YouthCare Summer Camp
- Charlestown, MA
- Camp Type: Day
- Age of Campers: 5 - 14
- Gender of Campers: Coed
- Year Established: 1973
- Accreditations: 1
This is a basic camp listing: no contact information is provided.
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
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