Students adapt to their own COVID journey challenges

Students adapt to their own COVID journey challenges

Today’s post is written by Karen Powell, private practitioner for infants, toddlers and children and SAISI board member. “Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world,...
OT from the tent: A creative space for teletherapy

OT from the tent: A creative space for teletherapy

Today’s blog post is written by Lauri Adams. Lauri graduated from UCT in 2012, and completed her training in Ayres Sensory Integration in 2018.  She opened her private practice focusing on paediatrics and is based at various schools in Durban.  Today she shares...
Starting a telehealth journey: one therapist takes the plunge

Starting a telehealth journey: one therapist takes the plunge

Today Jeane Kolbe shares her telehealth experience with us, how she started planning and processing, and some practical ideas to use over a screen. Not unlike most other OT’s, I was completely thrown by the idea of doing tele-therapy. I am very hands on in my...
Open letter to my son’s OT

Open letter to my son’s OT

  Have you wondered how the parents of the children you see for therapy feel about the lock down, and how it is affecting their children?  Have you actually asked them how they feel about the home programmes, suggested activities, broadcast groups, telehealth...