A South African team, with international experience.
We help children who learn differently make real progress. And we train the people who make it happen.
One relationship, over months
Where understanding meets growth.
Years of working with children with autism and developmental differences taught us one thing. Most children do not lack ability. They need the right approach, and someone who understands how they learn.
That became The Growth Method. Guided Growth was founded to bring it to where children actually learn: at home, at school and online.
Rooted in South Africa. Tested in five countries.
Our core is the South African business. Our experience comes from further afield.
Our home. Over five years with children with autism, in homes, schools and online.
Support for families in a system with formal behaviour-analysis standards.
In-home support for families, in more than one language.
Work with families across cultures and languages.
We help American practices with onboarding and recruitment today.
“Many children do not lack ability. They need the right guidance, patience and environment.”
Guided Growth was born from my work as a psychology graduate with children with autism, developmental delays and learning differences, in South Africa, the UK, Mauritius and Thailand.
The best part of this work is seeing a child reach a milestone that once felt out of reach. A first word. A first friend. My vision is a team of people who share that commitment, trained properly, supervised properly and paid properly.
Lerato Vundla, Founder & Programme Lead
Five things we will not compromise on.
The same facilitator
For as long as your child needs.
Connection before correction
Relationship first, always.
Show the data
In plain language, honestly.
Honest about what we are
Learning support. Not treatment. We do not diagnose.
Allies to teachers and therapists
We work towards their goals.
Nothing added afterwards
One flat rate, supervision included.
Who comes to your home.
Our facilitators work one-on-one with children in their own homes. About 23 of them now, across Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, where we have just launched.
- Trained in The Growth Method through our own academy.
- Cleared before they start. Police clearance, child-protection register and sex-offender register checks.
- Supervised every week by a named supervisor.
- Chosen for who they are. Patient, creative, calm.
In their words.
Within just two weeks she had successfully potty trained him and initiated foundational language and communication training.
The aggressive behaviours stopped completely.
We're truly grateful for the growth we're seeing: academically, emotionally and behaviourally.
