Camp FRIENDship Brochure FINAL - Easterseals · Camp FRIENDship Camp FRIENDship is a summer camp designed to help children ages 5 to 14 acquire social skills within a positive, safe

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camp friendshipSummer camp designed to help children with autism spectrum disorder and other disabilities acquire social skills.

Camp FRIENDship

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Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Inc. dba: Easterseals, has programs and services throughout Chicagoland and the Rockford Region in Illinois, as well as Northwest Indiana. Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Inc. is a non-profit affiliate of Easter Seals, Inc., a national organization.

Camp FRIENDship

Camp FRIENDship is a summer camp designed to help children ages 5 to 14 acquire social skills within a positive, safe and fun learning environment. The camp is tailored for children with autism spectrum disorder, nonverbal learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities and children with similar social skills deficits.

Campers participate in a variety of fun social activities, including in-camp field trips. Campers receive social skills training from staff members highly trained and well educated in this field. Peer models are integrated into the camp to encourage all campers to interact throughout the day.

Staff members develop and implement lesson plans based on a social skills curriculum to ensure the needs of all campers are met. All campers are required to participate in a pre-camp assessment in order to develop individual goals and drive programming.

Camp Locations and Dates | three sessions are availableSession 1 Kokomo YMCA Camp Tycony June 13 -June 17

Session 2 Chicago June 27 - July 1

Session 3 Dyer Faith Church July 11 - July 15  Parents are responsible for lunch and transportation to and from the camp.

EnrollmentSpace is limited. Give us a call forenrollment information, an application and to schedule a pre-camp assessment.

To reserve a spot, a $50 deposit (per camper) and completed application are required. Full payment of tuition is due byMonday, May 16, 2016.

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Pricing l Campers (children requiring social skills instruction):

$275 if payment is received in full by Monday, April 18, 2016. Price increases to $350 for all payments received after Monday, April 18, 2016.

l Peer Models (typically developing peer): $125 if payment is received in full by Monday, April 18, 2016. Price increases to $150 for all payments received after Monday, April 18, 2016.

l Sibling Peer Model (typically developing peer): $100 if payment is received in full by Friday, April 1, 2016. Price increases to $125 for all payments received after Monday, April 18, 2016.

A limited number of scholarships are available and awarded based on financial need.   

Criteria l Campers must participate in a pre-camp assessment l Campers must be able to demonstrate safe behaviors