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Dynamic Assessment of Young Children - 2025

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:00 to Saturday, August 2, 2025 - 16:00

DA of Young Children (4-7years)

Learn to apply the following two DA Instruments:

1. Children's Analogical Thinking Modifiability Test (CATM) - click here to learn more

2. Children's Inferential Thinking Modifiability Test (CITM) - click here to learn more

(Both instruments are sold separately and are not included in the workshop fee.)

 

A two day face-to-face seminar with live demonstration sessions presented by Dr Louis Benjamin.

 

Date: Final dates to be decided

Venue: To be decided

Time: 9 - 4 pm

Cost: R3,500

 

To show your interest and to give you priorty in the forthcoming seminar series click here.

The Basic Concepts Programme is basically the same as Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development. It is a way of teaching… it gives individuals a way to structure their thinking and reasoning. 

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015

I was very happy about my development on this course… often as teachers we do not pay attention to detail, but because of Basic Concepts I was aware of the lack of language use in my class. I am now using a different approach with my learners and being aware of the small details that make a big change in the way I teach and learners learn. Thank you for this eye opening course.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
 INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY

Encourages children to be observant and provides opportunity for building language skills - from basics to more complex.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

Ek waardeer alles wat Dr Louis ons geleer het. Daar is soveel dinge wat ek nie geweet het nie, bv. hoe om ons kinders te help leer. You are a star, thank you for your time. 

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2

'I can actually see results from using some of the ideas I got during the training.'

 

Central Training 2012

What stood out for me - was not teaching the content, but how to teach the concept and so much vocabulary is elicited …

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014