Sunshine Therapy
Speech-Language Pathology
At Sunshine Therapy we work with people of all ages impacted by speech, language, cognitive, feeding, and swallowing disorders. Our experienced team is dedicated to helping children and adults enhance their quality of life by providing evidence-based, functional therapy in the setting best suited for you or your loved ones. Each patient receives customized care plans to meet their specific needs.
Sunshine Services
Outdoor Therapy
In-home Therapy
Tele-Therapy
Group Therapy
Animal Therapy
Parent Classes
Contact us for a sunnier day.
941-518-0031
Functional Outdoor Therapy
Our Passion. Our Specialty.
At Sunshine Therapy, we believe that kids belong outside- to play, explore, and develop. That's why we use nature as our "office".
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Research shows that outdoor education increases learning performance and supports emotional, behavioral, and intellectual development. Natural environments are known to enhance children's physical, mental, and social health. We've observed firsthand how children thrive when learning amongst the grass, trees, bugs, and dirt, and why we are uniquely founded upon these techniques.
Choose from any location
Or request a favorite spot
Santa Rita Park
Lake Nighthorse
Rotary Park
Colorado Trail
Buckley Park
Animas City Park
Benefits of Outdoor Therapy
Enhances social skills
Improves attention span & cognition
Promotes better self-regulation
Improves fine & gross motor skills
Boosts creativity
& problem solving
Enables exercise & lowers anxiety
Julia Medlock
My work with children and adults ranges from in-patient acute care, NICU, in-patient rehabilitation, outpatient services, school setting, skilled nursing facility, lactation support groups, and the private practice setting. Besides my profession, the outdoors is my passion and where I thrive. Given the research to support learning through outdoor experiences, my deep adoration of the outdoors, and my personal experiences working outdoors, were the driving factors for creating Sunshine Therapy. I strive to offer services for this community in a more natural setting and in the great outdoors.
6-8 Years Old
Group Therapy
Real-world Applications
Sunshine Therapy's three-hour group sessions focus on developing social skills with age-matched peers through real-world applications. Whether it be a meal at a restaurant, group trails to a picnic spot, or a day at Lake Nighthorse; we provide structured interactions and activities for youth social development. Group sessions cater to kids with social delays and those needing opportunities to develop in real-life environments with age-matched peers.
Skills expected of this age group include:
- Give multistep directions
- Use well-informed narratives/explanations,
- Generate descriptive language
- Respond appropriately to evaluative comments/corrections
- Check the listener's comprehension
- Respond to compliments/apologies appropriately
- Use wordplay and question the meaning of new words
- Take more care with communicating with unfamiliar people
- Engage in cooperative play
As such, this group will focus on these skills and modifications will be made depending on your child's skill set.
9-12 Years Old
Children should be able to produce stories including complex, embedded, and interactive episodes. They also understand jokes and riddles based on context clues. They should be expected to regulate their actions with mature attention skills.
13-18 Years Old
This age group will focus on mastery of complex social skills. For example, ordering meals and interacting with staff in an adult-like manner. Interpreting feelings and emotions of communication partners with explanations behind interpretations. Tellings jokes and assessing group reactions. Discussing social problems that may occur in everyday life, and how to fix communication breakdowns. Preparing for work or college life responsibilities for older participants.
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941-518-0031
Flexible Payments
Out-of-Pocket Options
Sunshine Therapy provides a spectrum of services with a range of affordable, out-of-pocket options and plans. If half hour sessions desired, rates will be half of the hour price. All billing is conveniently done online through our secure patient portal. Discount options are available for those that sign up for our various package plans. For more information, give us a call!
Outdoor
Functional
Therapy
Choose from any of our hotspot outdoor locations around town (Santa Rita Park, Animas City Park, Buckley Park, Rotary Park, Colorado Trail, Lake Nighthorse), or request a favorite location! *Additional $0.75/mile outside Durango City limits.
Receive 5% off when you prepay for a five session package.
$70/hour
Additional $0.75/mile outside Durango City limits.
Speech and language services brought to the comfort of your home. This is a great option for those needing services that apply to the patient's daily routine. Home health therapy in a natural and comfortable environment has been shown to be uniquely effective.
In-home Therapy
$70/hour
Additional $0.75/mile outside Durango City limits.
Receive 5% off when you prepay for a five session package.
Online speech therapy has been proven effective by over 40 academic studies. Due to its easy integration into even the busiest schedules, online speech therapy can facilitate even better results than in-person treatment.
Receive 5% off when you prepay for a five session package.
Tele-Therapy
$60/1 hour
6-person max., 3-person minimum. Please contact us for group therapy locations/events with locally sourced meals provided. Services are offered to typically developing kids who seek more social development opportunities. In addition to, children with social delays for guided practice opportunities in the community amongst peers.
Group
Therapy
$175/person/3 hours
Events to be posted. The first class offered will focus on 1st year of life solid food introduction safe feeding. Discussing when is the right timing, infant-lead weaning approaches, responsive feeding, and best setting/utensils/cup choices. One class with be educational and parent training only. The second class will be hands-on with baby feeding opportunities for those ready little ones.
Parent Classes
$125/parent & child
2-hour classes
*5% off five session packages available for 45 minute or 1 hour sessions only.
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Sunshine Therapy
Speech-Language Pathology