Announcing a 12-module, 3-year medical-educational and school doctor training program:
Advanced training for educational and therapeutic professionals
Offered by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum
Responsible: Dr. med. Karin Michael, Adam Blanning MD
To foster healthy development in today’s children and young people, there is a growing need for committed work not only in education, but also in curative education and therapy. The upcoming multi-professional training course “Salutogenesis and Health Promotion in Childhood and Adolescence” has been created to support those who are seeking new ways to promote healthy development in their schools and communities.
The basis for this work is the integrative approach of salutogenesis (health creation) as described by Aaron Antonovsky, expanded through developmental physiology and psychology, all in connection with anthroposophical knowledge of the human being.
Core topics include: sensorimotor development, 12 senses and 7 life processes, embodiment, regulation and rhythmic function, sleep, nutrition, movement, ability to act, imagination and creativity, learning and memory formation, resilience, healthy development of self-confidence and autonomy.
Each unit contains seminar teaching, practical exercises, artistic elements as well as space for dialogue and exchange of experiences.
Target group
The training is aimed at doctors, teachers (including those with Extra Lesson training), school psychologists, school nurses and school social workers who want to acquire the professional salutogenetic and anthroposophic medical foundations for working in kindergartens and schools.
Prerequisite
Generally, a foundational pedagogical or therapeutic training is required.
The aim is for all therapeutic and educational professional groups is to increase their knowledge and awareness of healthy development and learning processes, alongside practical supports and interventions for everyday life.
Through this program, people with medical training will receive the theoretical basis for professional work as a kindergarten and school doctor. For this group of participants, further training opportunities include case preparation and presentation, plus mentoring opportunities.
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Module 1
Bangkok, October 3–9, 2026: Fundamentals of Anthropology (Venue: Panyotai Steiner Waldorf School)
• The physiological threefold structure of the organism in its development: nervous-sensory system, rhythmic system, metabolic-limb system; • The four “essential elements” or organizational systems of the human constitution in their connection • with the natural kingdoms: Mineral, Plant, Animal, as well as the three aggregate states of matter and heat as the fourth organizing principle.
Module 2 Online, January 16, 2027: First Phase of Life
• Embryology, unbornness, pregnancy, birth, early childhood and senses; • Prematurity, embodiment, reflexes, neurological development, sensory development; • Karma.
Module 3 Online, March 20, 2027: Sensory Education and Development
• The 12 senses and the 7 life processes; • Media education and nature experience; • Hypersensitivity.
Module 4Online, June 19, 2027: ADHD and Autism spectrum
• Perceiving the world in different ways. Attention deficits, learning difficulties; • Sensory integration disorder.
Module 5 Bangkok, October 9–16, 2027: Constitutions
• Constitution types, temperaments; • Aggression, Social and antisocial drives, dealing with conflicts.
Module 6 Online, January 15, 2028: Child observation
• First-grade readiness, metamorphosis of the etheric forces; • Child study and teachers’ conferences.
Module 7 Online, March 18, 2028: Inner Path
• The inner path of the teacher and the doctor; • Subsidiary exercises; • Meditation in health, crisis and illness.
Module 8 Online, June 17, 2028: Chronobiology and Learning
• Breathing and sleeping in the life of the child. Learning to breathe and sleep; • Sleep and memory; • How do Waldorf ’s educational elements resonate with child development?
Module 9 Bangkok, October 8–15, 2028: Developmental Steps, Biographical Transitions
• Developmental steps at 7, 9, 12, 14 years (school readiness and school ability, Rubicon, pre-puberty, puberty and the new “etheric heart”).
Module 10 Online, January 20, 2029: Puberty and Adolescence
• Puberty, adolescence, taking responsibility, judgment; • Identity, gender issues, being male, female or diverse • Violence and addiction prevention.
Module 11 Online, March 17, 2029: Mental health
• Etheric heart and mental health; • Trauma, depression, post-traumatic stress and anxiety in childhood and adolescence; • Crises in adolescence, bullying, eating disorders, “cutting”, borderline disorders.
Module 12 Online, June 16, 2029: Therapeutic Community
• The joint work of the different professional groups; • The importance of the child conference and the school as a whole social organism; • Discussions and therapeutic counseling between teachers, parents and therapists; • Questions of destiny.
