My experience

Written By Natalie Hutton

I am an educational psychologist. I specialize in educational assessments and also have a love for training with teachers, parents and students. I have been in private practice since qualifying.

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In 2015, I had the opportunity to be involved in writing and editing the following learner guides. This included extensive research, textbook development, editing and online tutoring:

  • Dealing with Anger and Aggression in Children and Adolescents

  • The Truth about Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

  • Supporting Children and Adolescent with Anxiety

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with Dyscalculia

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with Dysgraphia

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with Dyslexia

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders

  • Understanding Sensory Processing Disorder in Children and Adolescents

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with Selective Mutism

  • Dealing with and Preventing Bullying

  • Understanding Conduct and Oppositional Disorder

  • Understanding Depression and Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with HIV/AIDS

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with Phonological Disorder

  • Understanding Stuttering in Children and Adolescents

  • Understanding Suicidal Behaviour and Self-harm

  • Supporting Children and Adolescents with Visual Impairment

Other experiences include:

  • Community outreach teaching reading skills to grade 1 pupils

  • Parent workshop task force

  • ADHD workshop for SADAG 

  • Teacher Stress and Burnout workshop for staff

  • 2-day intensive course on Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • 2-day intensive course on Dyscalculia

  • 2-day intensive course on Sensory Processing DisordeR

  • Second language English teacher for 3 years

  • Working with children in varying capacities since 2003

  • Learning support teaching

My master's thesis title, completed in 2014, was: 

Assessing an isiZulu questionnaire with educators in primary schools in Pietermaritzburg to establish a baseline of knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

I co-wrote a journal article on this topic with Carol Mitchell and Dr Mary van der Riet, which was published in November 2016. Click here to access it.

Featured in Online Magazine BizBuzz (October 2016)



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