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2 events from Faery Glen
Faery Glen has two upcoming events in Gauteng.
One is a Parent & Sibling support workshop in July aimed at
those supporting children with special needs. The other is the
school fundraiser.
For more info on these events please
click here.
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Kids
Indaba to thrill Gauteng tweens for the first time
The Kids Indaba concept was successfully launched in Durban
earlier this year and Gauteng audiences will now be lucky enough
to be next to experience the show for the first time this May.
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Participate in our interactive online story and help kids!
RemSpecED in partnership with
Bundublog.com is working to
develop South Africa's first interactive story where the
community dictates the characters and the story line.
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iPad and Tablet PC’s to change school education?
Would you consider using something like the recently released
iPad in a classroom environment?
This is one of the questions we at RemSpecED have been kicking
around over the last few weeks since we heard the device had
been released by Apple.
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Support Windy Hollow
Windy Hollow is a non-profit organisation that operates as a
therapeutically based horse-riding center, we concentrate our
efforts on the improvement or creation of physical and mental
function in the challenged individual, therefore reducing the
burden they place on ‘functional society’.
They are desperately looking for support to keep
their initiative going and have come up with a marketing
opportunity to assist them and those who can assist them
financially. Find out more about
it here.
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New Business Services Page
Check out the new
RemSpecED business services page
which includes a number of innovative products and services for
South African consumers.
Support our merchants and advertisers so that we
can continue to bring RemSpecED to you our loyal reader. |
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Occupational therapist wanted
Ithuteng Learning Support Centre
Looking for a motivated, driven occupational
therapist to set up practice along side a learning support
centre in Midrand. Contact Lauren (072 553 5919) or
laurenbrown@ithutenglearning.co.za
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Are you looking to attend an
event or plan a holiday? Use the
RemSpecED travel tool
to hire cars, book hotels or just browse some of the brilliant
hotels that South Africa has to offer:

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Baba Indaba set to sizzle
in 2010
If you have any interest in marketing to a highly targeted base
of consumers in the baby and parenting market with an esteemed &
award winning organiser, the SABC Education Baba Indaba is your
only partner of choice! The SABC Education Baba Indaba is a
highly recognisable exhibition brand amongst parents and
presents the opportunity to expose brands to a huge audience of
an estimated 145 000 visitors in 2010.
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Homework - a waste of time?
There is an
interesting article on IOL about homework being “a waste of
time”.
The article cites research by US author Alfie Kohn and his “new”
book ‘The Homework Myth’.
Read
the rest of the article
here or contribute to the discussion on the
RemSpecED blog. |
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Occupational Therapist
needed
Looking for a young, enthusiastic Occupational Therapist
interested in furthering training and developing skills by
specialising in Sensory Integration! Our team is expanding and
we have a position available at our private Paediatric practice
in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
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Occupational Therapist wanted
Occupational Therapist, preferably sensory integration trained,
required to set up private practice alongside special needs
therapy centre in Gauteng. More details
here.
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Faery Glen
Therapy Centre
Special Needs therapy centre in countryside setting catering for
learners with PDD, ASD, Global Developmental Delays, Downs
Syndrome and other impairments.
Full
listing here or download
their
brochure |
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Ithuteng
Learning Support Centre
Ithuteng Learning Support Centre offers remedial therapy,
occupational therapy, speech therapy, as well as extra lessons
and study skills
More
details here |
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RemSpecED therapy offering to kick off in January 2010
RemSpecED - The South African Remedial & Special
Education portal is to launch a fully integrated therapy
offering from January 2010.
Spearheaded by leading occupational therapist and lecturer Paula
Barnard-Ashton, the RemSpecED offering will provide a unique and
integrated therapeutic approach which will assist in providing
parents and their children with the right strategies to cope
with their needs. |
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Tips from a
Speech-Language Therapist
Lindsay Brown tells RemSpecED that in the
pre-school classroom, phonemic awareness activities can be
weaved into everyday routines and tasks.
The objective of any phonemic awareness activity should be to
facilitate children’s ability to perceive that their speech is
made- up of a series of sounds. It is the breaking down and
manipulation of spoken/oral language.
Read the rest of the
article here and check
out the Phonix in Box
website. |
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Note
from Windy Hollow
Check out the following message from Helen Du
Plessis of Windy Hollow which offers Therapeutic Riding to South
African kids.
