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BUSINESS NEWS - Disability is the consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these. Legacy Centre, a tutoring centre for children with special needs, is structured to address a combination of special needs and to be a friendly, stimulating environment for children facing all kinds of challenges.
On Thursday 13 December between 12:00 and 14:00, families who face special needs challenges are welcome to visit Legacy Centre.
Legacy Centre was established by Johan and Mariza van Deventer in August 2016 when they needed a facility for their son. In the past two years the centre has evolved into a haven where children with different challenges are nurtured and stimulated in a holistic way by an extended team of professionals.
One of the first big steps was to include music in its curriculum - and this addition means the world to the children. Each little person has a unique profile, and this profile determines their style of processing, and the degree to which they can manipulate their bodies and engage with their environment.
The individual curriculum of each child addresses their body, mind, life skills and communication.
Natasha van Zyl, behaviour therapist at Legacy Centre, says, "In the last two decades, working with children and young adults with anxiety and mood disorders, Autism Spectrum, ADHD and other learning challenges, I discovered that there are building blocks for every new skill a child learns.
The individual curriculum of each child addresses their body, mind, life skills and communication.
Each of these building blocks has its own set of building blocks. And so, you can break down learning into smaller blocks and guide the development of complex skills systematically, when needed. In this process I discovered that every child I worked with could learn, could process and discover the basic dynamics of the natural order, which will help them manipulate and engage the environment."
It is crucial to explore all avenues to address the unique needs of our children with special needs.
Legacy Centre supplies an environment for children to explore, discover, and investigate the world in a style fitted to their profile and interest. A place where children are guided to develop the natural abilities and skills necessary for negotiating their environment, where they can be children…without stressors and judgement.
For more information regarding this project, contact Mariza van Deventer on 083 270 6382.
For the latest news, please visit the Facebook pages of Legacy Centre and Binah.
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