The Child with Special Needs: Letters and Essays on Curative Education

by Karl König, Peter Selg (Editor)

Karl Konig, the founder of Camphill, was a prolific lecturer and writer on a wide range of subjects from anthroposophy and Christology through social questions and curative education to science and history. The Karl Konig Archive are working on a programme of publishing these works over the coming years. This is the fourth book to be published in the series. In this remarkable collection of Karl Konig's letters and essays, Konig considers and discusses the fundamentals of special needs education. He shows that there are three core aspects to a successful holistic education and healing approach: firstly, a positive social environment, which in the context of Camphill is achieved through small family units of carers and children; secondly, that carers' work is based on an insightful understanding of the nature and potential of each individual child and disability; and thirdly that medical treatment is imbued with courage to keep believing that the impossible is possible.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Karl König was an Austrian follower of the religion of Anthroposophy. He was a paediatrician and founded the Camphill Movement, an international movement of therapeutic intentional communities for those with special needs or disabilities, based on anthroposophic principles.