RemSpecED is one of the sponsors of Windy Hollow and
would love to see others support the initiative. Check them out
and give them your support. |
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Explanatory
notes on aspects of therapeutic riding
Helen Du Plessis of Windy Hollow has prepared an
article for the RemSpecED readers on some of the medical reasons
why therapeutic horse-riding can be a valuable tool for
children. Check out the article here. |
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Room to rent
Room to rent in therapy practice in Highlands
North. 15 square metres with own bathroom. Ideal for educational
psychologist, speech therapist, remedial therapist. Contact
Gerald on 0739236479 or
maidensgk@yahoo.co.uk |
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Blog and win R1000!
Would you like to win R1000 simply by blogging on
your parenting and teaching experiences? Well
RemSpecED is giving
you that opportunity! Rival
Industrial, the company which publishes RemSpecED has
recently bought
Bundublog.com - a FREE platform for people to develop
their own blogs or web diaries. |
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Occupational therapy recognized as a - “Best Career” by US news
& world report
The following is a news release that was posted
on the American Occupational Therapy Association website and
RemSpecED thought it was a fitting article to highlight on our
site: |
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Bring
Back Fun in Our Schools
The Department of Education often comes in for
quite a bit of stick for the state of South African education,
so its great to see them making some positive statements. |
Recovery from Autism is Possible
The
following is an article published by the
Autism Research Institute in
the US which RemSpecED
thought would be a good place for parents to start to get their
heads around autism. |
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Homework Study Skills Lessons From A Football Quarterback
A study skills expert explains how important it
is to have a strategy for homework and provides a fun example
from a football game recently played by Aaron Rodgers of the
Green Bay Packers. |
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Comment on Outcomes Based
Education (OBE)
Outcomes Based Education (OBE) has been something
of a hot potato for South African educators and administrators
in recent months with some very tough questions being asked of
government.
In theory, the idea is sound, but the reality that is actually
happening in the classroom is very different with teachers
drowning in paperwork and a constantly 'moving target' of what
is and isn't allowed.
Those being educated also seem to be getting rewarded for
mediocrity.
Give us your comment on whether South Africa needs to drop OBE
or what changes need to be made to the system to make it
effective in educating South Africans.
Comment on this debate by clicking
here and posting a comment on the RemSpecED blog. |
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Post-It Stuck on Kids Market
Beautifully pristine walls and pen art, when used
together in the same sentence, can cause dread in the minds of
most parents. Coming home to creatively redesigned home
furniture and wall space is enough to send most parents straight
over the edge. Fortunately, the Post-it range from 3M now
includes a brilliant new product that allows children the
freedom to explore their creativity and artistic selves without
damaging the home. |
Future proof your child - Parenting the wired generation
Nikki Bush, who has previously written for
RemSpecED has written a great book that is an ideal gift for
parents and teachers.
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Introducing Phonix in a Box
Phonix in a Box is an educational range of
reading and spelling card games designed to strengthen a child's
phonic skills. The product is developed by Gauteng based
therapist and RemSpecED writer, Lindsay Brown . |
Darn
Homework
I hate berating teachers but I think when you
send a child to a private school environment where you are
paying an arm and a leg, a certain level of teaching and
involvement is expected.
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I'm
Audacious, Original And Innovative - I have AD/HD
This is the title for the new book
from the LADD team. The book
is the first in a series of books aiming to assist children and
adults cope with ADD / AD(H)D. |
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What
is YOUR take on Jail4Bail?
The Jail4Bail campaign that we covered below has
come out in for some severe criticism from the local and
international autism community. What is your take on the
situation? |
Teachers and kids homework
This article is specifically aimed
at the teachers out there. It’s time for a good hard look at
yourselves, because the level of irritation that parents are
experiencing around homework is a problem that belongs at your
door.
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Jail4Bail
Kicking off on the 16th of June, Autism Western
Cape (AWC) is embarking on a campaign - “Jail4Bail”– with the
aim of not only raising awareness about autism spectrum
disorders, but also raising R1 million. |
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Position Available - Bryanston
A post is available in a private practice based in the Talk Shop
Pre-school in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Working as part of a
multi-disciplinary team, specializing in early intervention. |
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Colour Therapy at Rietvlei farm
Colour therapy by exploring colour is a
non-invasive way of discovering yourself. It also beneficial for
ADD and ADHD children. |
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RemSpecED provides
FREE teacher
resources!
RemSpecED - the
Remedial & Special Education portal - has
recently added a new section to the site with FREE teacher
resources.
