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YouthCare Summer Camp

  • Charlestown, MA
  • Camp Type: Day
  • Age of Campers: 5 - 14
  • Gender of Campers: Coed
  • Year Established: 1973
  • Accreditations: 1

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Children Served

 

Children entering 1st grade through age 14 with social cognitive challenges, who have the cognitive capacity for solid peer connections but who lack the skill set to form those connections. Typical diagnoses include Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and Non-Verbal Learning Disorders. 

 

Activities

 

 

Activities:

  • Swimming daily
  • Hiking
  • Boating
  • Fishing
  • Art
  • Drama
  • Trust games and Ropes course
  • Academic Enrichment Activites
  • Social Thinking Groups (for more information, see our year-round Social Skills Groups page)
  • Social Language Groups
  • Occassional field trips, late nights, and overnights

 

Therapeutic Components:

  • Social Coaching in Naturalistic Settings
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Approaches
  • Individualized Instruction (for example, through Social Stories)
  • Developmental Approach
  • Collaborative/Team Focused
  • Problem Solving
  • Strengths- and Interests-based Approaches

Accreditations

  • ACA
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    Camp Focus

    Special Needs Camps: Aspergers

    Special Needs Camps: Autism

    All Activities

    Art Activities
    • Arts and Crafts
    • Music
    • Performing Arts
    Sports Activities
    • General Sports
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    Adventure Activities
    • Canoeing
    • Environmental
    • Hiking
    • Ropes Course
    Special Accommodations
    • ADD
    • Asperger
    • Autism
    Additional Activities
    • Speech/social skills groups
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