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Jackson, Robin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
The Camphill Movement is one of the largest independent providers of social care for people with a learning disability: there are 119 communities located throughout the world. From the start, the principal aim of the Movement--co-founded by Dr. Karl König and his wife Tilla (née Maasberg) in Aberdeen--was to build communities in which children and…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship, Sense of Community, World History
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Jackson, Robin – Educational Review, 2011
In this paper the origin of the Camphill Movement will be outlined. Particular attention will be paid to the influence of the Moravian Brethren educational model in the development of the Camphill Schools. A key influence which helped to shape Camphill philosophy and practice was the writing of Jan Amos Comenius (1592-1670), a bishop in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Needs, Children, Residential Care