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Camp Discovery

Summer Address:

   Pacific Palisades, California, USA
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Off-Season Address:

   Encino, California, USA
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Camp Discovery in its fourth year, currently located in Pacific Palisades in a shared space with the Palisades Malibu YMCA services 100 children throughout the summer (never more then 50 per day) from all over Los Angeles County.

Camp Discovery provides a meaningful outdoor summer camp experience for children with mild to moderate special needs, ages 3 to 10. Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Early Intervention Play Specialists provide their services and train the counselors who each have a background in education and experience with special needs children. A 3 to 1 camper to counselor ratio helps the campers (who have a number of disabilities including, Autism, Aspergers, ADHD, Developmental Delays, Speech and Language Delays, Gross and Fine Motor Delays, Sensory Integration Dysfunction and Genetic Disorders) succeed and thrive.

Camp Discovery seamlessly integrates therapeutic interventions into the camp day so as to foster the campers’ self confidence, self esteem, language skills, fine and gross motor skills and their ability to interact effectively with their peers. All of these interventions help insure that these children continue to make strides during the summer and do not fall behind.

While at Camp Discovery, campers participate in traditional summer camp activities while making friends, often for the first time. This experience, in turn, fosters personal growth and accomplishment. The camp provides a safe, nurturing environment for the children and also brings together families with common issues and allows them to share experiences, offer emotional support and exchange information about other resources in the community. The children have a wonderful camp experience and the families have the joy of seeing their children thrive.

Camp Type:  Day
Year Established: 2005
Gender: Coed
Age of Campers: 3 to 10 years old
Cost/Week: $76.00-$200.00/wk
Religious Affiliation: None
Camp Owner(s): Dawn Reiner
Camp Director(s): Stephanie Gibbons
Nearest Large City: Los Angeles
Off Season Rental: No
Camp Focus:
Special Needs Camps: Aspergers
Special Needs Camps: Asthma
Special Needs Camps: Autism
Special Needs Camps: Learning Disabilities and ADHD

Special Accommodations:
ADD, Asthma, Diabetic, Food Allergies, Hearing Impaired, Physical Disabilities, Speech Impaired, Autism,
Art Activities:
  •  Arts and Crafts
  •  Drawing and Painting
  •  Music
  •  Theater

Sports Activities:
  •  General Sports

Adventure Activities:
  •  Hiking
  •  Rock Climbing

Academic Activities:
  •  Science

Session I June 30th – July 25th

Session II July 28th – August 22nd

2 days __ 9:00 –12:00 $528 __9:00 – 3:00 $1,056

3 days __ 9:00 - 12:00 $792 __9:00 – 3:00 $1,584

5 days __ 9:00 –12:00 $1,320 __9:00 – 3:00 $2,640