By Jaime Abrahams - Intern Educational Psychologist Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress. It is the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. We cannot prevent our children from facing challenges in life. We can however teach them skills so that obstacles are not able to break them. In other words, we can build their resilience and this is possible to nurture in a

By Dominique Ribeiro - Intern Educational Psychologist What is Autism? Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex developmental disorders that are characterised by difficulties with social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, repetitive behaviours and differences in sensory perception. It is estimated that these disorders affect 1 in every 161 children around the world. In South Africa alone, approximately 6230 childre