
For participation, inclusion, and the best possible quality of life.

09/06/2026

We will meet next year in Greece!🇬🇷

A strong Greek & Cypriot presence at this year’s EACD Galway 2026 Conference, with meaningful contributions from the European University Cyprus, University of Thessaly, University of West Attica and ELEPAP -Rehabilitation for The Disabled. It was inspiring to see so many opportunities for collabor...

06/06/2026

🤗Proud to be part of such an inspiring international community.

At the EACD Galway 2026 , colleagues from North America, Hungary and Austria showcased their work through lectures and poster presentations, contributing valuable perspectives to the ongoing discussion about childhood disability, participation and rehabilitation.

A special thank you from the President of ECA and the whole Board to Thorsten Gegenwarth, Patricia Herbst, Dean Prof. Andrea Zsebe, Erika Kolombán, Dr. Andrea Benyowsky, Dr. Ibolya Turi, Emma Reynolds, Sven Saurwein, Gabriele Molnár and Ines Egle and others for sharing their expertise and commitment.

The strength of our field lies in collaboration across borders, professions and generations. Every presentation, every discussion and every new connection helps move us closer to a more inclusive future for children and adults with disabilities.

Neurorehabilitation, Conductive and inclusive Education was represented in clinical expertise, educational innovation and inter- and transdisciplinary exchange, demonstrating its continued contribution to the international disability and rehabilitation community.




Together, we learn. Together, we grow. Together, we create opportunities for participation and inclusion.

05/06/2026

EACD 2026 – Working Together to Improve Health and Participation for Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy

🇮🇪At this year’s European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) Congress in Galway, Ireland, the expertise of the European Conductive Education and Rehabilitation community is strongly represented.
🎉Professor Andrea Zsebe, together with Dr. I.Tury and Dr. A. Benyovszky, is presenting a scientific poster on an important and often overlooked topic: respiratory problems in children and young people with cerebral palsy. Respiratory health has a profound impact on overall well-being, activity, participation, and quality of life, making the exchange of knowledge on effective prevention and intervention strategies particularly valuable. Conductive respiratory programms have a big impact!

🎉It is also inspiring to see the strong presence of many members of the European Conductive Association (ECA). Colleagues from organizations such as IPA, Petö Faculty, SAHK, ACENA, and other European institutions are contributing their expertise, research findings, and practical experience to the discussions.

🎉The congress once again demonstrates the value of collaboration across countries, disciplines, and professional backgrounds. Researchers, clinicians, educators, and rehabilitation specialists are coming together to develop innovative approaches that improve outcomes for children and young people with disabilities.

🎉The professional exchange in Galway is inspiring, constructive, and driven by a shared commitment: creating better opportunities, better health, and greater participation for children and young people with disabilities.

02/04/2026

Our member of sections at ECA, Gerel Ganbold, Conductor trained in Birmingham, is invited today at an Autism Conference
🎈Autism is no longer invisible. Awareness has been achieved. What we urgently need now is understanding.

Understanding that autism is not a stereotype, not a checklist, and not a one-size-fits-all concept. It is a fundamentally different way of experiencing, processing, and interacting with the world.
In everyday life, this becomes visible in the small and the significant:
in navigating sensory challenges, in advocating within systems that are not designed for neurodiversity, in recognising achievements that often go unseen.

At the same time, it reveals extraordinary strengths: deep focus, authenticity, creativity, and unique perspectives that enrich our societies.

From a conductive perspective, this is precisely where our responsibility lies:
to move beyond awareness and actively create environments that enable participation, agency, and development.
Autism is not something to be “fixed”.
It is something to be understood, respected, and meaningfully supported. And Conductive Education is a concept which has something to give to children or people with Autism!

21/03/2026

A very nice report about CE effects for adults!

20/03/2026

March 20 is celebrated worldwide as the International Day of Happiness.

But what does happiness actually mean? It can appear as an unexpected moment that exceeds our expectations. At the same time, it can be explained biologically—as a complex interaction of neurochemical processes in which neurotransmitters like dopamine play a key role. From a philosophical perspective, happiness goes beyond short-term pleasure; it reflects a deeper, more lasting state of inner satisfaction and fulfillment.

This raises an important question: Can happiness be actively pursued, or is it simply a matter of chance? Increasingly, research suggests that happiness can indeed be developed as a skill. Studies, including projects at the University of Braunschweig, have explored this idea and initiated programs that treat happiness as a learnable competence—even within educational settings.

For many families, happiness is also closely connected to meaningful developmental progress—this is why approaches such as Conductive Education are often experienced as a profound source of hope, empowerment, and joy.

11/03/2026

The training for conductors at the University of Birmingham….

10/03/2026

This week Uk and other countries are celebrating CE awareness week?
What is your special event in this week?🎉💪🏼📚👩🏻‍🦽‍➡️