Sonia Machanick

Sonia Machanick (15 June 1925 – 12 November 1977) was a South African medical doctor, author and educational psychologist who pioneered new methods of teaching children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties. She founded Japari School, a special school in Johannesburg that provides education for children who struggle to thrive in the mainstream education system. She wrote a series of four graded reading books (Sounds Travel Too) and other reading tutors in English and Afrikaans (Tom Kan Lees) that were widely used throughout the 1960s and 1970s[3] for teaching the phonics reading method, as well as articles concerning the treatment of children with learning difficulties.

Quotes

• I'll make me a world.
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• Learning disabilities in childhood - some guidelines and cautions.
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• The management of a child with a learning disability
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• Summary:Traces the lives and careers of the following doctors.
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