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/ The Center for Emotional and Behavioral Health @UZMH- Camp Manatee Therapeutic Summer Camp — IRC- CSAC C. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (Entire Section C, 1 — 6, not to exceed two pages) 1 . List Priority Needs area addressed. It will increase recreation opportunities for children with special needs . Camp Manatee Therapeutic Summer camp offers age appropriate recreational activities to enhance social skills, coping skills, leisure and recreation skill development, and education about their disease. It is also a recreational program that allows ADHD to take their medications. Camp Manatee provides quality childcare before and after camp at an affordable price for working parents to help reduce the amount of juvenile crime. 2. Briefly describe program activities including location of services. -A written structured, age appropriate schedule of recreational activities to enhance social skills, coping skills, leisure, recreation skill development, and education about their disease. -Written Positive Behavior Management Program with immediate feedback in the form of verbal praise, tokens and skill development. Medication times to ensure continuity of care for ADHD children. -Parents of children enrolled are mandated to attend parenting classes specifically designed for parenting the ADHD child.-Experiential Team building Activities to learn & experience growth in self-esteem, making choices, supporting others, communication and developing trust. wSemior Campers 13 years old, community service education & project. -Camp Manatee Therapeutic Summer Camp is located at the CEBH, but utilizes the recreation and leisure resources within Indian River County to provide optimum services for these children 3. Briefly describe how your program addresses the stated need/problem. Describe how your program follows a recognized "best practice" (see, definition on page 12 of the Instructions) and provide evidence that indicates proposed strategies are effective with target population. The issues and problems ADHD with more severe emotional behavioral problem child face are: * Due to an ADHD child' s lack of impulse control, decreased self-esteem, poor social and problem solving skills these children are usually unsuccessful in regular camp and recreational settings. There is a lack of recreational opportunities and community service experiences available to ADHD children in general, and no other programs that specifically addresses targeted areas of concern. Research indicates that ADHD children are at a higher risk for drug & alcohol use. Research also indicates that with preventive education such as development of coping skills, better level of understanding of the disorder, parenting education classes, along with social skill development that the incident of substance abuse and delinquency will be decreased. * Pre & post camp childcare hours, at affordable prices, are difficult for working parents to find, Camp Manatee provides quality childcare before and after camp at an affordable price for working parents. * Recreational Activities program that allows ADHD to take their medication. 4 . List staffing needed for your program, including required experience and estimated hours per week in program for each staff member and/or volunteers (this section should conform with the information in the Position Listing on the Budget Narrative Worksheet). Camp Manatee Therapeutic Summer Camp Program Staffing: List of staff follows : ( I )Director of Patient Care Services — Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in child & adolescent 6