Specialised Health Care Facility
The company provides specialised healthcare, focusing on mind and body health and welfare. The educational coaching/therapy services focus on exercising the mind and reinforcing the fundamental skills of learning that a person needs to succeed. The focus is on people with Specific Learning Difficulties, the company helps them not only to use their strengths to facilitate their learning but also work towards improving weak areas. The purpose is to provide life changing brain based exercises and strategies to struggling clients so that they grow to be proud of their individuality. They develop a sense of control over their own learning experience, making it enjoyable.
Mental and physical health, welfare and training goes hand in hand, one reinforces the other. The Warehouse/roller door area will be used for a mini physical training/gymnastic area in this specialised Healthcare Facility, targeting b etter coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, self-awareness, achievement and confidence in the clients. The rest of the space will be used for office and educational coaching rooms, with coaching & therapy provided by qualified Educational Therapists and Assessors. The focus is on children with learning difficulties, but the company also provides mental and physical health and welfare services to special needs clients, older people, and people of all age groups who need mental and physical coaching/therapy.
There will be 2 consultants and 2 staff members at any one point in time providing services. Similarly, a maximum of 20 clients will be served by the facility at any one point in time.
Psycho-educational and physical assessments are provided that identify not only a client’s weaknesses but also the strengths. It provides valuable information about the underlying causes of the learning difficulties. Once the causes have been identified, the intervention can be specifically targeted to meet the specific needs. With the knowledge of what the issues are, the therapist works to help clients to strengthen weak brain processes that affect learning as well as to use their strengths to overcome their limitations. Besides it gives the client an understanding as to why they are struggling despite their best efforts. It also gives them an opportunity to take control over their learning with the right assistance.
Mental training includes programs to help overcome reading difficulties, poor working memory, visual problems and symptoms of dyslexia. The company uses brain based, neurological, human psychology tools and techniques to help clients develop self-awareness, communication, emotional and behavioural flexibility skills. The mental and physical training increases motivation, confidence and self-esteem, thus enabling them to reach a greater learning potential. Executive functioning skills strengthened include the mental processes involved in thinking and learning such as perception, memory, organization, planning, time management, attention, flexibility, concept formation, problem solving, and self- regulation skills. All these skills are crucial in having success in learning, emotional/behavioural regulation and social relationships. Visual processing skills refer to the ability to interpret, analyse, and give meaning to what is seen. Auditory processing skills refer to the identification, organization and interpretation of what is heard – these skill sets are also addressed.
Specific learning difficulties cannot be cured, but with the right adaptive strategies, assistive technology and individual plan, a client can achieve personal and academic success.
