Camp Options
Summer camps are just around the corner! Easterseals Crossroads offers several camp options for your child with special needs – they fill up quickly, so now is a good time to consider summer camp.
CampAbility is a traditional summer day camp for children ages 4 – 10. CampAbility takes place at Hilltop Developmental Preschool (1915 E. 86th Street, Indianapolis) and you can sign up for any one of three, two –week sessions. Or you can sign up for all three summer sessions – lots of families do! Parents feel so good about leaving their children at CampAbility, where they know there will be lots of fun activities, outings, theme-days and friendships. Activities have been designed by physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists and special education teachers. And the kids? They just have fun – growing, learning and playing!
Camp R.O.C.K.S! is an overnight camp for individuals on the autism spectrum who are 10 – 18 years of age. This camp takes place at Bradford Woods and is a 5-night, 6-day camping experience that our campers return to year after year. Aside from being in the great outdoors swimming, hiking, horseback riding, canoeing – campers also have fun inside with skit-nights and talent shows.
Camp FUEL was created so that adolescents ages 11 – 17 could enjoy a summer day camp during their teenage years. Campers enjoy field trips, peer mentoring, special guests and hanging out with their friends at Camp FUEL. There are two, two-week sessions of Camp FUEL this summer; both take place right at Easterseals Crossroads.
iCan Bike is a bicycle camp for people with disabilities to learn how to ride a conventional bicycle. The program is offered in partnership with Rainbow’s End Optimist Club, Indy Parks and Easter Seals Crossroads and is brought to our area through iCan Shine. Participants enroll in the same 75-minute session each day for five days and enrollment is limited to 40 participants. iCan Bike takes place at Perry Park Ice Skating Rink (451 E. Stop 11 Road).
If you are considering summer camp for your child with special needs, consider Easterseals Crossroads this year. We have been offering camp programs for several years now; our families agree that we really do make growth and development look like child’s play!
