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Browsing by Supervisor "Samuels, Alecia"
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Ntimane-Halama, Maybuye Azania
(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-09)
Many children with complex communication needs (CCN) are unable to meet their communication needs owing to various challenges like their family circumstances, additional disabilities, and severity of their disabilities as ...
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Sibiya, Sabelo Zinhle
(University of Pretoria, 2021-11-30)
Background: An inflexible curriculum without any opportunity for modification or adaptation does not support inclusive education. Reports on early childhood education have resolved that traditional approaches to curriculum, ...
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Smith, Katherine Alice
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
This study develops and preliminarily validates the PRITT, an instrument to measure the parental role in intervention, for use with young children with a disability. Parental roles in intervention, i.e., the tasks and ...
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Mthonxa, Sephiwe Selina
(University of Pretoria, 2022-11)
Background: Health professionals working in rehabilitative settings often encounter clients with little or no functional speech (LNFS) who would benefit from Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), however, their ...
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Hlatshwayo, Nomaswazi Zandile
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Background: The understanding that the early years in a child’s life are crucial for laying a foundation for development and learning has led to a drive to ensure that all children need to access Early Childhood Development ...
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Mantri Langeveldt, Anushka
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
English: The increase in grandparents who take on the role of raising their grandchild has incited a
growth in research, specifically on how this population is able to accomplish such an important
responsibility at the ...
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De Jager, Aimee
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Background: Assistive Technologies (AT) are often abandoned. As technology is an expanding and vast field, it should be utilised optimally for vulnerable populations. Research shows that to address this, there is an ...
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Schlebusch, Liezl
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Using a family quality of life approach in early childhood intervention recognises that the impact of disability spreads beyond the child and that it places demands on various domains of family life. It is recommended that ...
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Kruger, Liné
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
The current knowledge about how children with disabilities (including those who use AAC) participate over time within home and community settings such as recreation, leisure and sporting activities is based predominantly ...
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Parker, Malikah
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Most research done on children and youth with disabilities are cross-sectional designs. Good, quality longitudinal research designs in terms of theoretical, methodological and analytical considerations are recommended for ...
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Kyarkanaye, Thilen
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Collaboration is a sophisticated activity requiring knowledge, technical competencies, and interpersonal skills. Many professionals lack experience in collaboration and therefore face challenges in forming and sustaining ...