HI-STEP Summer Social Skills Program / Camp New Jersey -may serve as Special Education Extended School Year (ESY) program ; HI-STEP: Helping Improve Social-skills Through Evidence-based Practices (ages 6-16) is a 6-week Summer Program (not a sleep-over program) that takes place Monday through Friday (June 25 - August 3, 2012; no program on July 4th); designed to teach, improve, and generalize social skills and problem-solving skills.

Camp Type:  Day Year Established: 2000 Gender: Coed Age of Campers: 6 to 16 years old Cost/Week: $501.00-$650.00/wk Religious Affiliation: Camp Owner(s): Michael Selbst and Steve Gordon Camp Director(s): Michael Selbst and Steve Gordon Nearest Large City: Scotch Plains and Princeton Off Season Rental:

Camp Focus: Special Needs Camps: Aspergers Special Needs Camps: Autism Special Needs Camps: Developmental Disabilities Special Needs Camps: Learning Disabilities and ADHD Special Accommodations: ADD, Behavior Interventions

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Social Skills Training

HI-STEP (formerly Stepping Stone) Summer Social Skills Program: Helping Improve Social-skills Through Evidence-based Practices (ages 6-16) is a 6-week Summer Program (not a sleep-over program) that takes place Monday through Friday (June 25 - August 3, 2012; no program on July 4th); Teaches social-emotional and problem-solving skills; individualized attention; structured sports and recreational activities; arts and crafts; positive peer interactions; highly structured; ongoing supervision; small-group format; and reinforcement system. Parents receive feedback and strategies for home carryover; The program may be appropriate for children with social-emotional difficulties, attention problems, high-functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorders (e.g., Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, PDD-NOS), and learning disabilities. Many children who receive special education services have attended this program as part of their I.E.P.’s extended school-year (ESY) program; a diagnosis or classification is not necessary for enrollment in the program.

Two Locations 1) Scotch Plains, NJ in Union County (easy access from NJ Turnpike, G.S. Parkway & Routes 287, 78, 80, 280, and 22) 2) Pennington, NJ in Mercer County (near Princeton & Flemington, NJ & Bucks County, PA)

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