Our services
MUCCY services
We aim to provide services to children in the early years and primary school (3 years – 12 years).
Our services are provided at our clinic located in Building W at Monash University Peninsula campus, located in Frankston. We are also able to offer Telehealth services depending on your child’s support needs.
We currently provide:
- Initial consultation and assessment
- Individual therapy
- Review assessments
- Group therapy programs (Maximum 6 children per group with caregiver involvement).
Our programs include
Individual consultation and assessment
An initial occupational therapy session involves meeting with caregivers/ parents and children to work out what they do well, what is most difficult to do within the child’s current daily routine. We will ask what’s important to you in order to establish areas for therapeutic goals for change. The initial session may include some standardised assessment or clinical observation of your child completing age appropriate tasks, as determined with the family.
The Occupational Therapist will make specific recommendations for some activities to assist your child to develop both their confidence and skill level, which can be incorporated in your daily or weekly routine. We will aim to collaborate with you to find fun and playful activities and teaching strategies to overcome these challenges. If a formal assessment is completed, you will be provided with a summary report and feedback session from the results.
Individual intervention services
Individual therapy will be directed by the goals established in partnership with the family and the therapist following an initial consultation, specific to the needs of your child and family. The amount and frequency of the sessions will be negotiated with the family.
School readiness group program
Our small group program uses fun and motivating activities to target skills necessary to help children become more independent before their first day at school. This group is great for children who would benefit from a little extra practice with fine motor activities relevant to their school participation such as pre-writing skills, pencil skills, manipulating small objects, cutting and activities that are designed to strengthen shoulder, hand, and finger muscles.These activities are essential core foundation skills in children that assist them to become more independent in the classroom once achieved. There is a maximum of 6 children per class.
This group can also be of benefit to children who need help in other areas, such as:
- Confidence to have a go at new or non-preferred activities
- Developing a positive growth mindset approach.
- Executive functioning skills, including: starting and finishing tasks, planning, organizing and sequencing the steps of a task.
- Problem solving and asking for help when needing it (self-advocacy)
- Attention and self-regulation skills to maximise learning
- Opportunity for facilitated social interactions - turn taking, sharing ideas with peers, sharing
- Organising themselves and their belongings, including packing and unpacking a bag and managing their lunch containers.
- Pre-literacy and pre-numeracy skills i.e. sequencing, patterns, letter/sound awareness, letter/number identification.
We’re here to help
Call 99044023 or email: muccy-clinic@monash.edu.
Services are available Wednesdays, 9am – 5pm. Please leave your name and phone number so we can return your call.
Alternatively, you can book a service. Once your request is received, you’ll be placed on our waiting list, and our team will contact you when an appointment becomes available.