Merrimack Hall - Happy Camp
Join us during the month of June for our half-day performing arts camp for those with special needs, aged 3 or older. Energetic campers will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities including music, theatre, dance, and arts & crafts. Each week of camp has a unique theme, culminating in a performance to showcase the skills learned during camp.
Happy Camp is open to any child, whatever their diagnosis may be. At Merrimack Hall, we believe our students are only limited by the labels society chooses to assign them. We never turn away a student because of the nature of their disability.
Merrimack Hall welcomes students of all ability levels into the arts.
Effective Communication
SUMMER PROGRAMS
Summer is an excellent time for your child to focus on speech, language, reading and social skills. In addition to our traditional sessions, we offer group and individual therapy sessions that target specific areas of need.
S.U.P.E.R. FRIENDS CAMP AND GROUPS
Does your child have difficulty making and keeping friends, or learning how to read and respond appropriately to social cues? Picking up on social cues, both verbal and non-verbal, is a skill with which many children and adolescents struggle. These struggles can cause awkward and frustrating situations for our children, often leading to anxiety, lack of self control, and anger. Our week-long S.U.P.E.R. Friends camp and/or ongoing groups can help. These social groups are age-specific and concentrate on:
Social language skill building
Understanding social cues
Peer interaction
Encouragement and empathy
Respectfulness and appropriateness
Within these groups, kids are taught to use and understand appropriate body language and facial expressions, initiate and respond to interactions such as play and conversations, take turns, problem solving, and negotiations. The groups are interactive and fun, and teach kids to handle situations they encounter at home, at school, and during extracurricular activities.
Session 1: June 3 - 7 • Monday - Friday • 8:00 - 11:00AM • Huntsville, AL • $375
Session 2: June 10 - 14 • Monday - Friday • 8:00 - 11:00AM • Huntsville, AL • $375
Session 3: June 24 - 28 • Monday - Friday • 10:00AM - 12:00PM • Athens, AL • $275
Session 4: June 24 - 28 • Monday - Friday • 1:00 - 3:00PM • Athens, AL • $275
Session 5 (tentative): July 15 - 19 • Monday - Friday • 10:00AM - 12:00PM • Athens, AL • $275
MDA Summer Camp - for those with neuromuscular disorders
MDA Summer Camp is a magical place where anything is possible — from swimming, to zip-lining and horseback riding to dancing under a disco ball and gaining valuable life skills.
Each summer, thousands of kids attend life-changing, overnight camps around the U.S. — at no cost to their families, thanks to our generous supporters.
Below you will find the two camps in Alabama. If you want to find out about other states, click here.
7/14/2019 to 7/19/2019
7/21/2019 to 7/26/2019
Jackson's Gap, Alabama
Camp ASCCA is a special place where campers with disabilities have the opportunity to express their individuality and independence within a carefully supervised setting.The needs of campers with disabilities are cared for by trained staff, and there are many different camping opportunities for all individuals throughout the year. Their families also are provided with a chance to relax in the knowledge that over 41 years of experience goes into providing a safe environment where fun can be had by all. The activities offered at Camp ASCCA include horseback riding, swimming, canoeing, fishing, arts and crafts, accessible waterslide, zip-line, water tubing, archery and rifle range, mini-golf course, paved nature trails, splash pad, and more.
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Camp Smiles in Mobile, AL
SUMMER 2019
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June 25-29, 2019……5-9 year-olds
July 2-6, 2019…………22-50 year-olds
July 9-13, 2019……..10-14 year-olds
July 16-20, 2019……..15-21 year-olds
UCP of Mobile provides four weeks of traditional summer camp activities for more than 320 children and adults with disabilities. By adapting the equipment and/or the rules of play, our camp is able to offer each camper the opportunity to swim, play ball, ride horses, and more.
Camp SMILE provides more than just physical activities. It also enables campers to meet dozens of other people whose abilities and life experiences are similar to their own.
Most importantly though, UCP’s Camp SMILE offers a rare opportunity for campers of all ages to spend a week away from their families or group homes – a once a year occurrence for many of our campers.
Although some of the campers have no disability, the overwhelming majority of them require one-on-one supervision. In fact, Camp SMILE is one of approximately a dozen camps in the nation that accepts campers regardless of the severity of their disability or inability to pay. Our unique one-to-one camper-to-counselor ratio helps campers adjust to life outside of their normal settings, and the 24-hour per day presence of a Registered Nurse & Paramedic helps to ensure everyone’s safety.
Children do not have to meet any specific criteria to be eligible for camp, but a completed application must be submitted.
UCP offers four sessions of Camp SMILE. Each session is limited to 75 campers. The cost for the camp is $385 per camper. However, there are a limited number of needs-based “Camperships” available.
For more information about Camp SMILE, please visit our website www.campsmilemobile.com or contact the director, Matrisza Alvarez at (251) 479-4900.
Child’s Play Therapy Center
Little Sticky Fingers, Social Superheroes & Friendship Factory