Yolandi Nissen Educational Psychologist Inc.

14/04/2026

Discipline is not about punishment…

✨ Connect Before Correct ✨

Discipline is not about punishment — it’s about teaching.

When a child’s behaviour feels challenging, it’s often a sign that something deeper is going on emotionally. Before correcting, pause and connect.

💛 “Connect before correct” means prioritising your relationship with your child first.
Instead of reacting immediately, take a moment to understand what your child is feeling.

Connection helps to:
• Calm the nervous system
• Restore a sense of safety
• Open the brain for learning and problem-solving

Connection is not permissiveness. It looks like:
• Being emotionally present
• Noticing and acknowledging feelings
• Communicating safety and understanding

When a child feels seen and supported, they are far more ready to learn.
Once your child is calm and connected:
• Guide behaviour
• Teach skills (not just stop behaviour)
• Support problem-solving

Because children don’t learn when they feel unsafe —
they learn when they feel understood.

JellyBeanzHOPE

13/04/2026

Perfectionism in children isn’t about being “fussy” or “too particular”…
It’s often a sign of a young person who is trying incredibly hard to feel safe, capable, and in control.

When everything has to be “just right,” it can look like high standards on the outside…
but underneath, there is often pressure, worry, and a fear of getting it wrong.

If you’ve ever watched a child melt down over a tiny mistake, avoid starting something new, or become stuck trying to make things perfect…
this isn’t stubbornness.

It’s a nervous system under pressure.

Understanding this changes how we respond — and how we support them.

FOLLOW for further posts:
The Strengths Behind Perfectionism
How to Support a Child with Perfectionism
What Perfectionism Might Be Hiding

If this resonates, follow along — these next posts will help you understand what’s really going on beneath the surface.

10/04/2026

Emotional regulation isn’t instinctive — it’s taught, modelled, and practised.

Our new visual breaks it down into clear, evidence-based steps that shape every one of our interventions available in our Resource Store.

If you’re supporting a child whose emotions sometimes feel too big to handle, our toolkit MANAGING BIG FEELINGS offers the guidance you need — practical, compassionate, and grounded in neuroscience.

Inside you’ll find calming strategies, visual aids, conversation prompts, and tools for parents and educators — all designed to help children turn big emotions into skills for life.

Link below in comments ⬇️ or via our Linktree Shop in bio to explore the toolkit — and follow along today as we share more examples on modelling and teaching emotional regulation.

10/04/2026

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09/04/2026

Welcome to the MediHear Family, Yolandi Erasmus 🌿

We are so excited to officially welcome Yolandi Erasmus to the MediHear team!

Yolandi joins us as a dedicated Acoustician and will be consulting from our Three Rivers branch, where she will be caring for patients with the same compassion and excellence that MediHear is known for.

With a genuine love for her profession, Yolandi brings with her a wealth of experience and exceptional skill in:
✨ Comprehensive hearing assessments
✨ Hearing aid fittings and fine-tuning
✨ Patient-centred hearing care

Her passion for improving quality of life through better hearing truly shines through in every patient interaction.
She has a natural ability to make patients feel comfortable, understood, and confident in their hearing journey.

We are incredibly proud to have her as part of our growing team and look forward to the positive impact she will make in the lives of our patients.

Welcome, Yolandi — we are so glad you’re here!💙

Now consulting at MediHear
📍 15 Limpopo Street, Three Rivers
☎️ 067 719 4483

08/04/2026

Use this when you feel overwhelmed….

THE GROUNDING TECHNIQUE

Today’s visual shares one of the simplest, most effective tools for helping a child come back into their body when anxiety, overwhelm or dysregulation takes over.

Grounding works because it brings the brain out of “threat mode” and back into the present moment — a key part of brain-based parenting and co-regulation.

Young people often tell us that having something practical to do in the moment makes big feelings feel less scary and more manageable.

You can use this strategy at home, in school, during transitions, or any time a child feels “stuck” in their emotions.

06/04/2026

DBT : Mindfulness Module. Skill : Understanding Mindfulness. 'Being Mindful does not always mean calming down'.

Being mindful is about the ability to self regulate when situations begin to, or indeed do - underwhelm or overwhelm us. To stay centred and grounded when outside stimuli begin to affect us.

Our 'ventral state' as referred to in the photo is '' a state of safety and social engagement, where the nervous system is calm and open to connection.

It's characterized by feelings of ease, connection, the ability to engage with others and the world around us''.

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DBT - Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

06/04/2026

🗣 I had to let go of the fear I was raised with. Some of it was cultural. Some of it was just insane. But it didn't "work" to raise a human with a healthy sense of self. Some kids internalize the fear and appear to "behave," but they're not learning skills. They're learning to survive.

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