Summer Camp
Camp Confidence
Summer 2012

Camp Confidence will begin on
Monday July 9, 2012!

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Camp Confidence is an 8-week summer camp program designed to meet the developmental, social, and behavioral needs of children with PDD-NOS/Autism, speech and language delays, ADHD, cognitive delays and related challenges. Camp Confidence uses principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to targets skills by creating a motivating operation (reinforcing situation), reinforcing positive behavior and modifiying goals and objectives using data collection. Camp Confidence includes academic skills training in a 1:1 and 2:1 setting, social pragmatic groups, music therapy, speech therapy, APE/KidFit, yoga, cooking classes, and team-building groups targeting communication and group skills. Children will be carefully placed in clinically-sound small groups to enhance their experience.

Program goals:

  • Increase social/pragmatic skills
  • Increase communication skills
  • Develop independent indoor and outdoor play skills.
  • Decrease problem behaviors functioning as task avoidance, attention seeking and self-stimulating.
  • Academic skills (math, reading, writing)
  • Direct Instruction using Language for Learning, Language for Thinking, SRA Reading Mastery and Distar Math

Children served:

Camp Confidence is designed for children and teens aged 3-12  whose diagnoses may include PDD-NOS/Autism, speech and language delays, ADHD, cognitive delays and related challenges.

Students are grouped based the following 6 components:
         1) Expressive and Receptive Language Skills
         2) Social abilities
         3) Independent and Group Play Skills
         4) Behavior
         5) Cooperation
         6) Age (within1.5 years of peers in group)

Staffing:

  • Groups contain 4-6 students and 2-3 staff. Staff ratio is 2:1

Assessment and Goals:

Once enrolled in the program each student will be assessed to determine what goals/objectives are best suited  for the student. The ABLLS: Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills is an assessment, curriculum guide, and skills tracking system for children with developmental, cognitive, social and/or language delays. The ABBLS contains a task analysis of the many skills necessary to communicate successfully and to learn from everyday experiences. The purpose of this assessment is to help identify those language and other critical skills that are in need of intervention in order for a child to become more capable of learning. The ABBLS scores help to determine educational priorities, and to help with the selection of appropriate educational objectives for an individual child.  By  the third session the student's his/her lead therapist will screen them using the social and play components of the ABLLS. Based on that screening the therapist will develop individualized goals for each student.

Parent Feedback and Training:

Once the student's goals are developed the parent will receive a copy of the goals. The lead therapist will be collecting data on each goal frequently during each session. Parents will receive periodic session notes summarizing how their child is performing and what his/her current strengths and weaknesses are. In addition, parents will receive suggestions for generalizing their child's goals outside-of the program. Parents are welcome to set-up a time to observe their child in a session and to meet with their child's lead therapist.

Additional Information:

Dates: July 5-August 26, 2011
Times: Afternoons 1-4pm
Children must attend for a minimum of two weeks
CAMP THEMES
WEEK 1-2
Explorations and More...
Calling all young explorers! Join us this summer as we discover the nature around Confidence Connection!!  Children will read stories, play games, and investigate insects, plants, and animals. We will go on nature walks and special community trips.

WEEK 3-4
Cook, Create and Dance
Investigate your everyday environment in the classroom, outdoors, and even in the kitchen with Latin flavor. You will mix paint to expose new and exciting colors, measure ingredients and watch them bake together, and even examine insects and the nature around you while introducing Spanish. Dust off your magnifying glass and come and live “la vida loca”!

WEEK 5-6
Discovery and Architecture
Engineers of the future, use your creativity, imagination, and teamwork to build and create using a variety of tools. Children will use found objects, popsicle sticks, straws, Legos, and other building materials to construct different people, places, and things. The session will focus on themes such as, animals and farms, transportation, family life, and parks. This is a fun way to explore concepts such as math, engineering, science, and technology.

WEEK 7-8
Team Adventure & Games
Team Adventure offers an enthusiastic and supportive environment for kids of all levels. Campers focus on developing skills and teamwork while challenging themselves in new and exciting ways. The overall focus of this program is always on team building and collaboration. Activities may include: team building activities, skill building, challenge courses, fun games and obstacle courses.