Timian SA

05/11/2020

A true influencer, trend setter and arguably the most prominent figure within the special needs paradigm of Southern Africa. Maggi you inspired, you taught, you faught and you changed lives. Thank you for your role of inspiration that lead to the TIMIAN footprint in South Africa. You will be missed, loved and celebrated
Makaton South Africa Autism South Africa

The Autism World has woken up to very sad news this morning. One of our mentors, coaches, and a strong advocate for autism education, Maggi Golding passed away last night. Maggi was involved in founding the first autism schools in South Africa, bought both TEACCH and Makaton to South Africa. Without Maggi we would not where we are today with education for autistic learners. We thank you Maggi for your passion and dedication to the autism community. You will be missed by us all.

28/10/2020

Sometimes typical toddler behavior can be an indicator that they’re dealing with something more.
After the age of two, toddlers are testing their boundaries, experimenting with their independence, and often experiencing big emotions they don’t quite know how to process yet.
Because young children haven’t learned how to regulate their emotions yet, and often don’t have the vocabulary to express those emotions, they resort to acting out instead.

The experts from the Care2Kids team at the IPW can help children learn coping skills and appropriate ways to manage big feelings. Parents can also work with the therapists to gain additional skills to help their child be more successful.
Email [email protected] for more information on making an appointment with our multidisciplinary team.

31/08/2020

We fully agree and support The South African Federation for Mental Health 's statement.

The South African Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH) has noted with concern the fatal shooting of 16-year old Nathaniel Julius from Eldorado Park, a...

30/08/2020

This is truly a tragic incident - It highlights the complete lack of understanding, acceptance and compasionate behaviour towards disabilities in our South African society...

12/02/2020

Welldone Autism South Africa, great to see positive relationships forming and knowledge sharing happening! Thank you ECDOE - Eastern Cape Department Of Education!!

Just about all of our staff have visited the beautiful Eastern Cape over the last 3 weeks to do training for close on 900 ECD practitioners! Congratulations to our staff! And a massive congratulations to the ECDOE - Eastern Cape Department Of Education for this wonderful initiative!

06/02/2020

Dr Bertus Le Roux visited the Rusthof LSEN School in Strand, Western Cape, to learn more about their approach towards Learners with Special Educative Needs and to investigate possible collaboration with the NWU Institute of Psychology & Wellbeing

05/02/2020

www.timian.co.za

05/02/2020

New Website is online!

Delivering effective training in challenging behaviour for over 24 years. See how it works.

03/02/2020

An Incredible way to manage self harming behaviour... Thank you for sharing SADA - South African Disability Alliance

16/01/2020

After being out for a few hours on Sunday I headed home. When I arrived at my front door, the key snapped in the lock and I was left with the head of the key in my hand and broken key stuck in the lock.
I phoned a locksmith and they said they’d be with me in 20 minutes, sure enough 20 minutes later they arrived. I expected a long complex procedure to replace the lock, and a huge bill. However, 5 minutes later and bill paid, I was stood in my living room.
On reflection, when I was thinking about how complex I thought his task might be, I hadn’t taken into account that he had a) the correct tools for the job b) training and c) experience. If I had tried to this on my own, I suspect that it would have taken me much longer with a far less positive outcome. This is because, although I have a lot of experience opening doors, I don’t have any in fixing locks, I don’t have the tools and I definitely haven’t been trained.
When we support people, we need to acknowledge that no one has the ability to solve every problem, sometimes it takes people with expertise, training and experience of similar problems to enable appropriate solutions. When we deliver training, part of our process is to recognise the skills people have and utilise them in the most positive manner.

15/01/2020

To effectively manage behaviour one first has to understand the possible predispositions that could contribute to escalating behaviour.
This course by Autism South Africa provides an oppertunity to better understand Autism and hence helps support staff to provide a better service to those they support!

Hands on Autism courses are back this year! Check to see when we will be in your province! Registration forms will be available on our website soon!