Motopedics

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The Motopädie is a method of treating psychological, sensory and socio-motor performance, cognitive and behavioral problems in children, adolescents and adults. The central approach is movement , whereby interactions between the body in movement and the human psyche , as expressed in the term psychomotor skills , should be used. Motopaths work strength-oriented. The German professional association for motopedics (DBM) describes the professional field comprehensively. Motopedics was developed in the mid-1950s by sports educator Ernst J. Kiphard together with child and adolescent psychiatrists Elisabeth Hecker and Helmut Hünnekens. Motopedics includes motopedagogy and mototherapy . Depending on the focus of the work, the motopedic work is more educational- preventive or therapeutic- rehabilitative .

According to the Federal Joint Committee is a complementary method without proof of efficacy, which according to the remedies directives can not be prescribed.

The associated research and teaching area is called motology . In 1983 a motological chair was established at the Philipps University of Marburg . a. the body psychotherapy and psychomotor development funding ( ECI ) belong.

Features of the motopedic way of working

Training as a motorbike surgeon

In 1976 the Psychomotor Group was founded. V. (AKP) was founded and curricula for a one-year technical college education were developed. In 1977 the technical school for gymnastics and movement therapy in Dortmund (today based in Unna at the Märkischer Vocational College) was approved by the state and began to train state-certified motor therapists. Since 1996, part-time training at the Ernst Kiphard Vocational College has also been possible over a period of two years. Further training is also offered at the LWL Vocational College for Motopedics in Hamm . At the specialist school for curative education at the Diakoniekolleg Hannover (Stephansstift), a moto pedagogue training is offered in combination with the training to become a state-recognized curative pedagogue.

Sources and individual references

  1. Arnd Krüger : History of movement therapy. In: Preventive Medicine. Springer Loseblatt Collection, Heidelberg 1999, 07.06, pp. 1–22.
  2. Gerhard Böhme: Complementary procedures for communication disorders: for speech therapists, speech therapists and doctors; 6 tables . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-13-149691-1 , p. 81.
  3. Master's degree in Motology at the Department of Education in Marburg

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