Understanding Sensory Integration: Tips for Grandparents

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

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

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...
Human Rights Day

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...