The THINK Centre

"Any time an adult responds to a child’s message, either verbally or non-verbally, and the child responds back, an interaction has started. And it’s within these early back-and-forth interactions that the foundation for all of a child’s future conversations is built."

Why Interaction Must Come Before Language Every parent is eager to hear their child use words and start putting sentences together. But did you know that there’s a long list of things a child must learn about communication before he can begin to communicate with words? Find out what these “pre-language” skills are, and how you can promote t...

We are doing a baby massage class at our baby clinic tomorrow morning. Come and join us with your baby or toddler and learn about the benefits of massaging your baby!

When? 20th March, 9am
Where? The THINK Centre- 20 Queen Street, Knysna

Let us know if you are interested in coming!

Join us for two days of insight into how a child with reading difficulties learns to read, and learn about the perfect program to target reading through automaticity, memory, vocabulary, engagement and orthography.

Wanting to experience the benefits of baby massage? Come to our baby clinic on Monday, 20th March at 9am for a baby massage class!

As a Speech Therapist I am seeing more and more children with working memory difficulties. This impacts heavily on following instructions. Here are some tips for parents to use to boost your child's Auditory memory...

8 Working Memory Boosters Does your child have trouble remembering instructions or spelling words? Here are eight working memory boosters you can use to help improve his memory.

It is Baby Clinic at The THINK Centre this morning at 9am! Please join us for some info on how to stimulate your baby/toddlers language, and signs to look out for for a speech and language delay.

It's Baby Clinic tomorrow at The THINK Centre! Join us at 9am to hear a little about nutrition in the first year, weighing and measurements, and a good mom chat and tea or coffee!

"Beat them or join them? When it comes to technology and this generation you have no choice"

An interesting article by Alison Scott on technology and education, and some tips for controlling challenging behaviour in the classroom. A good read!

https://www.facebook.com/SchoolBV/posts/843116339122612

BLOG: A Beautiful View Our world is disrupted. Cyber relationships exist and are as real and demanding and difficult to navigate as any face-to-face interaction, individually and in groups. There is a cyber culture that exists and is thriving.

We would like to welcome Dominique Van Wyk onto our therapy team. Dominique is an Occupational Therapist and we are so excited to have her on board!

A very interesting read!
http://ilslearningcorner.com/2016-04-vestibular-system-your-childs-internal-gps-system-for-motor-planning-and-attention/

Vestibular System: Your Child’s Internal GPS System for Motor Planning and Attention Vestibular System: Your Child’s Internal GPS System for Motor Planning and Attention This article provides information about your child’s internal GPS system or vestibular system. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Whenever I need to travel to a new place, I pull out my smart phone,…