Sunday, August 16, 2009

Field Trip of Juanre and Ruben

I am so busy with the kids. I do not really get the time to blog. But I want to tell you that last Friday we took the children to our local Grocery Store and they walked through all the racks. Juanre ofcourse just wanted this trip the be over and done with. She walked so fast. When they were finised walking in the store. The store Manager Mark took the kids to the bakery so we all put on some approns and hats and plastic arm covers I will call it. Then we went into the bakery it was very nice for all the children to see how bread was made. They really enjoyed it.
The kids had to buy fruit that they learned in class. Apples, Bannans, Strawberries, Pears and Oranges. They loved the shopping.

After that we took them to Steers for an icecream.

When they got back to school they ate all their fruit. It was a very good day for them.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Fundraising was a Huge Success




This is our Special Needs Children with their Tutor Milla January. She is really a phenomenal woman. She has a passion for these children that you would not believe anyone can have. We Love you Milla.

Our Function was great we got over R6700.00 in and everybody enjoyed themselves. It was very cold. But the guests soon felt warm at heart as the function continues and the tears flow with amaze at what the children could do.
We bought educational toys we are busy putting in shelves and cupboards and change the class.

We are also in the planning of starting our own SNAP (Special Needs Adapted Program) with the help of Annalise van Rijswijk and her team. So watch this space.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Fundraising progress

Hi

Our Fundraising is getting closer. We are very excited. The tickets are flying. And we are going strong.
Juanre had a seizure early this evening. But she is fine now. I bought the Huisgenoot a family Magazine and Ernie Els is in there telling about his son Ben who is also ASD. It is great to know that he is talking about it. And the way that he supports Autism. I find that here parents do not talk about their children having a special need.

We are still going strong. Tomorrow we have a Market day at school so we are going to be very busy.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Fund Raising

On 12 Junie 2009 we are having a fundraising for Juanre and Ruben's class. We need educational equipment and as you all know that is very expensive.

We are having a Spit Braai and also a Wine Tasting. The WP Wine cellars sponsered us we are so so thankful.

The tickets cost R100 per person. And we believe it is going to be a big event.

I have to go now and get things done for the Fund Raising.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Our live in Pictures

Today I also started a website for us. It is mainly pictures of our lives. You can look at it. Just click on "pictures"/

Our school is having a fundraising for our children's class. We are having a "Spit Braai" It is like barbaque but the whole sheep is on the barbaque. With salads and then we will have 10 tables and 10 moms or teachers selling the tickets for the dinner. I believe it is going to be a great success.

We need the money very urgently. The class need educational goodies.

Milla and I went to a company and they will help us with some funding. We are so exciting.

We are so thankful The Lord is so Good.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Educational Help for Special Needs

I found this fantastic site where I could get educational goodies for my children. I even gave the website address for our children's tutor and she downloads it and use it in the classroom. Do-2-Learn is great.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

I believe to give the children natural medication is the best. Each morning I give them Omega 3 capsule and I have to make a hole in it and give it with Scott's Emuljen. Then each of them get a spoonful of Glygonutrients. It really works. They concentrate so much better. Ruben's speech even got a lot more better he started to talk in sentences.



Sometimes I give them Melotone from Sportron. This is a great supplement for Autistic children. Helps them to calm and to concentrate.


When we have to travel far I give them Omega 3 it calms them and we can drive in peace. Other wise Juanre and Ruben will hit each other and just go wild and I do not want that. The roads are so busy and dangerous with all the large trucks.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Special Needs Adapted Program SNAP in the Northen Cape

The SNAP program is in our eyes as very very good program. It helps Autistic children to help themselves. It also teaches the parents / tutors how to work with Autistic Children.

SNAP is based in Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa and children all over the world come to SNAP and when they go home the parents have a better way of handling the children.

We send our Children’s Tutor to SNAP and she enjoyed it so much. She also said that it was an eye opener for her.

Since Juanre and Ruben are in Milla class using the SNAP method they are different children. They listen to us and co operates very well.

