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Support and therapeutic services offered to children and adolescents:
▪ Early identification and intervention
▪ School readiness
▪ Auditory/visual perception and discrimination
▪ Remediation (scholastic progress not a true reflection of intellectual abilities)
▪ Psychometric assessments (what is this?)
▪ Career and subject choice assessments
▪ Recommendations for further education, career and subject choices
▪ Aptitude, intelligence, personality, career values and interest testing
▪ Support with learning areas such as reading, mathematics and spelling
▪ Extra lessons for maths (grade 10-12 mathematics teacher available on site)
▪ Study methods
▪ Language enrichment
▪ Play therapy (what is this?)
▪ Counselling and Support
Support and therapeutic services offered to adults:
▪ Parental guidance (what is this?)
▪ Psychometric assessments
▪ Counselling
▪ Career Counselling
▪ Forensic assessments for adoptions and foster care
Psychometric Assessments
 Psychometric assessments are measurement instruments/tests that aim to provide a more objective means of evaluating individuals. Types of psychometric assessments include:
School readiness assessment
This type of assessment assists in determining a child’s cognitive and emotional readiness to start school. Growth areas may be identified and recommendations to enhance further development may be suggested in a final written report.
Career assessment
These types of assessments can assist in exploring and providing recommendations for career options. Career assessments can also assist individuals who wish to change their current career and who require guidance regarding this. After assessment, guidance on the fields of study and qualifications required to fulfill the career options are outlined. Relevant academic institutions and courses are identified and suggested.
Orthodidactic assessments
These types of assessments assist in identifying an individual’s current level of cognitive and academic functioning. Specific challenges related to nerological functioning, spelling, mathematics, learning difficulties and concentration affecting academic performance may be identified. Furthermore, the Educational Psychologist may suggest recommendations for special concessions such as extra time, the use of a planning aid, dictaphones and orals instead of written work during academic examinations. As such, relevant recommendations and interventions to address the areas of academic difficulties are included in a final written report and communicated in the follow-up session.
Play Therapy
Play therapy aims to utilize play as a mode of communication when working within a therapeutic context with a child. The child ‘works through’ emotional difficulties by means of play within a safe environment where the therapist is accepting, non-judgmental, present and engaging. The aim is to establish a trusting relationship with the child whereby the child is able to disclose and explore their emotions freely. These techniques are not only designed to support children who are experiencing emotional difficulties, but can also be offered to children to enhance their emotional intelligence. View playroom
Parental Guidance
Parental guidance assists parents in exploring options, alternatives or adjustments to the family’s current ways of functioning within the family system. This particular intervention aims to assist and support parents with parenting challenges that they may be experiencing. The key areas of intervention include communication with your child, understanding your child’s behaviour, challenges with discipline, motivation of your child and managing adjustments of the family to difficult circumstances.
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