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SAISI Model for therapy planning, feedback and record keeping
USING THE SAISI MODEL FOR THERAPY PLANNING, TO GIVE CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK AND FOR RECORD-KEEPING. By Marié Greyling This is the second blog in a series about SAISI’s exciting new tool; the SAISI model. In a previous blog by Amy Rode, we provided an overview of the model...
Good things take time
Good things take time As a child, our family always did their Christmas shopping in a large mall. Although this is very practical and the most shops can be found within a short distance of one another, shopping in a mall can cause a lot of challenges. I remember that...
Helping Your Child Settle Into the New Year
Back-to-School Sensory Tips for Parents: Helping Your Child Settle into the New Year The back-to-school season is here—cue the excitement, the backpacks, the lunchboxes, and, let’s be honest, a little bit of chaos. For kids with sensory sensitivities, though, school...
Sensory Spaces
Sensory Spaces Blog By: Leanne Fleischmann A Sensory Spaces playground = A Sensory Integration awakening! You know, in many different instances we as humans ask about the bigger picture. We ask about how this will turn out in the end or what the outcome would be....
SAISI Sensory Integration and Occupational Performance Model
Exciting new Tool! Helping therapists to communicate intricate, detailed information from evaluations to parents, teachers and caregivers. As ASI®-trained OTs we have spent so much time learning and understanding the fundamentals of what Dr Jean Ayres and her scholars...
Understanding Sensory Integration: Tips for Grandparents
Understanding Sensory Integration: Tips for Grandparents By Stella Sims Becoming or being a grandparent is the most amazing privilege. We get to love unconditionally, we learn to play and laugh again, as well as cry and hold and accept and marvel and swell with pride...
Handedness
HANDEDNESS: Right or left? Dr Elke Kraus Have you ever wondered whether a child is left or right-handed? Or ambidextrous? Or seemingly undecided as to which hand to use? As a paediatric occupational therapist, I did a lot of wondering about children who swapped their...
Nelson Mandela and Jean Ayres
Nelson Mandela and Jean Ayres By Dr Tharina Annandale This month we are celebrating the lives of Jean Ayres and Nelson Mandela. Both of these historical figures were born on 18 July. They did not only share a birthday, but also shared their passion for growth and...
“Comfort counts: A practical guide to buying sensory-friendly underwear for kids”
"Comfort counts: A practical guide to buying sensory-friendly underwear for kids" Numerous children exhibit heightened sensitivity to sensory stimuli, leading to the possibility of them experiencing sensory hyper-reactivity (also known as hypersensitivity or...
Reach High, Bend Low, and Touch Your Toes: A Sensory Spaces Adventure
Sensory Spaces Blog By: Shakira Mohamed Reach High, Bend Low, and Touch Your Toes: ~ A Sensory Spaces Adventure ~ Digging, pounding, throwing, rolling, catching, pulling, and pushing, Dust and sand, shovel in hand, Tyres rolling from afar, tins of paint ajar, Smiles,...