Cleveland Clinic Children's Outcomes

Therapy Services offers a 6-week Mindful Movement program for children aged 5–12 run by occupational therapists. The program is geared toward both current patients and children in the community, who could benefit from developing coping skills and relaxation strategies. The program uses deep breathing, movement, focus and relaxation techniques to promote positive coping and self-regulation. Pre- and post-assessments were administered using the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment-Mini (DESSA-Mini). The DESSA-Mini can be used to screen for and monitor progress in the acquisition of social-emotional competencies. The graphs below summarize group data for patient performance on the DESSA-Mini.

Large improvement indicates a T-score increase of 8 or higher, which indicates the supports/interventions are working well. From 2019-2023 there have been 17 participants in the program, 23.5% have demonstrated a large improvement in their DESSA Mini score.