by Yumna | Apr 14, 2021 | Blog
Today’s blog post was written by Liani Austin, an ASI practitioner in a school-based practice in Pretoria and mom to two beautiful children. “I am stuck” he said in a voice filled with panic. He desperately shook his leg, which resulted in him losing his...
by Yumna | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog
Written by Karen Powell Happy New Year to you! To inspire you to have fun despite the pandemic level challenges we might be facing this year, we revisit the foundation and importance of play, and how it relates to the work we do. Play and Discovery In 2007 the...
by Yumna | Nov 25, 2020 | Blog
Today’s blog is written by Stefanie Kruger, private practitioner at Simply Senseable, and SAISI board member, who decided to conduct some of her own research into the loss of “OT-ness” in this year of the pandemic. Vanilla essence is a delectable...
by Yumna | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog
On 22 July SAISI hosted Dr Susanne Smith-Roley (indicated as SSR below), a scholar and mentee of Dr Ayres (JA), to celebrate her legacy on what would have been her 100th birthday. The interview was facilitated by Dr Annamarie van Jaarsveld (AvJ), Gina Rencken (GR)...
by Yumna | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog
By Sally Fraser-Mackenzie Post-COVID transitioning back to therapy I’ve been back at work for 2 months and there have been the expected and necessary adjustments post-lockdown, and then other curve balls where I have had to make my own adaptive responses on the spur...
