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Are children living in the red zone?
Nikki Bush
Parent Centre: Positive Parenting
Represented by: Carmen de Vos
Social Worker
Neurodevelopmental Delays as Barriers to Learning
Madeleine Fourie
Language Enrichment
Raymondi Stoffels
Mapping the Road to Excellence
Dr Anthony Costandius
WOODBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL7 UNION ROAD
MILNERTON 7441TEL NO: 021 551 2228 l
FAX NO: 021 551 4015E
MAIL: admin@woodbridge.wcape.school.za
WEBSITE: www. woodbridgeprimary.net
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Meet the esteemed speakers who will be giving interactive talks at the Empowered Parenting Seminar.
These speakers are experts in their chosen fields. Visit our school website for full profiles of the speakers: www.woodbridgeprimary.net
SPEAKERS
Topics to be presented
Brief Profile
Raymondi graduated from UCT in 2004
(BSc Speech Therapy). She has worked at Red Cross Children's Hospital (babies to school aged children), Conradie Care Centre (for adults with strokes and head injuries).
She now works for a private practice where she treats all ages from babies, young children; school aged children, teenagers, adults, to the aged, all with speech, language and communication difficulties.
She is a mother of two with a daughter in grade 1 and son in grade 2.
Raymondi Stoffels
Speech Therapist
Topic: Language Development and Enrichment
Some of the key points Raymondi Stoffels will cover:
*Language stimulation
*Language development
*Helping your child at home to enrich their language
Topics: 1.
Services offered by Parent Centre
2. Positive Parenting: Understanding children’s behaviour
Represented by:
Carmen de Vos
Social Work er
The Parent Centre is a registered Non-Profit Organisation which has been operating successfully in the challenging South African context for the past 30 years.
We provide a range of primary preventive services for parents and caregivers seeking the support and help they need before problems in their parent/caregiver-child relationship or child’s behavior becomes entrenched.
Topic: Neurodevelopmental Delays as Barriers to Learning
Some of the key points Madeleine Fourie will cover:
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What does the term ‘barrier to learning’ mean?
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What can cause a barrier?Primitive reflexes Neurodevelopmental delays as a result of active primitive reflexes.
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Suggested approach for best results.
Madeleine Fourie is mother to 2 beautiful boys and that is what drew her to Mind Moves – the knowledge that every parent wants the very best for their children and that each child is a unique package.
In addition to her husband and sons, Madeleine’s passion is education. Madeleine has studied Communication and Psychology and has 15 years experience in corporate training from basic life skills to management training.
Madeleine Fourie
Advanced Mind Moves
Instructor
Mind Moves Institute
Topic: Mapping the Road to Excellence
Some of the key points Dr Costandius will cover:
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Developing and motivating children to excel and work to the best of their abilities
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Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in children
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The role of parents in helping their children to be motivated
Dr Anthony Costandius graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a B.A. and B.A. (Hons), HDE and MA (Counselling Psychology). He then attained a Ph.D. in Child Psychology from the University of the Free State.
Anthony founded the Promed Child and Family Unit, Durbanville, in 1995 and has since been practicing there as a Counselling Psychologist, dealing mainly with individual and child issues - typically Anxiety, Depression and Loss. He also sees couples and children with learning and concentration difficulties, offering support and guidance to both parents and the children.
Dr Anthony Costandius Counseling Psychologist
The Promed Child and Family Unit
Inspirational speaker and best-selling author, Nikki Bush, is highly regarded among parents, educators and business people alike. Her work is fuelled by her passion for play, connection and relationships.
Through her keynote talks, interactive workshops, books and games, she inspires her audiences to find creative ways of connecting with today’s children, and themselves, in a fast-changing world.
Nikki is the co-author of two bestselling books: Future-proof Your Child (Penguin 2008), now in its sixth reprint, and Easy Answers to Awkward Questions (Metz Press, 2009), a book on sexuality development for children under 13, which was endorsed by Childline and is in its third reprint.
Topic: Children Living in the Red Zone
Children of all ages are suffering from burnout and it’s starting as early as preschool. What are we doing? Are our children living in the Red Zone called overload? If your child has no time for play dates with friends and you no longer have time to play games with each other, then you are living in the Red Zone.
Nikki Bush will discuss the current epidemic being witnessed by parents, educators and healthcare practitioners alike. She will put various factors into perspective by exploring 10 common parenting traps.
“Changing the world one parent, one teacher, one leader at a time”
Nikki Bush
Creative Parenting Expert and Best-selling Author
Books on sale at the seminar!!!!
Get yourself a signed copy of the best-selling books co-authored by Nikki Bush
Future-proof Your Child - R140.00
Easy Answers to Awkward Questions - R100.00
Credit cards accepted
Empowered Parenting
Seminar
We have an exciting panel of speakers. This seminar is NOT TO BE MISSED!
At this seminar, you will:
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Understand motivational psychology and how it affects your child!
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Identify strategies to help your child to be motivated about school, their life and future.
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Learn to cope with parental stress. •Understand children’s behaviour
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Learn how to stay connected to your child amidst life distractions
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Understand and learn how to overcome developmental delays in children
Venue: Woodbridge Primary
School Hall
Cost: R100.00 per person
(Registration form is attached)
Refreshments will be served
Do not miss this seminar due to lack of child care for your children. We can help. Contact the school. Conditions apply.