For those who wish to take next steps for working with constitutional pictures, a new (third-year) course has been developed with an emphasis on:

·      Reviewing key aspects of constitutional observation, with observation assignments designed to help you better understand the developmental needs of the students you are working with

·      Increased small group time for sharing during the online sessions, so that you can hear more impressions and insights from colleagues and also share about what you are seeing, plus two question and answer sessions with Dr. Blanning

·      Recommended “homework” assignments for creating supportive experiences to address different needs. You will then be encouraged to try them out, take notes and share about what worked well, what you were surprised by, and see how it compares to others experiences.

This course is intended to empower those who have done the two-year course “Understanding Deeper Developmental Needs”, but it is open to any interested teachers, doctors or therapists.

• It will draw strongly from Dr. Blanning’s book, especially “Part One: the Polarity of Integration” (Chapters 4 to 7) and “Part Three: The Polarity of Connection” (Chapters 20 to 24).

Those who are new to the course will be giving access to recordings from:

• Sessions 2: “Observing the Incarnation Process through Movement”,

• Session 7” “Epileptic Constitution” and

• Session 8: “Hysteric Constitution” from the most recent cycle of the two-year course “Understanding Deeper Developmental Needs.”

• A new, two-year cycle of that course will be offered again, beginning in October 2027.

The course speaks about “gifts” because while the outer conditions of children’s lives are quickly shifting, the core processes for healthy incarnation and development remain the same.

And when we look at the destinies of today’s children and teachers, it is striking to see how earnestly working with the challenge of one child’s specific learning needs often pushes us to make change that actually benefits all children you are working with. We will discuss ways to search for and recognize those gifts. For example:

• Children who need a lot of repetition and who continuously seek big movements (“feebled” movement patterns)help remind us about the importance of rhythmic anchoring in the body and of doing practical tasks

• Children who tend towards superficial restlessness (“maniacal” movement patterns) help remind us to build real experiences of reverence

• We can learn about the importance of connecting to the natural world from children who consciousness get stuck inside themselves (“epileptic” sensing pattern)

• We can be reminded about focusing on the essential and trying to be fully present by children who tend to get overstimulated and overwhelmed (“hysteric” sensing pattern).

The goal of the course is to support you in exploring these patterns and gifts for yourself.

How to Participate:

This online teaching project offers two parallel teaching times so that people from all parts of the world can take part (meaning, the same material is taught twice—you simply choose the timing that works best for you):

• Tuesdays 11:00am U.S. Mountain time (evening in Europe/Africa). Planned Tuesday dates are: Oct. 20, Nov. 10, Dec. 8, Jan. 19, Feb 16, March 9, with optional discussion/Q&A sessions on Dec. 1 and March 2.

• Fridays 5:00pm U.S. Mountain (Saturday morning in Australia/Asia). Planned Friday (Sat) dates are: October. 22(23), Nov. 13(14), Dec. 4(5), Jan 22(23), Feb 19(20), March 12(13),with optional discussion/Q&A sessions on Nov. 28(29) and March 5(6).

All sessions will be recorded, but because this year’s sessions have such a strong emphasis on sharing and comparing of experiences, we strongly encourage you to take part in the live, online meetings as much as possible. The segments of small group discussion time are not included in the recordings.

Costs:

Tuition for the course is $155, which covers all six sessions (October to March). It also gives you access to recordings of Sessions 2, 7 and 8 from the Understanding Deeper Developmental Needs course. We are keeping the same tuition levels as the last two years (even though there are now two additional question-and-answer sessions and access to three recordings).

Registration is now open at Denvertherapies.com/appointments —scroll down to “Education Offerings” and decide whether you want to register for the Tuesday sessions (Americas, Europe, Africa) or the Friday/Saturday sessions (Americas, Australia, Asia).

We wish for this course to be available to as many people as possible, so a discounted tuition ($120) is available for those who cannot afford the full price, using the code: GIFTDDN-DISCOUNT.

We also recognize that income levels and economics vary widely in many countries around the world, so a hardship/solidary tuition ($85 USD) is available, especially for colleagues in parts of South America, Asia and Africa, using the code: GIFTDDN-HARDSHIP.

If these levels are still not available to you or if you have a larger faculty group that would like to participate (5+ teachers), email us and we will see what is possible.

You can order a copy of Deeper Developmental Needs at Steinerbooks.org (or on Amazon, though we encourage you to support our anthroposophic publishers). If you are part of a group that would like to work on this material together, Steinerbooks offers discounts: “when a group of people joins together to study a particular book and wish to purchase that book in quantities of five copies or more, SteinerBooks will give a 20% discount for that order. You must purchase five copies or more of a single title, and payment in advance is required. Order using the offer code STUDY at checkout.”

You might also be interested in Dr. Blanning’s other book, “Raising Sounds Sleepers,” which has now also been translated into Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Traditional Chinese and Modern Chinese.