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Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy helps children improve physical function, fine motor skills, cognitive planning, self-care, social skills, emotional health, and integrate sensory information more efficiently. We provide one-on-one therapy, groups, camps and intensive programs for children birth to 18 years. Occupational therapy is play-based and intervention is always individualized to meet the child's... Read More

Occupational therapy helps children improve physical function, fine motor skills, cognitive planning, self-care, social skills, emotional health, and integrate sensory information more efficiently. We provide one-on-one therapy, groups, camps and intensive programs for children birth to 18 years.

Occupational therapy is play-based and intervention is always individualized to meet the child's needs. Meaningful engagement is achieved through intrinsic motivation with gently guided "just right" challenges to help your child reach his or her potential.

Speech-language Therapy

When a child is growing up, their speech and language give them access to the world and people around them. They learn to communicate with other people and shape their own thoughts with words. Some children struggle with this. This can be because their speech isn’t clear, or because their language development needs a helping hand. The earlier this is addressed the better for the child. Our ... Read More

When a child is growing up, their speech and language give them access to the world and people around them. They learn to communicate with other people and shape their own thoughts with words. Some children struggle with this. This can be because their speech isn’t clear, or because their language development needs a helping hand. The earlier this is addressed the better for the child.

Our speech-language therapy is play-based and intervention is always individualized to meet the child's needs. We understand that communication is learned best through functional social interactions. These areas are addressed through developmental, engaging play-based activities that encourage communication and relationships with others for children as young as one year old and up through the teenage years.

Miss Aisha Alli
(She/Her/Hers) CPAM/PL/OT/046

Mrs. Mignon Erasmus
(She/Her/Hers) CPAM/PL/SPT/040

Speech-Language therapist with experience in early intervention for infants and toddlers aged 0-3, as well as individuals with autism, cerebral palsy and learning disorders. Interests also include feeding difficulties, selective eating, auditory processing, language development, articulation and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

Speech-Language therapist with experience in early intervention for infants and toddlers aged 0-3... Read More

Lize-Mari Kersop

Mrs. Michelle Martinaglia
(She/Her/Hers) CPAM/PL/SPT042

Speech-language therapist specializing in early intervention for toddlers 0-3 years; pre-literacy and literacy needs; social communication development; and articulation. Passion for working with neurodivergent children and has extensive experience with late talkers, Autistics, and those diagnosed with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and ADHD.

Speech-language therapist specializing in early intervention for toddlers 0-3 years; pre-literacy... Read More

Miss Ansunette Pelser
(She/Her/Hers) CPAM/PL/SPT/033

Senior speech-language therapist specializing in early intervention for infants and toddlers 0-3; language development; literacy; voice; social communication; and speech sound disorders. Values connection and relationship building to maximize goal attainment. Experience working with individuals diagnosed with apraxia of speech, and those who have experienced neurological changes; as well as those on the autism spectrum.

Senior speech-language therapist specializing in early intervention for infants and toddlers 0-3;... Read More

Miss Emma Ralph
(She/Her/Hers) CPAM/PL/OT/038

Miss Jana Van Der Merwe
(She/Her/Hers) CPAM/PL/OT/042

Jana comes to Cayman with 17 years’ experience as an occupational therapist. She started her occupational therapy career in 2007, after graduating from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Her work experience started in a government hospital in South Africa where she ran the Cerebral Palsy clinic together with the Speech and Physio therapists. She mainly worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with the premature babies. ​ After three years in the NICU, Jana decided to move to a private practice. By 2012 she owned and was running her own practice in a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with speech therapists, psychologists and other allied health professions. She gained experience working primarily with children who had different needs including developmental delays, sensory processing disorder, autism, Down syndrome, dyspraxia, anxiety, cerebral palsy and other neurodevelopmental delays.

Jana has presented various training courses for teachers and parents, educating them on Sensory Integration and developmental delays. She has developed stimulation groups at a clinic for typical developing babies aged 0 to 24 months, working with parents and educating them on how to stimulate their children to bolster development. She loves educating parents and teachers and believes that when one understands the why behind certain behavior, one can show greater compassion and have improved patience with a child.

To assist children in reaching their full potential, Jana’s therapeutic toolbox include Sensory Integration Praxis Test certification, and training in the Tomatis Sound Therapy program for self-regulation and reduction of auditory over-responsiveness and motor planning difficulties. She is an Interactive Metronome practitioner and uses the program to address timing, sequencing and planning issues. She is also trained in the Astronaut and Learning Breakthrough programs which are used during therapy to support vestibular, proprioception and visual integration. Being part of helping children reach their potential is what motivates Jana to continue helping children reach their full potential.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING INCLUDES:

  • SAISI qualification Sensory Integration Foundation and Theory Courses (Sensory Integration Praxis Tests Certification)
  • DIR101: An Introduction to DIR and DIR/Floortime
  • TOMATIS Training (TALKSUP) Level 1 Practitioner Qualification
  • Interactive Metronome and Interactive Metronome Home Certification
  • Level 1 & 2: Low-Tech, High-Impact Premature Infant Care
  • International Internship and training at A Total Approach (in USA) under the guidance of Maude Le Roux
  • The Learning Breakthrough Program
  • Astronaut Training Program
  • Sand play Therapy and The Treatment of Trauma
  • Sensory Modulation
  • Practical Tools to help the Angry Child
  • Bilateral Integration and Midline Crossing
  • A Theoretical look at praxis
  • A Theoretical look at Reflex Integration
  • Visual Perception
  • Pediatric Feeding Difficulties – Part 1 – Diagnosis Factors
  • Pediatric Feeding Difficulties – Part 2 – Intervention Strategies
  • Spelling Unpacked
  • Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia
  • Auditory Processing Disorder
  • Certification in using the ReadOn Software Reading Program
  • Praxis Made Perfect
  • Dyslexia Unpacked
  • Cerebral Palsy Early Intervention Assessment and Management Course
  • OPTIMA School Readiness Assessment qualification

Jana comes to Cayman with 17 years’ experience as an occupational therapist. She started her occu... Read More

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