Impact Centre Staff

Grant Tate – School Director

Caryn Smith – School Principal, Educational Psychologist

Magriet Rothman – Modification Coordinator

B.Consumer.Science & Post Graduate Certificate in Education passed with distinction

SENIA CERTIFICATE

Sasha Kaufmann 

Honors Psychology 

SENAI CERTIFICATE

Eloise de Bruyn – Occupational Therapist

WHAT I DO AS A PAEDIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

My primary goal is to enable children to function optimally in all spheres of daily life, such as personal care, school environment and leisure participation. By using standardized tests, possible developmental delays that hinder a child from functioning optimally, can be identified.

“AREAS OF NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT I ASSESS”

J GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

J FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

J VISUAL-PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

J WORK HABITS

J SENSORY INTEGRATION

“JUST THE RIGHT CHALLENGE!”

Therapeutic intervention is provided by choosing specific and appropriate activities that present the child with “just the right challenge”, to ensure that his / her efforts lead to success and satisfaction, thus creating new neurological pathways.

“ENJOYMENT EQUALS LEARNING AND CORTICAL INTEGRATION!”

I HAVE FUN! I LEARN! I CONQUER!”

Bachelors of Occupational Therapy; Qualified in Sensory Integration and administration of SCIST & SIPT Therapeutic Listening and Vital Links.

Cayla da Silva – Speech Therapist

Bachelors in Commuication Pathology: Speech and Language Pathology; Independent Phono-Graphix Reading Therapist.

Speech and Language Therapy

A Speech and Language Therapist works to prevent, assess, and treat, speech, language, and communication delays and disorders in children. Speech Therapy helps children who present with delays in their language acquisition, in both spoken language and language understanding, speech sound production, auditory processing, reading, and spelling abilities and comprehension (written and spoken). Comprehensive assessments and intervention are provided on campus and during the school day, with collaboration between the therapist, teacher, child and parents.