Welcome Melanie Hartgill

We are thrilled to welcome Melanie Hartgill who is now listed on our website for the Johannesburg East region. Melanie has been an Educational Psychologist for 11 years and is also a mother of two. She features regularly in the press and you can catch her on 702 this Saturday from 7am  talking about learning disabilities in children.

Hello Doctor Programme

Don’t miss me and my 15 minutes of fame this Sunday on Hello Doctor at 4pm on SABC3 – the insert deals with stress in children.

Voice of the Cape Interview

Anel was invited as an expert guest last week to appear on the Voice of the Cape show. Listen to her interview below as she discusses early childhood development. Click to listen to the Voice of the Cape show  

Childpsych now serving South Africa

Childpsych now serving South Africa. Since it’s inception the Childpsych website has been receiving enquiries from all over the country. To better serve all South Africans I’ve decided to partner up with other educational psychologists around the country. The website’s new aim will now be to become the single best resource in South Africa for […]

Edition no1 2011 – Visual Perception

Welcome back and a very, very happy New Year to you all! After a jam-packed 2010 (with its extended holidays due to the World Cup) and an unusually rainy December holiday period, many parents expressed their relief when schools across the country finally opened their doors for the start of the 2011 academic year. I […]

2nd Edition 2011 – Auditory Perception

As February draws to a close, the majority of children have settled into their new classrooms and teachers start to pick up the work pace. This is also generally the time of the year when teachers begin to identify learners with apparent learning difficulties and refer them to various specialists for examination and remediation. Many […]

Edition no.3 – The importance of play

OVERWHELMED! That’s how I feel. That’s definitely the word I would use to describe this last month (technically, it would have to be the word I’d use to describe the last four months, as that was when last I had time to put together a newsletter). And I’m not the only one. A chat to […]