by Editorial | Apr 25, 2019 | Articles of interest
Collaboration between parents, educators and specialist service providers By Shireen Archibald (NILD SA Director) Often the terminology or difference of opinion between the various role players in a child’s educational arenas can be confusing and cause unnecessary...
by Editorial | Apr 9, 2019 | Learning Disabilities
26 March 2019 2:47 PM PODCAST with CAPE TALK Guest: Santie Smit | One of the directors of National Institute for Learning Development SA (NILD SA). Click here to listen online
by Editorial | Dec 5, 2018 | Articles of interest, Learning Disabilities
Isn’t it strange that whenever we are in a bad mood or frustrated, it feels as though everything is going wrong? Well, there just might be a good explanation for this phenomenon. Studies have shown that emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes,...
by Editorial | Oct 23, 2018 | Articles of interest
Parenting the Challenging Child in the “Noughties” by Bridget Wren “Temperament is indicated by behaviour that clusters into three categories: easy, slow to warm up, and difficult. No category makes a child good or bad. They merely describe s child’s response...
by Editorial | Jul 23, 2018 | Articles of interest
This article was written by Santie Smit (Director of NILD SA) with information from Steven M. Burnik, Ph,D. In recent times the effect of slow processing speed on learning has become more evident. Even though SPS is not a formal learning difficulty, it has frustrated...
