Having a child with special needs may require alternative activities and camps for them to participate in. Below is a list of more appropriate camps and services to help better meet the needs of children with specific needs.
Summer Camps
- Eden Florida (239) 384-5620 x 5510 Attention: Jackie
K-12
$300 per week -8:30 -2:307 weeks6/18/2012 – 8/3/2012
Specifically for children with autism
Activities designed for social communication – extension of IEP goals 3:1 or 4:1 ratio
- Collier County Parks and Recreation (239) 252-4187 Attention : Chrissie Kane
Therapeutic Recreation Camp - Two different levels of functioning
Golden Gate Library- students with needs of assistance with feeding and/or toileting.
North Collier Regional Park – higher level
9am-5pm
$600 for summer (field trips included)
- City of Naples (239) 213-3037 Lynn Clark (239) 216-6807
Elementary/Mid/High school camp at Riverpark
Elementary school camp already full
Will take all disabilities/levels of functioning.
$600 for summer (field trips included)
- Able Summer Camp (239) 352-7600 Attention: Jennifer
http://www.theableacademy.org/
Week sessions during summer
The cost of the summer program depends on the needs of the child. An assessment is done and based on that assessment they will determine what the cost will be. Please feel free to check out their website, www.theableacademy.org and click on the center tab at the bottom of the home page, “Interested Families”, it will ask for a password and the password is, tellmemore Within that section of the website there are documents pertaining to scholarship applications and community resources that might be available.
- After School Program (previously Pat’s Kids Club ) (239) 436-3960
Four different locations(Corkscrew Elementary,Seagate Elementary, Big Cypress Elementary, Calusa Park Elementary)
Will consider special needs children on individual basis. They have accepted several of our students in the past. Only request is that the child must be toilet trained.
- YMCA (239) 597-3148
No special arrangements for special needs students. Will consider special needs children on individual basis.
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Lighthouse of Collier, Inc. Center for Blindness and Vision Loss Attention : Kathleen
(239) 430-3934 424 Bayfront Place, Naples, FL 34102
This camp is specifically for students with visual impairments who are receiving services for the blind.
July 9 – August 3, 2012. Free of charge.