What we offer:
At Camp Quest we offer a 4 night sleep away experience for boys and girls aged 10-15 years who have Asperger's Syndrome, or High Functioning Autism. Our program is centered around promoting social skill development in a fun exciting way. We will have a 2 campers to 1 adult counselor ratio.
Camp Quest offers our campers:
• Safe, fun, friendly environment to learn and enhance social skills
• Opportunity to meet and make new friends with the same challenges as each other
• Opportunity to share and enjoy area's of interest with others
Psychologists, counselors, and camp staff will work with our campers directly on:
• Social skills
• Friendship skills
• Compromising skills
• Perspective taking
• Building confidence and self esteem
• Providing core skills to use in school and with others once camp is over
• Opportunities to engage in group activities and non-competitive games
Special interest groups that will focus on (determined by the interest of the campers):
• Reading
• Science, Meteorology, space
• Art
• Animals and Nature
• Computers or Nintendo DS