Therapy PODS

Therapy PODS A dynamic, interactive and passionate team of qualified paediatric therapists based in Cape Town.

❓Why are WH-questions important?They’re the building blocks of conversation! 🗣️Practicing who, what, where, when, why, a...
23/09/2025

❓Why are WH-questions important?
They’re the building blocks of conversation! 🗣️

Practicing who, what, where, when, why, and how helps children:
🌟 Understand stories
🌟 Share their ideas
🌟 Ask for what they need
🌟 Build confidence in communication
allisonfors

16/09/2025

So many skills being developed in one game!

- Movement, deep pressure and tactile input to help regulate busy bodies for better attention and concentration and of course a fun sensory experience
- Visual perceptual skills such as spatial awareness, form constancy, visual closure
- Tracking skills
- Shoulder girdle strength
- bilateral integration
- Copying skills
- Fine motor skills
- And more!

Drop us a comment or DM, or chat to an Occupational Therapist to find out more about what these skills are and how they can help your child with their academic learning and development!

Do you know your child’s love language? Knowing their love language is really about helping you connect with them in the...
08/09/2025

Do you know your child’s love language? Knowing their love language is really about helping you connect with them in the way they best feel loved and secure. Every child needs all kinds of love, but most naturally “receive” it in one or two ways more strongly (physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, or gifts).

Remember that your role as a parent/guardian is to guide your children, especially teens who are in one of the most chal...
02/09/2025

Remember that your role as a parent/guardian is to guide your children, especially teens who are in one of the most challenging developmental stages of their lives and need some support and understanding to help them along in their journey of self-discovery.



✨ Is your child mostly using single words or short phrases to communicate? ✨Here are some simple ways you can help expan...
25/08/2025

✨ Is your child mostly using single words or short phrases to communicate? ✨

Here are some simple ways you can help expand their utterances during conversations:
✅ Model slightly longer sentences
✅ Add one or two extra words to what they say
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18/08/2025

Snippets of what happens in the Occupational Therapy room!

It looks like lots of fun! And believe us, it is! But we’re also working on so many important skills for learning, development and regulation!

- Body Awareness
- Midline crossing
- Bilateral integration
- Motor planning
- Sequencing
- Fine motor development
- Shoulder girdle stability
- Core strength
- Finger and in-hand manipulation and strengthening
- Eye hand coordination
- Concentration
- Following of more than one step instructions
- Movement and deep pressure input for body organisation and regulation
- And more more more!!

Contact an Occupational Therapist for guidance on how to help your child develop any of the areas mentioned!

Empowering our children helps them grow into confident, capable, and compassionate adults who can handle life’s challeng...
11/08/2025

Empowering our children helps them grow into confident, capable, and compassionate adults who can handle life’s challenges and make positive choices.

When we empower children, we help them to build their confidence and self-worth, encourage independence, foster resilience, nurture their decision-making skills, promote healthy relationships, and inspire lifelong learning.

Thus, empowering our children isn’t about letting them “run the show”—it’s about equipping them with the tools and mindset to navigate life confidently and kindly, even when we’re not there to guide every step. 🪴

06/08/2025

Remember that wanting what's best for your children, means teaching/showing them how to be their best. You don't need to quit screens, just learn to be more mindful in how you use them.Here are 3 psychology-backed suggestions:⏰️ The Pomodoro Paise Alarm:Set a 25-min timer to gently remind your brain to take a break. This helps you reset, re-focus and stop unconscious scrolling, making it less likely to become a habit, and allowing you to be more aware of other things going on around you.📵 The Environment Trigger Alarm:Leave your phone in another room during meals and play/family-time, or put a sticky note on your screen saying, "Am I present?" These acts/cues disrupt routine behaviour and you become more aware.💭 The Emotional Check-In Alarm:Before going onto your phone - PAUSE - and ask, "What am I feeling right now" This will help you recognize boredom, stress, or loneliness. It will help you to choose connection over distraction.These 'alarms' are more powerful than rules as they help build internal awareness.REMEMBER: Kids don't just listen - they copy! If you make small shifts, they will shift too. regulation

28/07/2025

AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) helps children who are non-speaking or have limited speech express themselves using tools like:📸 Picture boards✋ gestures📱 Speech-generating devicesThese tools aren't just for communication, research shows that AAC also supports the development of language skills over time. 🧩💡

23/07/2025

Why OTs love and encourage vertical writing:

✏️Vertical writing is a novel and fun way to engage your child in drawing, colouring or writing activities during homework or play based tasks!

📚Vertical writing can help strengthen the shoulder girdle and upper body for better endurance and stability during fine motor tasks such as writing or cutting!

💡Vertical writing encourages an ideal wrist extension position with better control at the hand for handwriting and tool use.

✍️Vertical writing is a great way to encourage the use of both hands working together (bilateral integration) by encouraging the child to hold the page with their non dominant hand while writing or drawing with their dominant hand.

📝Vertical writing engages the core, encourages head control and an upright posture for better postural control during fine motor tasks!

🤓Vertical writing is a great way to work on visual tracking and attention when the task is placed at eye level. This can assist with better tracking when reading or copying from the board!

Have fun with vertical writing!!

This really sums up why we often post about emotional regulation and the benefit of teaching this to our children from a...
14/07/2025

This really sums up why we often post about emotional regulation and the benefit of teaching this to our children from a young age. Initially this may look more like co-regulation but the benefits will be felt in years to come. What do you do to help regulate your emotions? 🪴

🤫 “Awkward silence” isn’t always a bad thing.Sometimes, our child just needs a little extra time to process what we’ve s...
30/06/2025

🤫 “Awkward silence” isn’t always a bad thing.
Sometimes, our child just needs a little extra time to process what we’ve said, and that’s okay. 💭
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Block A Milside Park, 37 Morningside Road, Pinelands
Cape Town
7405

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Monday 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
Friday 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday 08:00 - 13:00

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