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Sunshine Physical Therapy EARLY THERAPY INTERVENTION Grant: $20,000 Funds Used: $16,050 (NOTE: The Clinic was closed from 3/20/2020 — 5/4/2020 due to COVID-19 precautions. The Clinic did not apply for funding for May 2020 or June 2020 as a Paycheck Protection Loan was received.) Total Children Served: 14 Cost per child: $50 Focus Area: Early Childhood Education Taxonomy Number: PT 2251N0400X, OT 225XP0200X, ST 235200000X Program Description: The Sunshine Kids Program provides multi -disciplinary rehabilitation services in physical, occupational and speech therapies to children with disabilities due to injury, disease or birth defects. Children enrolled in this program are age birth — five with developmental issues, insufficient insurance coverage, or enrolled in a Medicaid Managed Care program leaving them with limited access to providers of rehabilitation services in Indian River County. Collaboration: Our Sunshine Kids team works together collaboratively: physical, occupational, and speech therapists meet daily discussing our children's goals, progress and carryover from the therapy setting into the outside world. GOALS/OUTCOMES REPORT Outcome #1: Improve scoring on the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS) by one percentile for age for 75% of the children receiving physical and occupational therapy services in the program. Occupational Therapy - A total of 3 children received 35 visits in Occupational Therapy with this funding. Child 1 (JB) — a 10 year 3 month old male, seen for a total of 13 visits with a diagnosis of Sensory Disorder. He has been discharged from services with all short term goals met, except for writing letters, and his parent has been provided with educational materials to assist with this skill. Child 2 (SL) is a 5 year 2 month old female seen for 12 visits with a diagnosis of Neuro -developmental Disorder with Developmental Agnosia. Based on re-evaluation findings, she as compared to her peers, demonstrates average and above average scores on assessment tasks, putting her at age equivalency on average with a 5-6 year old. She shows dramatic improvement with letter identification and writing during evaluation, exceptional focus during tabletop tasks, and demonstrates ability to complete manipulation and visual motor tasks that are well above age level. She is now in the 50% for object manipulation, 63% for grasping and 99% for visual -motor integration. She has also now met all of the goals outlined in her Occupational Therapy plan of care. She was discharged from Occupational Therapy at the end of June. Child 3 (RP) is a 4 year 5 month old female with a diagnosis of Autism and Attention Deficit Disorder. Patient has not been seen since March 2020, due to parent/guardian concern about COVID-19. Telehealth was offered and declined and patient has been discharged from services. Physical Therapy - A total of 6 children received 135 visits in Physical Therapy from this funding. 149