Help Carel du Toit Trust raise R10 000 for Sports and Occupation Therapy equipment needed

Help Carel du Toit Trust raise R10 000 for Sports and Occupation Therapy equipment needed

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The Carel du Toit Trust and Centre programmes are purpose driven to holistically support deaf children (0 - 10 years) to acquire functional speech and language and to overcome associated issues related to hearing impairments Therapies at the Centre include speech, audiological, occupational and social services. Exercises which involve balance, movements, coordination *(Wiifit) are encouraged in free time and are built into sports activities and therapies at the Centre. What we do to advance physicality in deaf children: Holistic development of the deaf children, using the Carel du Toit methodology and hearing technology (cochlear implants, hearing aids, baha's)  to make it possible for the child to hear and talk and live a 'normal' life in a hearing society. Actively engage deaf children in sports, games and occupational therapy exercises to improve symptoms related to head or eye movement, mobility and gait. At the Carel du Toit Centre we address the overall health of the deaf child including other co-morbidities which may exist in the child. The details: Sport and physical activities are used to prepare a deaf child for integration into a hearing society. In the Carel du Toit Centre the deaf child's natural physical skills and aptitutes are cultivated and and with confidence a love of sport is born. Occupational therapy - fun sessions include games to develop mobility, hand to eye coordination and concentration. Tennis -Coach  Adri Hodgson (CDTC Principal) is a regional tennis champion. The childen play on a hard surface court. Soccer is loved in South Africa. Boys and girls play the game. Ballet - one of our teachers is a professional ballet teacher. Children pass exams set by external bodies. Gymnastics (bio-kinetics) - is advantageous in the development of deaf children's sensory experience. The outcome: Sport and physical activities are used to prepare a deaf child for integration into a hearing society. In the Carel du Toit Centre the deaf child's natural physical skills and aptitutes are cultivated and and with confidence a love of sport is born.