Learning Disability Summer Camps
For many children with learning disabilities, camp can be a stressful, high anxiety environment. Choosing the right camp for your child is a decision that can make or break your child’s summer experience. Camp should be the nurturing place where children enjoy the outdoors, form new friendships, take risks, and experience new activities and adventures. Matching your child’s needs and interests will go a long way to ensuring that the camp experience is an enjoyable one for your child.
It is important that the camp understands your child and his/her needs and things to consider when choosing a camp is critical.
Assess your child’s learning disability needs to see what kind of support he/she requires.
- requires additional guidance and direction
- needs on-going social skills support
- requires literacy or mathematical classes
- is artistic, athletic, musical, tech-savvy
- enjoys a competitive environment
- responds well to animals and nature
National Summer Camps with Learning Disability Programs
The following list includes camps that have created specific programs for children with learning disabilities including ADHD, Autism, and language-based disabilities. Counselors are trained to meet the needs of the campers.
- NYU Summer Program for Kids, New Rochelle, NY
- Summit Camp & Travel, Honesdale, PA
- Camp Sequoia, Pennsburg, PA
- resources-events learning-disability-summer-camps, Lackawaxen, PA
- Camp Northwood, Remsen, New York
- Wediko Summer Program, Windsor, NH
- BASEcamp at Bachman Academy, McDonald, TN
- SOAR, Balsam, NC
- Camp Nuhop, Ashland County, OH
- Summer @ CIP
- Camp Kodiak
- Gow School Summer Program, South Wales, NY
- Brehm’s Summer Program, Carbondale, IL
- Fusion Academy Summer Programs
- The Quad Summer Camp, New York City
- Glade Run Specialized Adventures Camp, Zelienople, PA