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Grow Mind Psychology

Nurturing growth and potential

Unlocking every child’s potential through personalized, evidence-based emotional and remedial intervention.

HPCSA registered (30+ years) Evidence-based intervention Parkview, Johannesburg

A practice built around strengths

Individualised assessment and structured support to address learning and emotional challenges, while building confidence and resilience.

Therapy in the Parks
29 Tyrone Avenue, Parkview, 2122, Johannesburg
Merle Croock

About Merle Croock

Educational Psychologist

I work with children to overcome learning and emotional challenges by building on their strengths through individualized emotional and remedial support. Grounded in research my goal is to help children discover their full capabilities.

Educational Psychologist registered with the HPCSA for over three decades.
Expert in the assessment and therapeutic treatment of neurodevelopment disorders including attention deficit disorders (ADHD), and specific learning difficulties such as reading (dyslexia) and mathematics (dyscalculia).
Driven by a deep interest in child development and belief in the brain’s neuroplasticity.
Guided by a blend of schools of thought including Psychodynamic, Interpersonal Neurobiology Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Attachment and Polyvagal Theory.
Guided by the Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach to teaching of literacy and numeracy.
I run a private practice in Parkview, Johannesburg, and work at Bellavista SEEK, a registered child development clinic in Johannesburg.
Child development Neurodevelopment Literacy & numeracy Emotional wellbeing

Services

Assessment, therapy, and learning support

Assessments

I conduct individual, in person, assessments, to identify each learner’s strengths and weaknesses, guiding tailored support and intervention.

I utilise up-to-date tools including Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition (WISC-V), Cognitive Assessment System – Second Edition (CAS-2), and Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – Fourth Edition (WIAT-IV).

Psycho-Educational assessments

Evaluate cognitive processes underlying learning and academic skills and evaluate specific academic skills including literacy and mathematics. Diagnoses of dyslexia and/or dyscalculia are offered.

  • Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental learning difficulty impacting the development of reading and spelling.
  • Dyscalculia is a neurodevelopmental learning difficulty impacting numerical understanding and mathematical operations.

School Readiness assessments

Determine preschoolers readiness for formal learning considering cognitive, social and emotional development.

Examination Accommodation assessments

Establish eligibility for support measures during tests and examinations, ensuring learners with specific barriers to learning, can demonstrate their true abilities.

Examples: reader or an electronic reader for those with reading difficulties due to dyslexia or physical challenges.

Digital assessments

Available in person and online

In partnership with MyMemoryMentor a digital suite of science-backed tools supporting learners with neurodevelopmental and learning challenges.

The PATROL assessment is designed to assess foundational skills essential for reading proficiency.

Psychotherapeutic Intervention

Psychotherapy allows children, adolescents and adults to process and manage psychological issues such as trauma, anxiety, bullying, divorce, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Play Therapy

Utilises play in a safe environment to help children express and address psychological challenges that they may struggle to express verbally.

Adolescent Therapy

Specialised psychotherapy for teenagers, focusing on age specific mental health challenges.

Parent Counselling

Support and skills to foster children’s emotional well-being. Parents are invited to be a part of the child’s therapeutic process.

Remedial Intervention

I apply explicit, structured, cumulative, multisensory, evidence-based remedial intervention strategies to support learners with various learning difficulties.

The Approach

  • Explicit — Concepts clearly taught rather than inferred.
  • Structured — Planned logical sequence.
  • Cumulative — Building on previously taught material.
  • Multisensory — Engaging senses of sight, hearing and movement.

Focus Areas

  • Literacy and Dyslexia
  • Numerical understanding and Dyscalculia
  • Study Skills & Executive Functioning
  • Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs)

Contact

Get in touch

Website

www.growmind.co.za

Email

merle@growmind.co.za

Phone

+27 83 675 0957

Address

Therapy in the Parks
29 Tyrone Avenue
Parkview, 2122
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