Jeanine Steyn
I qualified with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of the Witswatersrand in 2017.
I then completed my community service year at Bertha Gxowa Hospital, where I worked with both adults and children. I gained knowledge and clinical skills working with conditions such as stroke, hand injuries, developmental delay, Autism spectrum Disorder, Down syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.
I started working in the private practice field early 2019 at an established paediatric practice. I then joined Jeanine Steyn’s practice in 2020 to continue working in the paediatric field that I am so passionate about. I have always had a love for helping and working with children and am passionate about early intervention. Through my work experience so far, I have gained an interest in Sensory Integration.
Alicia Martins
I qualified with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of the Witswatersrand in 2017.
I then completed my community service year at Bertha Gxowa Hospital, where I worked with both adults and children. I gained knowledge and clinical skills working with conditions such as stroke, hand injuries, developmental delay, Autism spectrum Disorder, Down syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.
I started working in the private practice field early 2019 at an established paediatric practice. I then joined Jeanine Steyn’s practice in 2020 to continue working in the paediatric field that I am so passionate about. I have always had a love for helping and working with children and am passionate about early intervention. Through my work experience so far, I have gained an interest in Sensory Integration.
Shelby Nassif
I qualified with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2017.
I then went on to do my community service year at South Rand Hospital in 2018. During this year, I grew extensively as an Occupational Therapist and gained a great deal of experience and knowledge in the fields of paediatrics and adult neurological, spinal and hands rehabilitation.
In 2019, I joined Jeanine Steyn’s private practice. Here, I am following my passion for working with children.
Shánna Louwrens
Shánna completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (cum laude) at the University of Pretoria in 2011. After completing her undergraduate degree, she went on to further her training in Infant Massage (2013), Ayres Sensory Integration (2016) and Bobath Paediatric Neurodevelopmental Therapy (2016). In 2018, she obtained her Master of Occupational Therapy degree by virtue of dissertation at the University of Pretoria. Her research specifically focused on sensory modulation patterns in children with Cerebral Palsy. In 2018, she presented her research at the National Cerebral Palsy Conference and the World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT) Congress. She hopes to have published her paper by the end of the year.
Shánna has worked within the public sector in the field of paediatrics for almost 7 years. From 2012-2015 she worked at Bertha Gxowa Community Rehabilitation Centre in the Ekurhuleni Health district. She is currently employed at Forest Town School during the week, which is an LSEN school which caters for children with special needs. She is passionate about working in the public sector and providing quality OT services to children from underprivileged and disadvantaged communities. She started working at Jeanine Steyn Occupational Therapy as a locum Occupational Therapist on Saturdays in August 2015, to broaden her knowledge, expertise and scope of practice.