Inge Burger Speech Language Therapy Inc

01/09/2025

As the Western Cape awakens to Spring, we’re reminded that change is not only natural, it’s necessary. Longer days and blooming buds signal more than a shift in weather; they invite us to reflect, renew, and rise to new challenges. At Western Cape APD, we’re stepping into the season with purpose and clarity, ready to grow and evolve alongside our communities.

https://wcapd.org.za/

Beaufort West Association For Persons With Disabilities | Bergrivier Apd | | Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled | ChangeAbility | Drakenstein Association for Persons with Disabilities - APD | APD George | Jo-Dolphin Swartland APD | Goukam Health APD | Laingsburg Association for Persons with Disabilities - LAPD | Mossel Bay Association of and for Persons with Disabilities | Overstrand Association of Persons with Disabilities | Ocean View Association for Persons with Disabilities | Association for Persons with Disabilities APD Oudtshoorn | Tygerberg Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities | | | | Wallace Anderson Home | Witzenberg APD | National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities | Western Cape Network on Disability

29/08/2025

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This is why our hands-on activities and learning are a major part of our unit studies.

You are going to love these Family Unit Studies every bit as much as your children! Take a look at all our unit studies, I'll link them in the comments below.

28/08/2025

Punishment might stop a behavior in the moment, but it doesn’t necessarily teach the brain how to do better next time.

When we focus on supporting executive function growth, we give kids tools they can use again and again - to best support their planning, impulse control, emotional regulation skills and more.

This quote is a beautiful reminder of why that work matters. Sure, consequences have their place, but we can offer kids so much more! ❤️

27/08/2025

Quick, easy activities to help kids re-energize, refocus, and give those brains a boost.
➡️ https://www.weareteachers.com/brain-breaks-for-kids/

27/08/2025

26/08/2025

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26/08/2025

Facts! 👇👇👇👇

20/08/2025

There’s a lot to take in from this image!

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19/08/2025

This week we are thinking about talking to your baby!

18/08/2025

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We disable people when we don’t adapt, connect meaningfully, or create opportunities for contribution. When we embrace diverse ways of experiencing life, we build a society that’s richer, more compassionate, and more inclusive. What’s one way you’ve seen the world differently through someone else’s experience?



https://wcapd.org.za/

Beaufort West Association For Persons With Disabilities | Bergrivier APD | | Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled | ChangeAbility | Drakenstein Association for Persons with Disabilities - APD | Jo-Dolphin Swartland APD | Goukam Health APD | APD George | Laingsburg Association for Persons with Disabilities - LAPD | Mossel Bay Association of and for Persons with Disabilities | Ocean View Association for Persons with Disabilities | Overstrand Association of Persons with Disabilities | Association for Persons with Disabilities APD Oudtshoorn | Tygerberg Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities | | | | Witzenberg APD | Wallace Anderson Home | National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities | Western Cape Network on Disability

18/08/2025

First words aren’t what you think of as “real” words 💬

If you’re working with early communicators, THESE are the gold mine:
✨Exclamatory words
✨Vehicle sounds
✨Animal noises

They’re fun, motivating, and developmentally appropriate—plus, they’re packed with opportunities to model intonation, turn-taking, and shared attention 🙌

📌 Save this post for your next early intervention session!

What’s your go-to sound to get those first vocalizations going? Drop it below! ⬇️

18/08/2025

One of the greatest gifts of childhood is the way it insists on slowing us down.

A rock they stop to pick up, a question they need answered, a moment of wonder we might otherwise rush past. These pauses can feel inconvenient when life is moving fast — and yet, they are where life is actually happening.

There will come a time, far sooner than we think, when the pace shifts. When we are the ones longing for unhurried conversation, for company on a quiet walk, for a moment that lingers.

And in that season, it won’t be our children’s urgency that shapes the day, but their choice to lean in and stay with us awhile.

The patience we practice now, the presence we offer in these small interruptions, becomes the memory that teaches them how to show up for us later.

Because love has always been a circle — what we give today is what finds its way back to us tomorrow. ❤️

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