Gill Molteno - Educational Psychologist & Study for Success Director

30/05/2020

This sounds like a great inutiative:

COVID-19 has laid bare the divide in education, between those who have access to online resources and those who don't. Two grade 12 pupils at a school that has been offering online lessons during the lockdown, have created a platform that allows pupils from grades 8 to12, to download summarised stud...

13/04/2020

I did an interview with Lester Kiewit last night on Cape Talk. Here is the podcast.

Guest : Gill Molteno | Director at Study for Success |

25/03/2020

I found this article useful.

A clinical counsellor breaks it down, with practical tips on how to cope with family, friends and your own self

25/06/2019

I will be running another study skills course for high school students 3-5 July. Email [email protected] for more information. I got great feedback from the parent of a participant last year, "The improvement in my son's marks from before he came on your course and his final matric marks is phenomenal. His attitude and work ethic changed after your course".

14/11/2018

https://santamaria.wa.edu.au/knowing-girls-blog/question-kids-friendship/

What are the right questions to ask kids in guiding them towards finding a group of friends who will make them feel relaxed and their best selves?

01/10/2018

These flashcards are so useful!

25/08/2018

Here's a list of all the matric subject pages where you can find past NSC matric exam papers dating from 2008, to download and practise on.

05/06/2018

Parents have asked me to run my study skills course again. It will be running in the July school holiday for Grades 8-12. Grade 7 students are also welcome. See the brochure:

17/04/2018

I resonate with this article. They quote Roahl Dahl who said, "If you are going to get anywhere in life you should read a lot of books".

New research shows that reading to your kids, even after they can read for themselves, pays dividends for them and you.

09/02/2018

This is a useful article about slow processing speed.

It’s not unusual for gifted students to have slow processing speed. Of itself, slow processing speed is not a formal learning disability, but having it can frustrate students, teachers, and parents. As a clinical child psychologist specializing in assessing and treating students with attention def...

13/06/2017

These are great ideas to encourage your children to read. I also feel libraries are magical places.

Here are seven ways we have encouraged reading in our home.

03/05/2017

This is very interesting!

You know our culture's tech obsession has gone too far, when even the man who created the modern computer industry says we should get our kids offline.