Browsing by Author "Williams, Eliz-Mari"

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    TEDI 4 Week 3 - Learning opportunities - a caregiver's perspective
    (2019-06-01) Spangenberg, Karlien; Williams, Eliz-Mari
    In this video, Karlien Spangenbergen talks with Eliz-Mari Williams about practical strategies to facilitate learning children with severe to profound intellectual disability to keep them engaged and learning throughout the day. Eliz-Mari discusses the importance of communicating with caregivers about the mental and emotional state of the children before classes begin, so as to be able to adapt learning for each children's needs. She then goes on to discusses the lesson plan for each day, covering aspects such as fine and gross motor skills, storytelling and group singing exercises, and social skills development. She discusses how to divide a classroom with students at different levels into groups so as to be able to customise learning depending on the children's needs and capabilities. She then discusses how to use learning exercises to determine which learning stage each child has reached, as well as the challenges that group and partnered work sometimes surfaces.
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    TEDI 4 Week 3 - Support needs - a caregiver's perspective
    (2019-06-01) Du Toit, Taryn; Williams, Eliz-Mari
    In this video, Taryn du Toit interviews Eliz-Mari Williams about her experience working with children with severe to profound intellectual disability. Eliz-Mari works in Touws Rivier works with children from ages to 3 - 17 who have intellectual disabilities. Eliza-Mari describes how she works with children, starting with analysing their emotional state, and then performing the various developmental work (gross motor, fine motor, etc.) she does with the children. She then discusses the challenges she faces, primarily dealing with stigma from the community. She discusses what motivates her, and then speaks about how she tries to communicate with members of the community, as well as the different kinds of physical, social, financial and emotional support that she provides as part of her care work.