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Background
Over forty-five years ago our Centre was established with a vision “Enabling the disabled to grow to their full potential”. The vision has been realised through the achievements and success it has gained through this time. We provide care and therapy for multi-disabled children and adults of previously disadvantaged areas of Pretoria East namely Eersterust, Mamelodi, Nellmapius, Silverton, and East Lynne.
Centre Established
Centre Established
1980
Protective Workshop Built
Protective Workshop Built
1990
Wokshop No 2 Built
Wokshop No 2 Built
2015
About our Centre
Eersterust Care & Training Centre (ECTC) functions as a day care learning and therapy Centre for children who present with mental, intellectual and cognitive disabilities.
The disabilities of our children & adults include:
- Down’s syndrome
- Hydrocephaly
- Microcephaly
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy
- Tourette Syndrome
- Developmental Delays
- Accidents prone disabilities (lack of oxygen – birth, car accidents etc)
Demographic segmentation
Our Centre accepts children from surrounding areas (Eersterust, East Lynne, Silverton, Mamelodi and Nellmapius) who are unable to progress in mainstream schools due to the extreme nature of their disability.
The breakdown of our learner-base is indicated below:
Gender | Age | Race | Disability | |||||
Male | Female | <18 | >18 | Black | White | Coloured | Asian |
|
43 | 36 | 33 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 33 | 0 | All (79) |
All individuals admitted to our Centre scores on the Severe or Profound scale of their specific condition.