Et Al therapy and learning centre

04/09/2025

Anxiety can and should be managed!
If you are concerned about your child’s levels of anxiety or/ and want some guidance on how to best support them, contact the right professionals for help.

Our team of psychologists at Et Al Therapy & Learning centre are here to help if you have any concerns or questions. Plese feel free to contact us.

26/08/2025

Including your child in meal preparation activities offers numerous benefits to their development of essential skills. Some of these include:
- fine motor skills
- sensory integration
- cognitive development
- social skills & communication
- self-esteem & independence
It’s FUN and FUNCTIONAL!!

08/08/2025

03/08/2025

Taking part in oral motor activities helps to increase awareness, strength, co-ordination and movement for the mouth, jaw, tongue and lips.
Incorporate some of these blowing and sucking activities to help strengthen your child’s oral motor structures to support speech intelligibility.
Remember💡 this could never replace speech therapy, but is a good add on to help strentghen their oral muscles!

14/07/2025

Early intervention is crucial.
Problems tend to escalate if not treated, which then requires more intensive and costly solutions as time passes.
Early intervention can prevent minor issues from becoming major crises, potentially saving significant costs in the long run.

“early intervention aims to prevent delays from worsening and supports children to keep up with their peers. Dealing with developmental concerns early gives children the best possible chance of reaching their potential.” ~activeability

Please contact Et Al Therapy if you have any concerns regarding your child’s motor, social emotional, communication, movement or socialisation skills. We are here to help!

03/07/2025

Stay curious. Talk to your teens!
You don’t need to speak Gen Z.
Just be aware and open to listen.

18/06/2025

Looking for ideas to make literacy tasks more fun and rewarding?

Get some plastic eggs and fill it with pictures (that are on your child’s level/ words from their school work).

Talk about the following:
- what sound do you hear in the beginning, middle and end of the word?
- blending: what word do you hear, if I say “c-a-t”?
- analysis: what are the sounds in “cat”?
- now pair the sounds with the letters - have them spell it/ write it

Let us know what you think!

17/06/2025

Speech Therapy: FUN Language stimulation activity.
Kids love this activity as it uses physical items that they can play with afterwards!
Anyone can do this with any objects or toys that you might have at home. Focus on expanding your child’s language and focus on the following techniques:
1. Labelling items
2. Describing things (and have your child guess)
3. Expanding on their utterances
4. Encourage reasoning
5. Ask questions; to help them make inferences
6. Sentence completion (start the sentence and have them complete it; remember to provide pauses)

Go grab your container and fill it with objects and toys to expand your child’s vocabulary!
Let us know what you think of the activity and how it went!

12/05/2025

As we celebrate Global Move for Health Day on the 10th of May, Et Al joins this global movement towards promoting physical activity for improved health and well-being of our children. This day serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of movement in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Regular movement isn’t just about keeping children physically fit and healthy, but it is a cornerstone for their emotional, cognitive and social development.

02/05/2025

Our speech therapists attented the anual Carel du Toit Hearing conference on 11 April. What an insightful day it was! We had the opportunity to listen to and engage with various speakers on the topic of hearing loss in children, which will better equip us in providing speech therapy to our paediatric population. It’s a pleasure to work with this group of ladies and to ensure that we continue to provide evidence-based practice!

28/04/2025

Tips for using parental controls and tracking to thread the needle between internet safety and privacy.

Social Media fosters social connectedness in teens, but holds danger in the form of cyberbullying, as well as potential detrimental effects to self-esteem and mental health.

Swipe to see ideas on how you can help to ensure that your teen uses social media responsibly and safely! Feel free to comment on ways that have worked for you and your teen! Let us know your toughts!

Source: https://childmind.org/article/how-much-should-you-monitor-your-teens-social-media/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=pub-ed-nl-2025-01-28&utm_content=how-much-should-you-monitor-your-teens-social-media

02/04/2025

Such an amazing post! Let’s change our awareness into acceptance!