Special Needs Camps
With summer vacation quickly approaching, you may be starting to wonder about how to keep your child active and having fun over the break. We know this isn’t always an easy task, so if you’d like some ideas to kick off the summer, please see below our list of some June special-needs events in Massachusetts. Accessible & Adaptive Recreation Fair WHERE: Artesani Park/Herter Park, Brighton, MA WHEN: June 3rd, 2017, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.…
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I sang with the Treble Chorus of New England (TCNE) for 6 years, and it was easily one of the best musical experiences of my life. You will not find a kinder, friendlier, or more welcoming group of children and young adults than I found when I joined the chorus. In my time at TCNE, not only did I vastly improve my musicianship, singing, and language skills, but I also grew socially surrounded by a…
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Most parents who have a child with autism or other sensory sensitivities would love for their child to experience sitting on Santa’s lap and snapping a photo of it for the family. The atmosphere of a shopping mall is chaotic around the holiday season, which makes it difficult for children with special needs to enjoy their experience with Santa. Luckily, there are multiple disability camps, workshops and events happening in the Greater Boston area to…
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Maple Leaf Clinic Wallingford, Vermont hosts Camp Maple Leaf, a special needs camp that supports campers with Nonverbal Learning Disorders (NLD). Maple Leaf stresses that their camp environment is “more like a family vacation.” Day activities focus on the campers, where social skills are woven into each activity, from kayaking, to short hikes, campfire time, and crafts. To Maple Leaf, these are all opportunities for social growth and improvement. Each day, the camp hosts a special guest, which could be a magician, or a…
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Camp Sequoia is a dynamic summer camp experience that serves young men ages 7-17 in Pennsylvania. Sequoia focuses on improved social skills for campers with ADHD and other similar diagnoses who do not need the level of support offered at special needs overnight camps yet need a different experience than a traditional overnight camp can offer. Campers can have fun and grow in a safe and supportive environment with Sequoia’s 2:5 staffing ratio. Their camp…
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“The Aspire Adventure Camp is more than just a place to send your child to in the summer. If you are looking for a fun, supportive and productive experience combined with social learning you have come to the right place.” – quoted from Aspire’s website Aspire is a Massachusetts General Hospital for Children autism program that has served individuals with high cognitive autism spectrum disorder or a related profile in the Boston metropolitan area for over 25…
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Camp Howe is an inclusive recreational camp located in Goshen, Massachusetts that supports a wide variety of special needs to its youth. Through their Echo Program, Camp Howe is a legacy partner of the National Inclusion Project and has been awarded the prestigious Eleanor P. Eels Award for Program Excellence from The American Camp Association twice. In February, Camp Howe was featured in the Boston Globe Magazine in a story on local camps that support…
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