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Pontem Developmental Centre with Anneke Green
Anneke Green is the founder and owner of Pontem Developmental Centre (and franchise) in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She obtained her B.Ed degree in 2004 at the University of the Free State and continued to complete het B.Ed Hons and PGCE in Remedial and Support Teaching. Through her years of teaching at schools across South Africa, Anneke identified a group of learners who were being marginalised in mainstream schools on the basis of their neurodevelopmental delays, often in the form of anxiety, ADHD, low muscle tone and difficulties with sensory integration.
Anneke joins Liezl this week to talk about her incredible mission, how she came to found the centre, and her exciting and innovative plans for the future.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Children with neurodevelopmental delays do not seem to fit in the mainstream school system due to ADHD, impulse control issues, anxiety and other factors. Teachers have traditionally excluded these children.
- Children have the power and potential to be able to change the world one day, no matter how they function internally. All children need to be given the chance to learn, grow and change the world.
- The aim of Pontem is not to replace the child's school life, but to ultimately place them back into the school environment once adjustment has been effective.
- Pontem focus on a holistic development programme, including emotional, social interaction, and then cognitive.
BEST MOMENTS
'It's always lovely when we can connect and share our passions'
'There is a need for a school that will be able to support children'
'These children have the intellectual ability to be able to move mountains one day'
'We really focus on the order of development'
EPISODE RESOURCES
Pontem Development Centre - https://pontemdc.co.za/about/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PontemEducation/
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inthespotlightwithliezl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthespotlightwithliezl
Facebook personal: https://www.facebook.com/lcolditzvanrooyen/
Instagram personal: https://www.instagram.com/liezl_colditzvanrooyen/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-rooyen-liezl/
ABOUT THE PODCAST
In the Spotlight was born as a platform to share, broadcast and promote the interesting, wonderful and inspiring things that some of the people who crossed Liezl’s path have done. She would love to shine the spotlight on them and share their journeys with you to hopefully inspire you to be the best you, not to give up and to follow your passion or dream. And in that way, help to make a little difference and share some of the beauty of this world.
ABOUT THE HOST
Liezl Colditz van Rooyen
Born and raised in South Africa, Liezl followed her dream to see the world at age 23 and twenty years on has now travelled to 50 countries and worked and lived in the UK, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. She is a mum of two boys, a chartered management accountant working in large energy projects, a musician, runner, a world citizen but proudly South African and now a podcaster. The incredible people she has met, the amazing places she has seen and the magic of life she has experienced, inspired her to start this podcast.
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By Liezl Colditz Van RooyenAnneke Green is the founder and owner of Pontem Developmental Centre (and franchise) in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She obtained her B.Ed degree in 2004 at the University of the Free State and continued to complete het B.Ed Hons and PGCE in Remedial and Support Teaching. Through her years of teaching at schools across South Africa, Anneke identified a group of learners who were being marginalised in mainstream schools on the basis of their neurodevelopmental delays, often in the form of anxiety, ADHD, low muscle tone and difficulties with sensory integration.
Anneke joins Liezl this week to talk about her incredible mission, how she came to found the centre, and her exciting and innovative plans for the future.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Children with neurodevelopmental delays do not seem to fit in the mainstream school system due to ADHD, impulse control issues, anxiety and other factors. Teachers have traditionally excluded these children.
- Children have the power and potential to be able to change the world one day, no matter how they function internally. All children need to be given the chance to learn, grow and change the world.
- The aim of Pontem is not to replace the child's school life, but to ultimately place them back into the school environment once adjustment has been effective.
- Pontem focus on a holistic development programme, including emotional, social interaction, and then cognitive.
BEST MOMENTS
'It's always lovely when we can connect and share our passions'
'There is a need for a school that will be able to support children'
'These children have the intellectual ability to be able to move mountains one day'
'We really focus on the order of development'
EPISODE RESOURCES
Pontem Development Centre - https://pontemdc.co.za/about/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PontemEducation/
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inthespotlightwithliezl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthespotlightwithliezl
Facebook personal: https://www.facebook.com/lcolditzvanrooyen/
Instagram personal: https://www.instagram.com/liezl_colditzvanrooyen/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-rooyen-liezl/
ABOUT THE PODCAST
In the Spotlight was born as a platform to share, broadcast and promote the interesting, wonderful and inspiring things that some of the people who crossed Liezl’s path have done. She would love to shine the spotlight on them and share their journeys with you to hopefully inspire you to be the best you, not to give up and to follow your passion or dream. And in that way, help to make a little difference and share some of the beauty of this world.
ABOUT THE HOST
Liezl Colditz van Rooyen
Born and raised in South Africa, Liezl followed her dream to see the world at age 23 and twenty years on has now travelled to 50 countries and worked and lived in the UK, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. She is a mum of two boys, a chartered management accountant working in large energy projects, a musician, runner, a world citizen but proudly South African and now a podcaster. The incredible people she has met, the amazing places she has seen and the magic of life she has experienced, inspired her to start this podcast.