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Looking for flowers for your next function? Check
out the Angiflora Business
Profile
Get your own business profile for R1750 excl. VAT
per year (once off) or R250 excl. VAT per month. For further
information please e-mail our
Sales Team |
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RemSpecED launches its own Facebook group
RemSpecED -
www.remspeced.co.za -
is an online resource for parents, teachers and therapists in
both the Mainstream as well as Remedial & Special Education
fields.
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Children must get out
It is often easier as a parent to
tell their children to go and sit in front of the TV or play PC
games than it is to tell them to get out and actually play and
interact. |
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Mxit
and social communication
I am an out
and out communications nut. Skype, MSN, SMS, Mxit etc. are
simply my favourite kind of tools. When I discovered Mxit at the
ripe old age of 26 I simply drooled. I used to drive Paula
absolutely nuts holding multiple conversations via text message
while at the dinner table…. I’ve toned it down a bit after the
got a bit grumpy the one day. |
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Calling all parents, teachers and therapists! Write for
RemSpecED
One of the reasons that the
RemSpecED website has continued to be a success is the quality
of the content that is being run. Carine van Vuuren's letter
below stimulated some good debate around the topic of Dyslexia
and this is exactly the point that the RemSpecED resource is
trying to develop.
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Remedial and special education in the
media!
Paula is turning into a minor celebrity this month!
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Play, Play, Play!
An interesting discussion came up around the dinner table the
other evening – are our children becoming soft and have they
actually forgotten how to play?
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Parenting Advice - 8 Ways To Grow Healthy Children
Parenting can have it's highs and lows throughout childhood
development. Keep in mind that as the parent, you are the single
most important factor in determining how your children grow up.
This article will help show you a couple ways to grow healthier
children. |
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Gender Prediction With The Chinese Birth
Calendar
For a bit of fun we thought we would feature the Chinese Birth
Calendar as something for a our readers to have a look at!
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Quality Parenting
When you raise a child, you are
creating the future. Not just his or her future, but everyone's
future. The results of your parenting will ripple and spread
through the years, affecting thousands, and eventually millions
of people. If you want the future to be better than the present,
then you had better learn the principles of quality and how they
apply to being a parent, for that is all that quality is: making
things better. |
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World Autism Awareness Day
On December 18, 2007, the United Nations General
Assembly declared April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD)
in perpetuity. |
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Lesley Potgieter introduces her
range of audio books for children
When children are exposed to the magical world of
books they are never alone. Reading expands their imagination
and vocabulary and is one of the cornerstones in their everyday
life. |
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Open
letter from Carine van Vuuren to Vrouekeur regarding Dyslexia
After an article regarding the cause of Dyslexia
in the “Vrouekeur” of 7 December 2007, I have been swamped with
phone calls and emails. The article apparently stated that no
one is sure what the cause of dyslexia is, which is totally
untrue.
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Dare
to be a Daddy
Anyone can be a father, but it takes a real man
to be a Daddy.
Fathers bring home a pay cheque, sit on the couch and
occasionally bark orders, but Daddies make a massive difference
in their children’s lives. Too many children spend their entire
childhood without a “Daddy” (even if they have a father) it is
time for us to change this.
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AD/HD – Who Suffers Most?
What a difficult question! Is it the adult or
child with AD/HD? Is it the parent, spouse, grandparents or
siblings living with the ADDer?
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Learning tables in
multimedia – Is fun!
Local distributors of entertaining, creative and
inspirational software, Edutain Distribution and GSP the market
leader in providing easy-to-use software solutions and
multimedia content bring you Know your Tables.
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Education in the Digital Age
Modern educational trends are rapidly moving away
from the traditional “chalk and talk” methods of education to
more interactive, progressive outcomes-based education. No
longer are learners expected to sit passively and absorb
information while the teacher drones on in the front of the
classroom. Instead they are encouraged to discover things on
their own. The premise is that we learn better from personal
discovery than from passive listening.
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Life
Takes Practice
My respect for the miracle of the brain-body
connection has once again been rekindled. I spent last weekend
watching my sons (now 8 and 12) play in a round robin tennis
tournament and it was truly amazing to see the development of
their game.
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Stephans Story Continued
We took Stephan back to the audiologist and
speech therapist again. This time the audiologist repeated the
instruction each time and finally we got some results. His
hearing is quite normal, he just doesn’t like loud sounds. He
also needs to have the instruction repeated each time because he
doesn’t retain it. He needs to have his hearing re-focused each
time.
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