{"id":54086,"date":"2023-01-30T06:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T04:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/dis-nou-tyd-om-onnies-te-help-20230125-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:39:47","slug":"dis-nou-tyd-om-onnies-te-help-20230125-2","status":"publish","type":"school_article","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/school\/dis-nou-tyd-om-onnies-te-help-20230125-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dis nou tyd om onnies te help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dis die tyd van die jaar waar die skole begin \u2013 ons ouers het graag ges\u00ea: \u201cDie kinders gaan weer hok toe!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dit is dalk tyd, aan die begin van 2023, om die omgewing en ons kinders se omstandighede in o\u00ebnskou te neem en te kyk hoe dit moontlik bydra tot uitdagings vir goeie akademiese prestasie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Luis Marcos skryf in A silent tragedy in how we are raising our children<\/i> van die hedendaagse oorgebruik van \u201ctechnological nannies\u201d, selfone, TV, laptops<\/span> en dies meer, en hoe dit biologiese ouers se tyd, aandag en omgee by kinders \u201cvervang\u201d. Ander ouers druk weer net R500 in \u2019n kind se hand dat hy \/ sy \u2019n aandjie te gaan geniet, maar asseblief net sonder die ouer se aandag, liefde en gesprek. Die kinders mis uit op aanvaarding, en gevoelens van verwerping tree na vore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enkelouers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\u2019n Paar jaar gelede het \u2019n M-student van my aan enkelouergesinne gewerk. Sy skryf 18,5 miljoen kinders in SA word in enkelouergesinne groot, waarvan 12,5 miljoen Afrikataal-sprekende moeders is. Hierdie moeders moet ongeveer 06:00 in \u2019n taxi klim om by die werk te kom, en kom ongeveer 18:00 by die huis \u2013 waar is die tyd vir skoolwerk, speel en aandag gee aan haar kinders vir wie sy omgee? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hierdie faktore en vele meer in ons gemeenskap, soos armoede, moeilike verblyf, kragonderbrekings en gesinsgeweld, behoort tog \u2019n invloed op ons kinders se akademiese prestasie te h\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My bekommernisse oor die kinders kom al vir jare. Is dit moontlik dat die emosionele ontwrigting \u2019n bydrae het tot \u2019n toename in \u201cRitalin-kinders\u201d, soos baie ouers hulle noem. Wanneer \u2019n potensi\u00eble \u201cRitalin-kind\u201d met moontlike ADHD (aandagafleibaarheidsindroom) by my aankom, stel ek vier hipoteses vir evaluering:.<\/span> Is die kind se akademiese vermo\u00eb onder druk, en daarom sien ons ADHD-simptome?.<\/span> Is die kind akademies baie sterk en daarom sien ons ook ADHD- simptome?.<\/span> Is die kind net emosioneel ontwrig of getraumatiseer, en daarom sien ons ook simptome van \u201cRitalin-kinders\u201d? (Ritalin is nie noodwendig vir bogenoemde hipoteses bedoel nie.).<\/span> Laastens, die kind met ADHD as diagnose \u2013 is dit dalk moontlik dat \u2019n klomp kinders onnodig op Ritalin geplaas is nadat net die simptome gediagnoseer is? Dit hou risiko\u2019s in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ek lees onlangse in Die Burger <\/i>\u201cHoe gemaak met 21-jarige matrikulante?\u201d Verskeie opsies skiet deur my kop. Is dit \u2019n resultaat van die gebruik om kinders in ons skole \u201coor te rol na \u2019n volgende [graad]\u201d? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is dit kinders wat net eenvoudig nie in ons hoofstroomonderwys suksesvol kan wees nie? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maar intussen is hier \u2019n jongmens \u2013 gewis nie meer \u2019n kind nie \u2013 wat probeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die oorrolpraktyk hou vele risiko\u2019s in. Baie kinders in laerskool, met moontlike laer potensiaal, word net oorgerol na die volgende graad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vir my is verduidelik \u2019n kind tot en met 14 jaar oud, wat twee keer gedruip het, kan na vaardigheidsonderwys oorgeplaas word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As dit nie gebeur nie, druip so \u2019n kind in graad agt en nog \u2019n keer daarna, en voel onsuksesvol in die skool. Soveel van hulle loop in die samelewing rond of sukkel op 21 jaar om graad 12 te probeer slaag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ons behoort terug te keer na potensiaal-evaluasie in die laerskole om soveel meer leerlinge se skoolloopbane beter te bestuur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ouers, kyk asseblief meer krities hoe word u kind met sy of haar potensiaal ge\u00ebvalueer en bestuur dit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019n Artikel in Rapport <\/i>lui \u201cGraad R: Meer speel as leer, asseblief!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dit klink mooi, maar tog \u2019n bietjie onrealisties! As ons kyk na ons ouers en kinders se omstandighede, hoeveel kinders byvoorbeeld sit en eet nog aan \u2019n tafel? Die meeste skole vereis \u2019n graadeenkind wat 45 tot 90 minute aan \u2019n tafel op \u2019n stoel moet kan sit \u2013 waar moet die kind dit leer as hulle in graad R hoofsaaklik behoort te speel? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ek sien baie van ons kinders tel eerder op hul vingers as om element\u00eare berekeninge in hul kop te doen \u2013 maar dis tel, nie wiskundige vaardighede nie! Baie van ons kinders in graad R leer nie \u201com te luister, om instruksies te onthou om hierna die taak te gaan doen\u201d nie, want hulle kyk TV. Niemand weet wat hulle onthou nie, en speel gaan dit nie vir hulle leer nie. Tog verkies juffrou of meneer dit in graad een.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

eie potensiaal<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Ons sal die uitdagings van ons kinders se omstandighede meer in die prentjie moet bring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alle kinders kan net volgens hul eie potensiaal presteer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dis tyd om ons foute op die tafel te sit, want ons kinders ly daaronder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laastens, ons onderwysers het \u2019n kurrikulum om te volg en kan nie vir al die ad hoc-<\/i>uitdagings die hand opsteek nie. Hulle, die kinders en ouers kort ons hulp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ek luister na \u2019n program Maths Mothers<\/i>, ontwerp vir die Weskus. Dit genees die ma\u2019s sonder werk van hul trauma deur TRE (Trauma and Tension Release Exercises), voed hulle op ten opsigte van ouerskap en leer hulle hoe om hul kind te bereik. Hulle is al suksesvol by 20 skole in die Skiereiland betrokke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ons kan reeds help met potensiaal- meting, loopbaanleiding en TRE \u2013 dis \u2019n begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kom ons vat hande om ons onderwysers te help om vir ons kinders \u2019n meer suksesvolle 2023 te gee. .<\/span> Dr. Gielie van Dyk is \u2019n kliniese sielkundige van Vredenburg. Kontak hom gerus by 022 714 1101 of stuur e-pos aan gvdyk@mylan.co.za<\/i>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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