{"id":219,"date":"2018-12-13T20:22:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T20:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2019-01-09T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T06:06:00","slug":"phases-and-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/phases-and-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapy and Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ac0a52f5-b584-4c7e-b26d-19c03250dce8-min-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Occupational therapy classroom\" data-id=\"416\" data-link=\"http:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/phases-and-care\/ac0a52f5-b584-4c7e-b26d-19c03250dce8-min\/\" class=\"wp-image-416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ac0a52f5-b584-4c7e-b26d-19c03250dce8-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ac0a52f5-b584-4c7e-b26d-19c03250dce8-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ac0a52f5-b584-4c7e-b26d-19c03250dce8-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ac0a52f5-b584-4c7e-b26d-19c03250dce8-min.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" src=\"http:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_8448.jpg\" alt=\"Speech therapist instructing pupil\" data-id=\"415\" data-link=\"http:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/phases-and-care\/img_8448\/\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_8448.jpg 448w, https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_8448-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our qualified staff provide a number of therapeutical services, catered to the specific needs of the child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Physiotherapy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school currently employs three physio\u2019s who provide therapy for physically disabled learners during school hours to assist in reaching his\/her full functional potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speech Therapy &amp; Audiology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech Therapy and Audiology is offered at West Rand School to\nlearners who require speech, language, communication and hearing intervention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therapy occurs in either individual, group or class sessions.\nTherapy ranges from language, language learning, articulation, feeding and\nalternative communication (AAC). AAC can include sign language up to high-tech\ncommunication devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learners, who require hearing testing, management of hearing\ndevices and auditory training, additionally receive these services from our\ndepartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Occupational Therapy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Occupational therapists assist learners with physical, learning and behavioural problems and well as perceptual and sensory issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therapy occurs during school hours and integrates closely with other therapies and learning to help learners overcome or cope with these barriers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our qualified staff provide a number of therapeutical services, catered to the specific needs of the child.&nbsp; Physiotherapy The school &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}