Olive Tree Therapy Centre

18/06/2025

If you have any preloved toys that your kids are no longer using, please consider supporting The Coral Tree Playschool’s toy drive 🌿🌻

03/06/2025

If you are in the Johannesburg area, pop in at the SAISI ExpoSense on the 21st of June to see the Khuddle Cube in action!

Also available to order online at:
https://www.khulalearningcentre.com/category/all-products

Don't miss out on this incredible innovative product at the ExpoSense this year.

"Turn any space into a sensory space with our Khuddle Cube! While bouncing, rolling, climbing and snuggling in this stretchy, cuddly cube, kids benefit from the therapeutic movement and proprioceptive input of Lycra that can assist in regulating and sensory integration."

19/03/2025

The Coral Tree Playschool 💛

28/02/2025

https://forms.gle/NtM7bW4vbfM2xrfZ9

26/02/2025

The road to a pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) diagnosis is rarely straightforward. For many families, it starts with a concern that’s often dismissed if weight and growth seem “normal.” But staying on the growth chart doesn’t always mean everything is okay.

In a new blog post, we explore the importance of thorough assessments, collaboration across disciplines, and the tools families and clinicians can use to advocate for effective feeding support.

Because the right way to do feeding treatment? It’s the way that works for the family and the child.

Read the full post at the link in our bio.

11/02/2025

As parents, we know it’s impossible to research every game and program our kids use! There’s so much out there — the good, the bad, and everything in between — and we want to protect our children from the not-so-great while highlighting the awesome stuff.

One of our goals, based on your feedback from our online screen time questionnaire, is to provide honest reviews of games and programs — sharing both the pros and cons — so you can make informed decisions for your family.

Encourage your kids and teens to be totally honest in their responses! And here’s the fun part: their answers are completely anonymous, so they can speak their minds without any worries. 🙌

See the links below;
Parents questionnaire - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0myIRbq_pTzSvFyUcVk0n16OJ3klRfshtNMZEWKG47tYrWg/viewform

Kids/teens questionnaire - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewRBO5heUHUZ9fxf5KUOvFfV4iLvi6_TCC8lU3aF5Pn3OPMw/viewform

27/01/2025

We are so excited about our screen time project that we are launching in collaboration with Kaitlyn Mac Geoghegan Educational Psychologist! For the first part of this project, we would like to hear from parents in our city! Please take 5 minutes to watch the video for more information & complete our survey!

Survey for parents in Gqeberha: https://forms.gle/y2K1AqeQWvdbczmV7

Survey for older kids / teens: https://forms.gle/7TFVyLWB51ut5gj17

26/01/2025

21/01/2025

It’s been so much fun being a part of this exciting project! 😃😃

15/01/2025

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10/01/2025

This 💛💛

I saw another Mama yesterday.

One of us.

Often when I’m out with my son, particularly in crowded places when all the other families are simply living with what looks like real ease, I feel the full force of loneliness. I feel the full sense of ‘I am the only one doing this life.’

So when I see another Special Needs Mama, my heart always skips a beat.

I want to rush at her and hug her. I want to tell her how hard I know she works. I want to tell her how proud I am of her and how selfless she is and I want to tell her that I know this life isn’t one she dreamt up for herself or even one she knew she’d be in for but how in awe of her I am that she is doing it and how brave she is and how I know she doesn’t always feel it but she is so strong and I can see that and, well, you know. I just want to tell her everything that’s in my heart that I know is for her,

But, also, I know the delicate and difficult parts of being in public with a child who has additional needs and I know the focus and all that’s needed and the triggers that happen and I know sometimes, just a smile says everything.

We were both on a walk. Both pushing our kids in their chairs. Both moving at a fast pace that said ‘this walk is for me just as much as it is for them because I am feeling it all right now’. Both eardrum deep into music or a podcast from our headphones and both keeping both eyes on the direction we’re heading and on our child for any small sign of communication or struggle or uncomfortable.

We were both passing each other from opposite directions and immediately my heart did its thing.

She saw me too and it was like a strange, familiar connection.

I saw so much strength as she pushed that chair ahead of her. So much tenacity and courage and determination and love all wrapped up in one resilient stride.

I smiled and she returned it, but it didn’t feel like enough.

So as we got closer I reached out my hand to give her a high five and she did the same but for the smallest moment, for just more than a second, it was more of a hand clasp and not just a high five.

We gripped each others hand and held tightly for a dot of a second as if to say;

“Girl, I’m with you. I see you. We’ve got this, you rock.”

And let me tell you friends, the power and love and solidarity that was in that simple moment, was everything.

I felt like silently she said to me everything I wanted to say to her and it filled my entire soul.

There’s not quite a thing more cushioning along this journey than knowing you’re not in this alone. Nothing holds your heart softer or carries your soul closer or pulls you up higher, like knowing you’re not doing this by yourself.

Nothing keeps you going like someone saying they’re in this with you.

Keep going Mama.
I’m in this with you, and, I love you.
Love, Christine x Special Soul Mama