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The Center for Emotional and Behavioral Health - Camp Manatee Therapeutic Summer Camp — IRC- CSAC Be PROGRAM NEED STATEMENT (Entire Section B not to exceed one page) 1 . a) What is the unacceptable condition requiring change? b) Who has the need ? c) Where do they live? d) Provide local, state or national trend data, with reference source, that corroborates that this is an area of need . a. Children diagnosed with psychiatric disorder, ADHD, are lacking a comprehensive day camp in the summer designed to meet their special needs and dispense medications . The children are ages 5 though 14 with the last two years designed as leadership skill development for previously enrolled campers who reside in Indian River county. b . According to http : //www. mentalhealth org/features/sur eongencralreport/chapter3/sect asp ADHD, which Is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder of childhood, occurs in 3 to 5 percent of school-age children in a 6-month period (Anderson et al . , 1987 ; Bird et al . , 1988 ; Esser et al . , 1990; Pelham et al . , 1992 ; Shaffer et al . , 1996c; Wolraich et al . , 1996) . Pediatricians report that approximately 4 percent of their patients have ADHD (Wolraich et al . , 1990), but in practice the diagnosis is often made in children who meet some, but not all, of the criteria recommended in DSM-IV (Wolraich et al . , 1990) (see also Treatment later in this section) . Boys are four times more likely to have the illness than girls are (Ross & Ross, 1982) . The disorder is found in all cultures, although prevalences differ; differences are thought to stem more from differences in diagnostic criteria than from differences in presentation (DSM-IV) . 2, a) Identify similar programs that are currently serving the needs of your targeted population ; b) Explain how these existing programs are under-serving the targeted population of your program. - Sandy Pines ADHD Summer Program — Jensen Beach, Fl — closed program due to for-profit business and could not meet financials . No outcome data available -Milestone Charter School, Brevard County Public Schools — In the years past, had a summer camp for ADHD, which modeled the program after Camp Manatee Therapeutic Summer Camp . School principal collaborated with Camp Manatee Manager to institute program in Brevard due to success of their children attending Camp Manatee . No outcome data available due to closing of the camp -No other program like this currently exists in FL; however, several programs throughout the USA exist and are ` slee -over' camps 5