About me:

Studies and trainings

Studies in remedial education (Heilpädagogik) at the Kath. Fachhochschule für Sozialwesen Freiburg (Catholic College for Social Matters), finished 1978 with a diploma as Diplom-Heilpädagoge (FH)
Training in Integrative Body Therapie with Retarded People (Institut Heel, Thijs Besems, Megen, NL)
Training as a "Praxisbegleiter" (counsellor) in institutions for handicapped people (Diakonische Akademie Stuttgart)
Training in Quality Management in Institutions for the Youth and the Handicapped (Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung, Köln)
Basic training course in Kinaesthetics^®
Post-graduate studies "CAS Leadership" at the IAP Zürich and Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland

10 years of experience in remedial education in institutions for persons with mental retardation (counselling and therapy service)
15 years of experience in ambulant counselling of people with a chronic psychiatric disease
3 years employment (30%) at a day care centre for severely handicapped adults
5 years head of team of attendants (80%) for a group of elderly residents at a residential institution for people with mental retardation in eastern Switzerland
active in vocational training and schools
30 years experience in freelance counselling, training, and supervision
Publications in books and periodicals

Basic Communication
Sensory-motor development
Counselling in special education
- behaviour problems with people with mental retardation
- autistic behaviour with people with mental retardation
- counselling in institutions for people with mental retardation