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` y r The Center for Emotional and Behavioral Health @IRIM- 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. Children diagnosed with the 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 and work skill development for previously enrolled campers who reside in Indian River county. _ According to http ://www.mentalhealth.org/features/surgeonggngralrepordchapterYsec2 .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 ezisting 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 ` sleep-over' camps . 5