The child with special needs : letters and essays on curative education /

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Author / Creator:König, Karl, 1902-1966.
Uniform title:Seelenpflege-bedürftige Kind. English
Imprint:Edinburgh : Floris, 2009.
Description:220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Karl König archive ; v. 4
Karl König archive ; v. 4.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7899809
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ISBN:9780863156939 (pbk.)
0863156932 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.
First published in German in 2008 under the title: Das Seelenpflege-bedürftige Kind.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Karl König - Curative Teacher and Physician
  • To Parents
  • 1. Letter to the Parents of Camphill at Lake Constance
  • 2. To the Mother of a Down's Syndrome Child
  • The Task and Ethics of Curative Education
  • 3. The Purpose and Value of Curative-Educational Work
  • 4. The Care and Education of Handicapped Children
  • 1. Diagnosis
  • 2. Treatment
  • 3. Education
  • 4. Care
  • 5. Basic Issues of Curative-Educational Diagnosis and Therapy
  • 1. What is curative education?
  • 2. Curative-educational diagnosis and therapy
  • 3. Hydrocephaly and microcephaly
  • 4. Speech and its components
  • 5. Down's syndrome and cretinism
  • 6. Summary
  • Curative Education, Modern Civilization and Social Community
  • 6. The Three Foundations of Curative Education
  • 7. Modern Curative Education as a Social Issue
  • 8. Curative Education as a Social Task
  • The History and Future of Curative Education
  • 9. Mignon: The History of Curative Education
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What is curative education?
  • 3. Where does the curative-educational impulse appear?
  • 4. The course of curative education
  • 5. Rudolf Steiner's advice is sought
  • 6. Epilogue
  • 10. Adalbert Stifter and Curative Education
  • Euthanasia
  • 11. The Problem of Euthanasia
  • 12. Euthanasia as a Challenge to Society Today
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index