Browsing by Subject "community communication"

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    Education for All Week 3 - Our answers 1 - Introduction to Chioma's response
    (2018-06-01) Ohajuna, Chioma
    In this video, Chioma Ohajunwa discusses some of the questions and issues raised by the participants on the Education for All MOOC, which include issues of communications with communities, culture shock, establishing and supporting networks, and parental support or the lack thereof.
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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.