Sunshine School goes country

The Sunshine School and Development Center's Sunshine Gala on April 12 will be a "country chic" affair.

The evening at Horton Farms in Gravette will feature live music by Jamie Wolfe and the Wranglers, casino-style games with prizes, dinner and live and silent auctions.

Sunshine Gala: Country Chic at Horton Farms

What: Live and silent auctions, live music, casino-style gaming and dinner

When: 6 p.m. April 12

Where: Horton Farms, 15799 Bethlehem Road in Gravette

Tickets: $100, tables start at $1,000

Attire: Country chic

Information: 479-636-3190 or nwasunshineschool.o…

Honorary event chairmen are Joe Grady and Al Dominguez.

The nonprofit organization founded in 1958 offers a therapeutic preschool for children ages 18 months to 5 years old who have developmental disabilities. The center also serves school-aged children with outpatient therapies and provides community support services for adults with disabilities in Benton and Washington counties.

The school implemented the Arkansas Autism Waiver program in 2013 to provide early intervention for children diagnosed with autism from ages 2 to 7. Summer Backstrom, development and communications manager, said the program is designed to provide intensive therapy early, with an emphasis on parental involvement. She said earlier intervention and the start of therapies such as occupational, physical and speech language therapies, are providing better outcomes for students.

Backstrom said the school is working to expand its outpatient therapy services in the future to anyone from the ages of 3 to 21.

Other programs include a bimonthly Parents Day Out for parents of children with disabilities, weekend retreats for special needs clients and parent education.

-- CARIN [email protected]

NAN Our Town on 03/20/2014

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