What to Do and What to Use
Parents of children with special needs may have many options over the summer months including extended school year services, a 12 month program, and camps for children with special needs, etc. However, there are many children with special needs who may be home for the summer and whose parents may want to work with them to maintain skills, increase social connections and learn new experiences. The purpose of this handout is to provide numerous sources of information for parents of children with special needs over the upcoming summer months.
Summer Activities Websites – Non Camp Oriented
What Can Families Do to Keep Children Reading During the Summer?
http://www.rif.org/parents/articles/what_can_families_do.mspx
Study Explores How Children With Disabilities Make Friends: How Can Parents and School Personnel Help?
http://www.cenmi.org/focus/other/march06/article_06-01.asp
Summer Reading Tips for Parents
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/333/456063/
Summer Vacation: Time to have Fun and Time to Plan
http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/articles/SumVac.htm
Paving the Way to Kindergarten for Young Children with Disabilities
http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200503/04fenlon.asp
Homeschooling LD Kids over Summer Break
http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/homeschooling-ld-kids-over-summer-break
Summer Toys for Children with Disabilities
http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/toys.shtml
Sites to Help Parents Help Their Children
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/parents.htm
A Bibliography for Children with Disabilities and their Families
http://www.tppl.org/kidsweb/books/specialneeds.cfm
Special Needs Resources
http://specialneedsparenting.suite101.com/blogs.cfm
Camps for Children with Special Needs
Camp List for Children with Cancer
The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
National Office
P.O. Box 498
Kensington, MD 20895-0498
(800) 366-2223; (301) 962-3520
E-mail: staff@candlelighters.org
Web: www.candlelighters.org/supportcamps.stm
Spina Bifida Association Summer Camp List 2007
Spina Bifida Association of America
4590 MacArthur Boulevard, N.W., Suite 250
Washington, D.C. 20007-4226
(800) 621-3141; (202) 944-3285
E-mail: sbaa@sbaa.org
Web: www.sbaa.org
Camps 2007: A Directory of Camps and Summer Programs for Children and Youth with Special Needs and Disabilities in the Metro New York Area
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
Publications/Department B
116 E. 16th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 677-4650
E-mail: info@resourcesnyc.org
Web: www.resourcesnyc.org
$33.00 including shipping and handling (available in English & Spanish)
Discover Camp: Considerations for Sending your Child with a Disability to Camp for the First Time
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)
1640 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
800-900-8086
Email: ncpad@uic.edu
Web: www.ncpad.org/get/discover/index.html or
www.ncaonline.org/discover/
Easter Seals Camping and Recreation List
Easter Seals-National Office
230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 221-6827; (312) 726-6200 (Voice)
(312) 726-4258 (TTY)
E-mail: info@easterseals.com
Web: www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_directory_campre
Guide to Summer Camps and Summer Schools
2006-2007 (30th Edition)
Porter Sargent Publishers, Inc., c/o IDS
400 Bedford Street, Suite 322
Manchester, NH 03101
(800) 342-7470
E-mail: info@portersargent.com
Web: www.portersargent.com/SummerCamps_SummerSchools.htm
$45.00 hard-cover; $27.00 soft-cover (plus shipping and handling)
National Camp Association, Inc.
610 Fifth Avenue
P.O. Box 5371
New York, NY 10185
(800) 966-CAMP (2267); (212) 645-0653
E-mail: info@summercamp.org
Web: www.summercamp.org
(Explore CampQuest on this web site.)
Peterson’s Summer Programs for Kids & Teenagers
Peterson’s
2000 Lenox Drive
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(800) 338-3282
E-mail: info@petersons.com
Web: http://astore.amazon.com/petersonbooks-20/detail/0768921732/103-2578387-1129434
$22 (plus shipping and handling)
Camp Web Sites
- American Camp Association
www.campparents.org - Association of Independent Camps
www.aiccamps.org/ - Brave Kids: Camps and Resources for Children with Chronic, Life-Threatening Illnesses or Disabilities
www.bravekids.org - Camp Channel
www.campchannel.com/docs/campsearch.html - Camps for Children with Diabetes
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/camps - The CampPage Guide to Summer Camps
www.camppage.com - CampResource.com: Special Needs Camps
www.campresource.com/camps/spec_needs_camps.cfm - Camp Search: The Search Engine for Camps
www.campsearch.com/ - Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (CHASA)
www.chasa.org/summercamps.htm - Children’s Oncology Camping Association
www.coca-intl.org - Diabetes Camping Association: Diabetes Camp Directory—U.S. Camps
www.diabetescamps.org/uscamps.php - Grown-Up Camps
www.grownupcamps.com - Kids’ Camps
www.kidscamps.com - My Summer Camps
www.mysummercamps.com - National Center on Physical Activity & Disability (NCPAD) Fun & Leisure: Camp Resources
www.ncpad.org/fun/fact_sheet.php?sheet=88&view=all - Special Needs Camps
www.mysummercamps.com/camps/Special_Needs_Camps/index.html - Summer Camps for Amputees and Children with Limb Differences
www.amputee-coalition.org/fact_sheets/Kidscamps.html - Summer Camps for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/142.html - Summer Camps for Kids with Learning and Attention Problems
www.schwablearning.org/camp/index.asp - Summer Camp Search
http://summercamps.com/cgi-bin/summercamps/search.cgi
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