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Sonia Machanick was born on 15 June, 1925 in Cape Town, South Africa, is a South African physician. Discover Sonia Machanick's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

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Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 15 June 1925
Birthday 15 June
Birthplace Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death 12 November, 1977
Died Place Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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Who Is Sonia Machanick's Husband?

Her husband is Hillel Abbe Shapiro

Family
Parents Soloman Machanick (father)Edna Annie Love Machanick (nee Courtnall) (mother)
Husband Hillel Abbe Shapiro
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Children 4; Janice Shapiro, Paul Shapiro, Ian Shapiro and Roy Courtnall Summerfield

Sonia Machanick Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sonia Machanick worth at the age of 52 years old? Sonia Machanick’s income source is mostly from being a successful physician. She is from South Africa. We have estimated Sonia Machanick's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income physician

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1922

Her mother, Edna Annie Love Courtnall, was one of the first female LLB graduates (1922) at the University of London, and she later set up a National Fellowship Award through the South African Association of Women graduates.

Awards every year are made to two South African women who are studying for a Diploma or Degree in any discipline.

After completing school, Sonia Machanick enrolled on the medical course at Cape Town University.

While a student, she initiated a vacation scheme for medical students to provide medical support at a mission hospital in the Transkei and she was a member of the team that inaugurated SHAWCO, a student-run NGO based at the University of Cape Town, that seeks to improve the quality of life for individuals in developing communities within the Cape Metropolitan area.

1925

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.

1947

After graduating in 1947, she returned to the main university campus to study psychology and she worked at the University Child Guidance Clinic.

She married Hillel Abbe Shapiro who was a lecturer at the university medical school.

Soon after, they relocated to Johannesburg where she was initially employed at the Alexandra Township TB clinic and then as a registrar at Tara Hospital.

These experiences informed her decision to forge a career in the area of remedial education, with the specific aim of developing facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of children whose emotional and educational needs were not catered for in the mainstream educational system and she started working with children who struggled with a range of learning problems, including emotional behavioural issues, dyslexia and dyspraxia.

Together with her husband and a group of other parents, Sonia Machanick was instrumental in founding South Africa's first mainstream multi-racial high school, Woodmead School.

1960

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 for teaching the phonics reading method, as well as articles concerning the treatment of children with learning difficulties.

Machanick was the second of three children born in Cape Town to immigrant parents; her mother from the United Kingdom and her father from Lithuania.

1966

As her practice grew, the need for larger premises led to her setting up Japari School in Johannesburg in 1966.

The school expanded further with new buildings and was able to take larger numbers of children as well as hosting conferences and work placements for special needs teachers.

Although this was during the Apartheid era, Japari operated from the start on a non-racial basis, and also supported black pupils with scholarships to mainstream schools.

1977

After her early death aged 52 in 1977, there was a period of uncertainty, after which the school re-established itself on a new site.

Dr Machanick's work in the field of educational research was recognised by the College of Medicine of South Africa, and the College established the Sonia Machanick Travelling Fellowship.

The Sonia Machanick Memorial Lecture was set up after her death.

2002

From January 2002 the headteacher has been Steve Rees.