Table of Contents
Foreword Peter Selg 9
Introduction: Karl König - Curative Teacher and Physician Georg von Arnim 19
To Parents
1 Letter to the Parents of Camphill at Lake Constance 27
2 To the Mother of a Down's Syndrome Child 31
The Task and Ethics of Curative Education
3 The Purpose and Value of Curative-Educational Work 37
4 The Care and Education of Handicapped Children 45
1 Diagnosis 47
2 Treatment 49
3 Education 52
4 Care 54
5 Basic Issues of Curative-Educational Diagnosis and Therapy 57
1 What is curative education? 57
2 Curative-educational diagnosis and therapy 61
3 Hydrocephaly and microcephaly 65
4 Speech and its components 70
5 Down's syndrome and cretinism 73
6 Summary 78
Curative Education, Modern Civilization and Social Community
6 The Three Foundations of Curative Education 83
7 Modern Curative Education as a Social Issue 95
8 Curative Education as a Social Task 113
The History and Future of Curative Education
9 Mignon: The History of Curative Education 133
1 Introduction 133
2 What is curative education? 135
3 Where does the curative-educational impulse appear? 139
4 The course of curative education 145
5 Rudolf Steiner's advice is sought 152
6 Epilogue 157
10 Adalbert Stifter and Curative Education 161
Euthanasia
11 The Problem of Euthanasia 179
12 Euthanasia as a Challenge to Society Today 195
Notes 209
Sources 213
Bibliography 215
Index 219
