Johanlie de Bruin Arbeidsterapie

04/11/2025

Verveeldheid ... die taboe woord van ons era. Iets wat ongehoord is vir ons kinders. Elke sekonde word gemicromanage met aktiwiteit, of gemicrodose met dopamien (screentime).

Maar verveeldheid is waar kreatiwiteit broei, waar ons ons lywe en limiete leer ken. Waar liggaamskonsep, introspeksie en redenering begin.

As ouers is ons so oorweldig deur die lewe dat om vir n oomblik verveeld te voel, voel soos n bal laat val, iemand in die steek laat. Wanneer laas was jy verveeld?! (Ek is SO skuldig hieraan). Ons projekteer dit so onbewustelik op ons kinders.

D**k terug aan toe jy n kind was, en die werelde wat jy gebou het in verveeldheid? Gun dit vir jou kind, jy doen hulle n guns. Sit die TV af, lees n boek/sit voor die braai, gee jou kind die geleentheid om hulle eie planne te maak, hulleself beter te leer ken, die amazing werelde te leer bou.

Verbeelding is ALLES!

17/10/2025

Week 1 van SANDTA NDT, done!
Quote of the week: every child with CP is ONE child with CP.

Baie geleer, heeltemal te veel gehuil (happy tears), nuwe maats gemaak, en voel 100% dat God my voete op hierdie aarde geplant het om te doen waarmee ek nou besig is.

Dankie vir die lekkerste pannekoeke so op die Vrydag!

10/10/2025

Hope all our busy little bodies have an amazing weekend after a week of Hard work 💪

06/10/2025

World Cerebral Palsy Day 💪🌻 every day I am amazed by the strength, resilience and resolve of these warriors big and small! Their courage, their determination and the power of the amazing parents and family members that stand behind them - cheering them on, advocating for them, and believing they can even when others might doubt them.

You are my heroes💚

29/09/2025

Kyk ons lekker spasie by KwetterBekkies Kampus! Alhoewel ons by verskeie skole werk en julle ons altyd sal uitken as die tannies met die groot sakke 😅, is dit besonders om so n lekker ingerigte spasie by n skool te he. Dit maak die geleenthede van terapie net soveel groter 💪 en gee vir ons n geleentheid om vir juffrouens en assistente sommer by die skool te kan bystaan 🤓

16/09/2025

09/09/2025

What's happening here 👀💪🥳

29/08/2025

Wat n vreugde om vir Jakomi as OT partner in crime te he! 💪🌻 ons praat heeltyd te veel, nerd gereeld uit oor alles OT-verwand, en deel n ongelooflike passie vir kinders en ons werk. Sy is amazing!

26/08/2025

OT week is hier en WOW!!! Ek leer so baie oor visie, die effek wat visie op ons lyfies kan he en die effek van belyning en goeie posturele beheer op visie.

Voel ekstra geseend vandag om in my beroep te kan wees. ❤️🌻

19/08/2025

🥲❤️💪

Don’t forget the kids who are doing the extra work.

The kids whose days don’t end with the final bell, the kids whose breaks don’t follow a school calendar.

The kids who spend their afternoons being shuttled to speech, or PT, or OT.

The kids whose schedules include services and therapies, on top of everything else.

The kids who need extra help and support.

The kids who are struggling to overcome barriers—whether physical, mental, or emotional.

The kids who don’t follow the typical schedules, hit the expected milestones, take the traditional path.

The kids who might need different strategies and tools to help them learn.

These kids are working so hard, too.

They’re tired, too, even if their successes seem smaller or maybe even completely unnoticeable to most.

There likely aren’t any awards for them at the end of the year, or special recognition for how far they’ve come.

But take it from me—they are working SO dang hard.

Don’t forget to acknowledge their efforts.

Because what might be a small hurdle on the track for most kids, could be a Herculean task for a kid who has to try 10 times harder just to make it to the starting line.

These kids might not excel in traditional ways, but there’s nothing unexceptional about them.

Because they work harder for every win, and they don’t take a single one for granted.

11/08/2025

NDT physio week is here🥳🌻 going to miss seeing all my friends for therapy, but so excited to learn more🤓