A Camp Unlike Any Other!

Therapy SPOT Inc. (TSI) offers an annual Social Skills Summer Camp in Boca Raton, Fl. for kids with high functioning autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and other diagnoses that impair social skill and peer socialization development. The camp is a unique experience for children from 5-8 yrs. old to participate in a fun but challenging summer program. The camp schedule is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, for 10 weeks. Ellen Stern (SLP) and Monica Weller (OTR), Therapy SPOT Inc. directors, developed this one of a kind camp opportunity and are now going into their third camp season as camp organizers and facilitators.

TSI’s summer program addresses and develops social skills, conversational skills, play skills, and other pragmatic skills. These skills are necessary in building friendships, developing problem solving skills, successfully participating in a typical classroom, as well as strengthening the skills needed for learning from a teacher within a group. A typical camp day consists of a morning warm up with a gross motor activity in the gym that includes games, dancing and yoga. This is followed by a social topic of the day. Some topics include bullying, compromising, accepting change, waiting and working together. Next the children participate in arts and crafts activities that focus on group interaction and fine motor skill refinement. Then the children are partnered with a peer and are involved in working together in table top and floor games and activities. The camp day concludes with a small group board game or a sensory based activity that promotes sportsmanship, waiting your turn, conversation and attending. During lunch and snack time the children choose a topic that involves a common interest and are encouraged to work on conversational reciprocity and topic maintenance.

The children enrolled all make huge improvements by the end of the summer and make lasting friendships for play dates and birthday parties for the years ahead. Teachers and parents, both, have provided excellent feedback to TSI about the progress and carryover of these skills at home, in the classroom and within the community. However, the greatest reward has been in seeing the children learn to truly enjoy and derive pleasure from conversing and playing with their friends.

Please contact Ellen (561)859-2010 or Monica (561)859-2100 to register or for further information.