Camp Maple Leaf 2018
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
July 9 - 13 (6 - 14 yrs.)
July 16 - 20 (15 - 21 yrs.)
Our day camp experience is also available to children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with Turner Syndrome.

Financial Assistance Available

Scholarship information available on our website.

Morning snack provided.

Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, Turner Syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, or PDD-NOS need a therapeutic, structured and nurturing environment in order to learn, practice and master social skills. Camp Maple Leaf offers opportunities for campers to expand their social skills while having fun, learning new leisure activities, and taking social risks. This productive and supportive environment is fostered by trained peer guides and highly qualified staff who are dedicated to a kind and professional learning environment.

Some children find it difficult to be successful in social situations. They need specific teaching, modeling, coaching, and practice to learn social pragmatic development. Camp Maple Leaf is an activity-based experience to support children in developing social thinking skills, such as sharing space with others, thinking about others in the shared environment, and learning to regulate one's own behavior to the thoughts or expectations of others.

Children who attend camp have challenges with social interactions, making and keeping friends, and participating in cooperative learning situations. Camp Maple Leaf utilizes Michelle Garcia Winner's Model of Social Thinking, in conjunction with concepts from Relationship Development Intervention to allow practice with specific interactions with peers. The experiences provide children with opportunities to work through differences in opinions, cope with and recover from challenges, and build memories of themselves as competent partners in interactions. Camp activities and experiences are used as the medium for learning and practicing some aspects of peer interaction (compromise, negotiations, empathy, flexibility) that are needed in everyday social interactions.