Jana comes to Cayman with 17 years’ experience as an occupational therapist. She started her occupational therapy career in 2007, after graduating from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Her work experience started in a government hospital in South Africa where she ran the Cerebral Palsy clinic together with the Speech and Physio therapists. She mainly worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with the premature babies. ​ After three years in the NICU, Jana decided to move to a private practice. By 2012 she owned and was running her own practice in a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with speech therapists, psychologists and other allied health professions. She gained experience working primarily with children who had different needs including developmental delays, sensory processing disorder, autism, Down syndrome, dyspraxia, anxiety, cerebral palsy and other neurodevelopmental delays.

Jana has presented various training courses for teachers and parents, educating them on Sensory Integration and developmental delays. She  has developed stimulation groups at a clinic for typical developing babies aged 0 to 24 months, working with parents and educating them on how to stimulate their children to bolster development. She loves educating parents and teachers and believes that when one understands the why behind certain behavior, one can show greater compassion and have improved patience with a child.

To assist children in reaching their full potential, Jana’s therapeutic toolbox include Sensory Integration Praxis Test certification, and training in the Tomatis Sound Therapy program for self-regulation and reduction of auditory over-responsiveness and motor planning difficulties. She is an Interactive Metronome practitioner and uses the program to address timing, sequencing and planning issues. She is also trained in the Astronaut and Learning Breakthrough programs which are used during therapy to support vestibular, proprioception and visual integration. Being part of helping children reach their potential is what motivates Jana to continue helping children reach their full potential.

Specialty Areas Include:

• Sensory Integration

• Early Intervention

• Autism

Additional Training Includes:

• One Year Mentorship with Maude Le Roux

• SAISI qualification Sensory Integration Foundation and Theory Courses (Sensory Integration Praxis Tests Certification)

• DIR101: An Introduction to DIR and DIR/Floortime

• TOMATIS Training (TALKSUP) Level 1 Practitioner Qualification

• Interactive Metronome and Interactive Metronome Home Certification

• Level 1 & 2: Low-Tech, High-Impact Premature Infant Care

• International Internship and training at A Total Approach (in USA) under the guidance of Maude Le Roux

• The Learning Breakthrough Program

• Astronaut Training Program

• Sand play Therapy and The Treatment of Trauma

• Sensory Modulation

• Practical Tools to help the Angry Child

• Bilateral Integration and Midline Crossing

• A Theoretical look at praxis

• A Theoretical look at Reflex Integration

• Visual Perception

• Pediatric Feeding Difficulties – Part 1 – Diagnosis Factors

• Pediatric Feeding Difficulties – Part 2 – Intervention Strategies

• Spelling Unpacked

• Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia

• Auditory Processing Disorder

• Certification in using the ReadOn Software Reading Program

• Praxis Made Perfect

• Dyslexia Unpacked

• Cerebral Palsy Early Intervention Assessment and Management Course

• OPTIMA School Readiness Assessment qualification