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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,...
Human Rights Day
By Dr Tharina Annadale On 21 March we will be celebrating Human Rights Day. With this in mind I would like to go back to the topic of the rights of our clients/patients. We are all aware of the basic rights that patients/clients have. The most prominent rights are...
Celebrating those with Down Syndrome
By Anneri Oosthuizen Down syndrome is a condition in which a baby is born with an extra chromosome number 21. The extra chromosome is associated with delays in the child's mental and physical development, as well as an increased risk for health problems. But for...
A Mother’s Journey with a Congenital Heart Disease baby
Written by Lelani Groenewald My Journey as a First-Time Mother to a Child with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) As I saw my newborn son straight after my planned C-section, I couldn't have imagined the rollercoaster journey that awaited us. I had become a...
The anxious child and the not-so-welcome worry monster
THE ANXIOUS CHILD AND THE NOT-SO-WELCOME WORRY MONSTER Adjusting to a new school or class – welcome to the new year! By Liani Austin I noticed her standing there. Serious. Sullen. Sad. So I scooped her up and took her to my occupational therapy (OT) room. As she...
Something for the holidays
Something for the holidays By Dr Tharina Annandale During the year we really look forward to the holidays, but as soon as we are two weeks into the December holidays, the children start to fight and we get frustrated with them. In a lot of families, different members...