A Conductive Education program includes a structured and consistent Daily Routine which allows individuals to become comfortable and learn faster. A CE Daily Routine includes all aspects of an individual’s life, and is set up toward the achievement of group and individual goals. A CE Daily Routine generally includes programs focusing on the development of gross and fine motor skills, balance, coordination, and self-care skills (toilet training, self-feeding, hand-washing), all while working toward cognitive, social, emotional, and speech/language development.

The programs are run with small groups of individuals held together by a conductor. The conductor, who has been trained for 4+ years in areas of psychology, sciences, special education methodology and conductive pedagogy, is responsible for the structure, rhythm and tempo of each session. The mode of teaching is verbal, with the conductor verbalizing instructions for each activity as it is being done. The group members are encouraged to join in with the verbalizing, which may be in the form of counting or saying a word which emphasizes the action (e.g. 'I bend my right leg. I bend it. I bend it.').

Activities vary from simple to more difficult, with an emphasis on the accomplishment of a task. The sessions are goal oriented, although the means to accomplishment may differ with each individual. Each activity is directed towards a specific function which is commonly difficult for the individual.

The conductor is responsible for keeping the tempo of the session as well as being motivating and encouraging. 'Rhythmical intention' is used to maintain motivation and helps people initiate the movement and continue to move through the task smoothly. Practice is viewed not as a mechanistic repetition of meaningless motor acts but as a conscious process of learning optimal motor solutions to particular problems.