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By Robyn Evans Cunningham

This podcast supports the SuperLily blog (www.super-lily.org), a platform for parents to have real life conversations about premature birth and cerebral palsy.
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Episode 3 - Interview with Nicole Hilburn: Paediatric Physiotherapist, Neurodevelopmental Specialist & MAES Therapist

SuperLilyMay 14, 2021

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Episode 3 - Interview with Nicole Hilburn: Paediatric Physiotherapist, Neurodevelopmental Specialist & MAES Therapist

Episode 3 - Interview with Nicole Hilburn: Paediatric Physiotherapist, Neurodevelopmental Specialist & MAES Therapist

SUMMARY

In this podcast I speak with Dr Nicole Hilburn, a South African trained paediatric physiotherapist, researcher and lecturer now based in the United Kingdom.

We talk about her academic background and how it has helped inform her clinical practice.  We also go into some depth about her main specialisation in paediatrics, MAES Therapy, an approach to physiotherapy for children with neurodevelopment movement disorders developed by Jean-Pierre Maes.  Nicole discusses her views on where technology is beginning to improve evidence-based research into what therapies may work and which are less effective, and gives parents some tips about how to optimise the interventions they are able to access for their children.  

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BIO

Prior to moving to the UK, where Nicole is working as an Extended Scope Physiotherapist in the NHS, she had her own paediatric physiotherapy clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, the highly regarded  Physio in the Parks.  She  has been a lecturer in paediatrics at the University of the Witwatersrand, which is also where she obtained her PhD.  Nicole is passionate about her academic work, and her PhD thesis established a new standardised developmental screening tool (suitable for use in a developing country) to screen for neurodevelopmental delays especially with children who had HIV positive mothers, and ascertain the need for further assessment or referral to rehabilitation services for them.

She received her undergraduate training in physiotherapy at the University of Cape Town and has subsequently been trained in the NDT and MAES therapy.

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TRANSCRIPT

Please see the SuperLily Blog for the full transcript.

May 14, 202137:32
Episode 2: An Interview with Dr Gillian Saloojee - Therapy Services for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Disadvantaged Settings in Africa

Episode 2: An Interview with Dr Gillian Saloojee - Therapy Services for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Disadvantaged Settings in Africa

SUMMARY

In this podcast I speak with Dr Gillian Saloojee, a South African physiotherapist who has spent her career developing and strengthening therapy services for children with cerebral palsy living in deprived and disadvantaged settings in Africa. 

We talk about the experiences of the parents she has encountered in her work, how she has tried to help them, and also about her new project that aims to focus on teenagers and young adults with CP. 


FUNDRAISING CONTACT INFORMATION:

For more information about how to support Gillian's new "Teenager Project", please contact her at gillian.saloojee@gmail.com

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BIO

Gillian trained at the Bobath centre in London and has a PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand. For over ten years, Gillian was chief physiotherapist at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto where she was responsible for paediatric physiotherapy and the cerebral palsy clinic.

In 2005 she founded Malamulele Onward, a not for profit organisation in South Africa that provides services and solutions in rural areas for children with cerebral palsy and their families. Whilst she handed over the leadership reins at Malamulele Onward in 2019, under her guidance over 14 years, they reached thousands of families delivering therapy and parent to parent training amongst other things. Gillian is now working on a new project focused on teenagers and young adults with CP.  

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TRANSCRIPT

Please see the SuperLily Blog for the full transcript.  

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