Mighty Kids Group

A goal directed training program that supports children reach their everyday goals.

Mighty Kids Group is a functional, activities-based intensive intervention approach designed specifically for children with disability.

The program provides 1:1 intensive practice with a therapist, who will adapt and change tasks specifically to each child, to enable long-lasting individual improvements. This constant variable nature of practice enables each child’s skills to be achieved not only in a therapy setting, but also at home, school, or in the community.

What does it involve?

With a goal to strengthen, fine tune or learn new motor skills (fine and gross) so they can play and participate more confidently in everyday activities. Goals can include:

Get around more independently (stairs, uneven surfaces)
Ride a bike, trike or scooter
Dressing skills such as buttons, socks & shoes
Use cutlery
Develop cooking skills

What are the outcomes?

We work with each child and their family to identify key goals around fine or gross motor skills development. Outcomes will be based on the individuals set goals. These may include:

Fine motor skills such as dressing, tying shoelaces, cutting or drawing
Improvement in the speed and legibility of handwriting
Stability and balance when sitting, jumping and hopping skills
Stability and balance when walking, running, or riding a bike
Using a knife, fork and spoon during meals
Typing skills and speed of typing

Who's the program for?

Ages 5-13 years
Attending mainstream school
Able to follow 2-step instructions at a minimum and attend for 20 minutes within a group setting
With fine motor or gross motor goals

For more information, visit our Intensive Therapy Programs webpage.

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6 Teamster Cl, Tuggerah NSW 2259

02 4356 6300

ask@cerebralpalsy.org.au

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Who is eligible for the clinic

Infants 12 months or younger are eligible if they have the following:

Clinical history indicating risk for cerebral palsy

Risk factors include (but not limited to) prematurity, birth defects, genetic conditions, intrauterine growth restriction, hypoxia-ischaemia, seizures, neonatal stroke, infection

Abnormal neuroimaging-MRI or Cranial Ultrasound (CUS) indicative of possible motor impairment
Motor dysfunction

This might include abnormal General Movements, very low scores on standardised assessment (e.g. below 10th percentile on AIMS), poor head control after 3 months, hand asymmetry after 4 months, not able to take weight through feet after 5 months, not sitting at 9 months.

Priority will be given to infants who have not previously seen a neurologist.

What can a family expect when referred?

What happens if there is a diagnosis of cerebral palsy?

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