We started the class here in the Private school in Kuruman. And we have 4 children in the class and they are working so well. We want to enlarge the Special Needs Class so that we can also have a SNAP organization in the Northern Cape. At this point and time there is only 1 SNAP organization in Durbanville. There are only about 6 schools catering for ASD children in South Africa and the need is growing. So we would like to start here and build a school for Autistic and Down Syndrome Children. That is our dream.

We need funds to do so, and we need parents to bring their children and not hide them away. They can reach their full potential, with the right education.
Autism in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa.

We have an eleven year old daughter who was diagnose with Autism Spectrum Disorder when she was about 5 years old. It came as a big shock to us. At first we did not know what Autism was. We search the Internet and we read and read and we searched.

We moved from a big city to a small Mine Village. That was such a huge change in our lives. Juanre was upset because we took her out of her environment, she adapted.

As a baby she had constant ear and throat infection. Then she had very high fever. So she started to get fever convulsions. Now she has to live with Epilepsy. But we cope.

When she was 6 years we took her to the Primary school, and at first it went well, but the teacher who is a wonderful teacher did had the knowledge of Autistic children and how to work with them.. So after the third term we took her out because she was bothering the other children.

Sad to say she stayed at home with the maid. In June 2008 we took Ruben to a Neurologist and he what we already suspected. He was also Autistic but in a very mild way. His speech was very bad. He repeats everyting he says a thousand times.

In April 2008 the UN declared 2nd April an international World Autism Awareness day. I used the opportunity to write in our local news papers about the Awareness day, I also wanted to know if there were any other children in our community who has Autism. No respond. Only 1 grandmother in the Old Age Home phoned me and told me her daughter who lives in Australia has a little boy with ASD. I send an email to her and we became friends. Later on I heard about other mothers with child with ASD and emailed them and so we started to embrace each other. But not one of them are close to our town.
In October 2008 we bought a house and the Christian School in our town said to us that they wanted to start a Special Needs Classroom, and ask if we were interested. We said yes because we needed to give Juanre some type of education or stimulation. Ruben was in a main stream school but we saw that I was battling alot. So we put him also in the Special Needs Class, and the Lord provided a wonderful wonderful teacher for them. She is really sent from God.

Now the 2 of them with 2 Down syndrome children are in Milla’s Class, and the results are amazing.

My husband and I helped sending Milla to SNAP (Special Needs Adapted Program) in Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa. And she says that, that was an eye opener for her. She enjoyed herself so much and she learned so much now she is using those techniques on our children with amazing results.

We are so thankful for her.

Our children with Autism living in the Northern Cape, South Africa


Autism in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa.

We have an eleven year old daughter who was diagnose with Autism Spectrum Disorder when she was about 5 years old. It came as a big shock to us. At first we did not know what Autism was. We search the Internet and we read and read and we searched.

We moved from a big city to a small Mine Village. That was such a huge change in our lives. Juanre was upset because we took her out of her environment, she adapted.

As a baby she had constant ear and throat infection. Then she had very high fevers. So she started to get fever convulsions. That got better.

When she was 6 years we took her to the Primary school, and at first it went well, but the teacher who is a wonderful teacher did had the knowledge of how to work with an Autistic child. So after the third term we took her out because she was bothering the other children.
Sad to say she stayed at home with the maid. In April 2008 the UN declared 2nd April an international World Autism Awareness day. I used the opportunity to write in our local news papers about the Awareness day, I also wanted to know if there were any other children in our community who has Autism. No respond. Only 1 grandmother in the Old Age Home phoned me and told me her daughter who lives in Australia has a little boy with ASD. I send an email to her and we became friends. Later on I heard about other mothers with child with ASD and emailed them and so we started to embrace each other. But not one of them are close to our town.
In October 2008 we bought a house and the Christian School in our town said to us that they wanted to start a Special Needs Classroom. And ask if we were interested. We said yes because we needed to give Juanre some type of education or stimulation if you would. So the Lord provides a wonderful wonderful teacher for them.

In 2008 we found out that our youngest son has also ASD but very mild. Now the 2 of them with 2 Down syndrome children are in Milla’s Class. And the results are amazing.

My husband and I send Milla to SNAP (Special Needs Adapted Program) in Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa. And she says that that was an eye opener for her. She enjoyed herself so much and she learned so much now she is using those techniques on our children with amazing results.

We are so thankful for her.