Author:Abrahams, KristenDate:2019Background: The profession of speech-language therapy (SLT) continues to struggle with challenges around equity and service delivery. The dominant medical model, characterised by one-on-one, individualised health care, is struggling to serve ...Read more
Author:Pienaar, Lunelle LDate:2022Assessment as part of the enacted curriculum is underscored by the professional judgement of the lecturer, who decides on the body of knowledge that should be learned. A vacuum exists in understanding how the practice of assessment is shaped ...Read more
Author:Zoetmulder, AmyDate:2019The development of early literacy skills is critical for all children in South Africa. Children receive language and literacy development support in the home, school, and community environments. Vulnerable children, such as orphans, may receive ...Read more
Author:Peters, LieslDate:2011This qualitative interpretive biographical inquiry describes the nature of the occupational participation of men in Lavender Hill who drop out of school. School dropout was constructed as an occupational transition for the purposes of this ...Read more
Author:Stemela, UnatiDate:2021D/deaf people typically are not employed, or work in menial jobs, although they have been through high1 school in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The researcher has not observed them in professional careers. However, there is no ...Read more
Author:Hagedorn, ElfriedeDate:2015Knowledge of the impact of a diagnosis of hearing loss in children on their caregivers and the nature of their relationships with professionals during this process is inadequate in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to understand the ...Read more
Author:Sonday, AmshudaDate:2016Background: This study is a critical description and explanation of the situated nature of the professional role transition process experienced by occupational therapists working in specialised education in post-apartheid South Africa. The ...Read more
Author:Badroodien, RizwanaDate:2015The Classroom Communication Resource (CCR) intervention was developed to improve peer attitudes towards children who stutter (CWS). This pilot study will inform the feasibility of a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) through the following aims: ...Read more
Author:Keeton, Nicola; Kathard, Harsha; Singh, ShajilaDate:02 Nov 2017Background: Worldwide there is an increasing responsibility for clinical educators to help students from different language backgrounds to develop the necessary skills to provide health care services to a linguistically diverse client base. ...Read morecb
Author:Parusnath, PriankaDate:2016This study aims to describe the communication environment in Grade R classes in a rural district setting in the Western Cape in terms of language-learning environment; language-learning opportunities and language-learning interactions in order ...Read more
Author:Kathard, Harsha; Norman, Vivienne; Pillay, MershenDate:2010The aims of this paper are twofold: Firstly, to describe the configuration of self-identity formations evident across and within research stories of adults living with stuttering; and secondly, to discuss the clinical implications of these ...Read more
Author:de Vries, Elma; Kathard, Harsha; Müller, AlexDate:14 Feb 2020Background
Every person who seeks health care should be affirmed, respected, understood, and not judged. However, trans and gender diverse people have experienced significant marginalization and discrimination in health care ...Read more
Author:Mogensen, Karina FischerDate:2022General unemployment rates are high in South Africa, but unemployment rates for persons with disabilities in the open labour market are still considerably higher than those of able-bodied persons. Research has identified a number of barriers ...Read more
Author:Walters, Freda AlettaDate:2015Children who stutter are bullied and teased by their peers, especially in the primary schooling years. The Classroom Communication resource (CCR) was developed as a teacher-administered classroom-based education programme aiming to improve ...Read more
Author:Kronenberg, Franciscus C WDate:2018BACKGROUND: Two challenging concerns prompted this research. The first was post 1994 South African society’s historically entrenched dehumanized/ing condition. And the second was the ill-positionedness and ill-preparedness of occupational ...Read more
Author:Kathard, Harsha; Camroodien-Surve, Fatemah; Maphalala, ZinhleDate:2013The purpose of this video-based Fluency assessment of an eight year old female conducted in isiXhosa is to provide a reflective learning opportunity for students as well as qualified Speech-language therapists. The video is accompanied by a ...Read morecbnd
Author:Nwanze, IkechukwuDate:2016This study examined how disability issues can be included into the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Cape Town (UCT). It was based on Ohajunwa's (2012) study which looked at whether disability is included at all in UCT curricula. ...Read more