The most qualified medical care
Our passionate and experienced team is here to give you confidence that your child is in safe hands.
Connected with the best hospitals in the country
Our care plans are tailored to your child
Nursing care
Daily medical care. Experience in a diverse range of conditions and needs. Supported by training, experience, and empathy.
Physical therapy
Weekly PT to build strength, endurance, and mobility, activating fine and gross motor skills. Helping your child run, walk, and discover movement.
Occupational therapy
Weekly OT focused on maximizing your child's ability for independence through everyday tasks like feeding or dressing.
Speech therapy
Weekly ST to help with swallowing and feeding disorders, and support social skills and language development.
Behavioral therapy
Available if your child needs help with developing positive behaviors. Trained in CBT principles.
Mental health therapy
A network of professionals to tap into as needed. Whole child, whole family support.
Spark Pediatrics vs. Home Care
Typically para-professionals
Just medical care
“The Spark teams just go above and beyond. They take safety seriously and work really hard to ensure every child is treated as an individual — with their own care plan, needs, therapies, you name it. I would recommend Spark to any family... It’s the one place where you know the child will be safe and have a chance to truly be a kid.”
Dr. Rodriguez
Medical Director, Miami, FIU, and Florida City Centers
It’s the one place where you know the child will be safe, and have a chance to truly be a kid. The nursing staff well trained in complex medical issues in every child’s care. Safety and sanitation protocols are unmatched and the best testament of all is that the children look forward to coming in every day to the center!
Dr. Khub
Medical Director
As a Medical Director, it’s my job to ensure our teams are providing top-notch medical care. And the Spark teams just go above and beyond. They take safety seriously and work really hard to ensure every child is treated as an individual — with their own care plan, needs, therapies, you name it. I would recommend Spark to any family with a child that has complex medical needs. It’s the one place where you know the child will be safe and have a chance to truly be a kid.
Dr. Rodriguez
Medical Director
We’ve worked really hard to cultivate clear and transparent channels of communication between our team, our families, and their care providers. We believe that’s the key to giving our kids the best possible care. Every kid that comes in our doors is a growing little individual, and we want to make sure their care plan accounts for their unique needs, personalities, and developmental goals.
Dr. Gonzalez
Medical Director
There's a very big group effort to create that sense of security. Kids like when they're happy, where they feel the most comfortable and the most safe.
Director of Nursing
For these families to have a center with dedicated staff for their children... they have the peace of mind that their children are well cared for.
Regional Director
[We really look for] someone who, even if they're not a mom, has that motherly instinct — like, “I just want to scoop you up and love you like you're my own.” I'm such a mama bear to these kids. I always say, I have two kids on my own, but I've got like 22 at work like I would take all of them home with me if I could. You have to have that love for pediatrics and you have to be able to prioritize.
Director of Nursing
Here to answer all of your questions
Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care, also known as a PPEC or PPECC, is a medical daycare center staffed by nurses and aides who care for children with complex medical needs — up to 12 hours per day, and up to age 21. It’s a safe place for children to receive the medical care and therapy they need, while benefiting from a social environment.
We’ll collaborate with the family on their child's care plan, and work directly with their doctors and specialists to set goals and meet their medical needs. Their care plan will be regularly revisited to ensure we’re adapting to their development. We update families with daily communications and meet regularly to review our overall care. We know that care doesn’t stop when children go home, so we offer family-centered education and resources to support them.
Our medical daycares give children a chance to experience childhood in a safe, social setting. Our nurses and aides are all required to have pediatric experience (more than is required for home care nurses). Every child in our care has a reliable team responsible for their development. From therapy to transportation, everything is covered by Medicaid.
All of our nurses and aides are required to have recent pediatric experience. Every center is managed by a Director of Nursing with NICU and/or pediatric intensive care experience. Our team always includes at least one registered nurse (RN) working alongside licensed practical nurses (LPNs), certified nursing assistants (CNAs), and home health aides (HHAs). They care for children with a wide range of conditions, providing medical care and supporting overall development. Private-duty nurses who provide home care are primarily licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and home health aides (HHAs) who are only permitted to administer medical care.
Do you have a question we haven’t answered? We’re happy to chat. Schedule a call to speak with someone at Spark Pediatrics.
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