Dates: June 23-August 22, 2025

Ages: 3-12yrs

Hours: Am and PM options available based on child's age (8:00-12:00; 1:00-4:00)
*Children must attend 4-5 days/week; 6-week minimum


Cost: Covered by most major insurances

Our 9-week summer program is designed ​to meet the developmental, social, and behavioral needs of children with Autism. Confidence Connection uses principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to targets skills by reinforcing positive behavior and modifying goals and objectives using data collection.

Our summer program includes social groups, music therapy, speech therapy, yoga, cooking classes, trips to the park and "fun Fridays." Children are carefully placed in our team-building small summer groups which target communication and social skills.

Financial Assistance NOT Available

Children bring their own lunches and snacks

Confidence Connection has a an 9-week summer program designed to meet the developmental, social, and behavioral needs of children with Autism. Confidence Connection uses principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to targets skills by creating a motivating operation (reinforcing situation), reinforcing positive behavior and modifying goals and objectives using data collection. Our summer program includes social pragmatic groups, music therapy, speech therapy, APE/KidFit, yoga, cooking classes, and team-building groups targeting communication and group skills. Children will be carefully placed in clinically-sound small groups to enhance their experience.

Program goals:

Increase social/pragmatic skills
Increase communication skills
Develop independent indoor and outdoor play skills.
Decrease problem behaviors functioning as task avoidance, attention seeking and self-stimulating.
Children served:
Confidence Connection's summer program is designed for children, aged 3-12, with a diagnosis of Autism. Children with other related needs may be appropriate based on their profile and the current grouping of children enrolled.
Children are grouped based the following 6 components:
1) Expressive and Receptive Language Skills
2) Social abilities
3) Independent and Group Play Skills
4) Behavior (must be able to be supported in 2:1 ratio)
5) Cooperation
6) Age (within 1.5 years of peers in group)

Staffing:
Groups contain 4-6 children and 2-3 staff. Staff ratio is 2.5:1