Connect With Me

Connect With Me is an opportunity to boost your child’s development & strengthen your bond at the same time. This enlightening 12-module course will help you gain a deeper understanding of your child’s sensory and emotional needs by learning and exploring age appropriate games and activities. These activities are based on 10 DevelopME principles which are designed to foster meaningful engagement between you and your child.

Suitable for parents of infants and toddlers aged 0-3 years.

Here is what’s in store when you sign up:

• 12 Exciting learning modules
• 12 Pre-recorded Masterclasses presented by OT, Cornelia Liebentritt and Play Therapist, Taryn Schneider
• 23 Age-appropriate activities designed to promote attachment and enhance development
• Whatsapp support group to engage with other moms, share ideas and ask questions

Overview of the full course:

MODULE 1 | AN OVERVIEW OF ATTACHMENT: Attachment Theory

• The 4 attachment styles
• Risk Factors
• Healthy Attachment
• How to enhance attachment

MODULE 2 | AN OVERVIEW OF ATTACHMENT: Contributors to Attachment

• Emotional Regulation
• Relationships
• Sensory Regulation

MODULE 3 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 1: Connect with ME

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 4 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 2: Follow MY lead

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 5 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 3: Set limits for ME

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 6 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 4: Wait for ME

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 7 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 5: Stretch MY attention 

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 8 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 6: Notice MY sensory system 

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 9 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 7: Regulate MY sensory system 

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 10 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 8: Reflect MY feelings

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 11 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 9: Stay with MY emotions

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

MODULE 12 | PRACTICAL STRATEGY 10: Problem solve with ME

• Explanation of concept and development outcomes
• Age appropriate activities with video explainer and checklist

presented by

Cornelia Liebentritt (Occupational Therapist BS. OT (SU)) and Taryn Schneider (Play Therapist BSc. OT (UCT))

Cornelia and Taryn are experienced occupational therapists who are passionate about childhood development. They created the DevelopME programme on which this course is based.

Being mothers themselves, Cornelia and Taryn understand the challenge of keeping children appropriately stimulated, know how overwhelming the first few years of motherhood can be and understand how difficult it is to prepare for this journey.

Having a background in DIR-Floortime, Sensory Integration and Child-Centered Play Therapy,  Taryn and Cornelia have integrated these developmental approaches into the DevelopME and Connect With ME programmes.