Brighter Days PPEC, Melbourne, FL
What is a PPEC?
PPEC stands for Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care. PPEC services provide full day services to medically fragile children in a less restrictive, cost-effective alternative to home health care or hospitalization. PPEC reduces self-isolation of home-bound programs. Allowing children to be included in their community, helping to achieve the highest quality of life.
What qualifies a child to attend a PPEC Program?
Children who require ongoing medical attention to perform day to day skills and are unable to thrive in a typical school or day care environment. Children who have been hospitalized or encounter frequent emergency room visits for an ongoing condition such as, but not limited to, seizures, feeding or asthma.
Conditions that Qualify:
- Asthma
- Cerebral Palsy
- Developmental Disorders
- Epilepsy
- G-Tube Dependence
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myotonic Dystrophy
- Prematurity
- Rett Syndrome
- Tracheostomy
- Rare medical conditions requiring nursing care.
- or any child deemed medically necessary by their physician.
Who pays for PPEC services?
PPEC services are covered by Medicaid once the child receives the recommendation & prescription or letter of medical necessity from their pediatrician. Our staff is happy to assist you with the enrollment process to begin a brighter day.
What makes us different than other PPEC centers?
With our large outdoor, fenced in area, which is ADA compliant all children are taken outdoors every day to enjoy fresh air, participate in free play and various structured activities to engage and stimulate each child. We also have a beautiful screened in pavilion with fans for all to enjoy and relax as they listen to the wind chimes and water fall from the relaxing fountain.
At Brighter Days PPEC & Brighter Days PPEC of Palm Bay our skilled nursing staff works together with therapists and our educational staff to ensure we are aligning goals for each child. It's a wholistic teamwork approach!
We offer Transportation Services
Brighter Days Transportation Services
Brighter Days Transportation Services offers morning pick up and afternoon drop off to children enrolled in the PPEC as well as mid-day school pick up should that be of interest.
Interested in Educational Services?
Brighter Days Educational Services
We offer educational services to children enrolled in the PPEC. Focusing on language arts, math, science and social studies while working together with your child's Physical, Occupational, Speech and/or ABA therapist which cultivates optimal growth for each child. The focus of our services is to engage children in learning, promote growth at their educational level and work with parents on educational goals.
Physical and Occupational Therapy
Hetherington Therapy offers Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy & Speech/Feeding Therapy to children enrolled in our PPEC.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Therapy
Paradigm Behavioral Health offers ABA Therapy to children enrolled at Brighter Days PPEC. Contact Brighter Days PPEC to begin ABA services.
