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Broward County Parks and Recreation-Special Population Section
Contact #:
954-357-8170
Email:
Description:
Special Populations plans, develops, implements, and evaluates a variety of year-round recreation and leisure programs, special events, and services to meet the interests and needs of children, teens, adults, and seniors with disabilities. Programs are designed to develop, enhance, and/or maintain leisure skills, motor skills, socialization, and overall well-being as well as to promote fun and enjoyment.
Location Address:
South Florida
Location City:
Various locations
Location State:
Florida
Resource Page:
Group:
Community Services, Social, Health & Wellness, Summer Programs
Camp Wings of Friendship
Contact Name:
Samantha Novick
Email:
Description:
Camp Wings of Friendship is a virtual summer camp for teens and adults with disabilities offered at no cost to campers and their families nationwide. Campers enjoy a true summer camp experience with cabins, counselors, enriching activities, and lasting friendships. Speech-language pathology students serve as camp counselors while skilled professionals lead activities in their areas of passion and expertise. Camp is a 6 week virtual summer camp for teens and adults with disabilities ages 14+ on Zoom. Campers of all abilities from across the country can join. Camp is no cost to campers and their families. Camp includes weekly themes, field trips, art, theater, dance, guest speakers, cabin time, games, and much more. Campers enjoy both large and small group activities. Campers are assigned cabins with speech-language pathology students who serve as counselors. Each camper will receive a camp box with “camp swag” including a camp t-shirt mailed to their home.
Location Address:
6574 N. State Road 7 #236
Location City:
Coconut Creek
Location State:
FL
Group:
Social, Health & Wellness, Summer Programs
Child Provider Specialists
Contact Name:
Dr. Mike Rizzo
Contact #:
954-577-3396
Description:
For more than 25 years, Dr. Rizzo (A.K.A. Coach Mike) has worked with children, and their families, who struggle with social, emotional, behavioral, and/or academic difficulties. Beyond his doctoral training, Dr. Rizzo has earned his Diplomate in School Neuropsychology from the American Board of School Neuropsychology. Dr. Rizzo is no stranger to learning challenges, as he himself struggled as a child with what was later diagnosed as ADHD, anxiety, and dyslexia. Unaware of the depth and range of his challenges, he and those who loved him were perplexed by his lack of success in many venues of life. His challenges led to academic failures, incredible frustration, and family conflict. Despite these difficulties, Dr. Rizzo never gave up! On his journey toward completing his education, he took many detours, which later served as a rich experiential base from which to understand the world outside of academia. Eventually, at the age of 30, he finished college and entered graduate training. Against all odds, while working full-time as a school psychologist in the public school system, a 37-year-old Mike Rizzo completed his Ph.D. After 10 years of working as a school psychologist in public education, Dr. Rizzo was recruited to develop the Psychology Department at Miami Children’s Hospital Dan Marino Outpatient Center in Weston, Florida. While he and his practice, Child Provider Specialists, still have a presence at the Dan Marino Center, as well as at Miami Children’s Hospital Nicklaus Outpatient Center in Palm Beach Gardens, and the newest Nicklaus Center pending in Naples this summer, his group has expanded far beyond the walls of these centers. Over 30 psychologists have been trained by Dr. Rizzo to understand the neurobiology of learning and behavior and to assist families in maximizing the potential of their children three years of age and up. The main office in Weston, Florida is an APA approved doctoral internship site and hosts and trains psychologists of the future.
Location Address:
2771 Executive Park Drive, Suite 6
Location City:
Weston
Location State:
Florida
Group:
Family Focused Organizations, Social, Health & Wellness, Summer Programs
CIL Jacksonville:Empowering people with Disabilities
Contact Name:
Margarita Hunnefield
Contact #:
904-399-8484
Email:
Website:
Description:
Our purpose at CIL Jacksonville is to empower all people with any disability to live independently. We provide community-based programs and self-directed services to help people find and keep their independence.
Location Address:
2709 Art Museum Drive
Location City:
Jacksonville
Location State:
Florida
Group:
Community Services, Summer Programs, Transitional Resources, Vocational
College Intern Program Brevard
Contact Name:
Roxanne Bruner
Contact #:
877-566-9247
Email:
Description:
The College Internship Program (CIP) is a comprehensive transition program for young adults on the Autism Spectrum and with Learning Differences.The College Internship Program (CIP) is a comprehensive transition program for young adults on the Autism Spectrum and with Learning Differences.
Location City:
Melbourne
Location State:
FL
Group:
Summer Programs
South Florida Autism Center-Summer Adventure Camp
Contact #:
305-823-2700
Email:
Website:
Description:
Summer Adventure Camp is for students residing in Broward & Miami-Dade County, ages 3-21.
Location City:
Miami Lakes
Location State:
FL
Group:
Summer Programs
Summit Camp & Travel
Contact #:
570-253-4381
Email:
Website:
Description:
Summit Camp & Travel is a therapeutically designed sleepaway summer Camp and Travel program organized to meet the social and emotional needs of our special population and their families. Our programs serve children of average to above average intelligence who have a variety of developmental, social, emotional, and learning issues. We serve children ages 8-19 who have diagnoses that often include Asperger syndrome, ADD/ADHD, verbal and non-verbal learning disabilities (NVLD), HFA (including PDD-NOS), speech and language issues, and sensory integration issues. Some of our youngsters may also have issues related to gaps in executive function, Tourette’s syndrome and/or Bi-Polar disorder.
Location City:
Honesdale
Location State:
PA
Group:
Summer Programs
Talisman Summer Camps
Contact #:
828-697-6313
Email:
Website:
Description:
Talisman Summer Camps provide specialized camp experiences for young people ages 6 to 22 with autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and/or other learning differences. Since 1980, our ACA-accredited ADHD, autism and Asperger’s summer camp programs have been delivering unique alternatives to ordinary summer camps.
Location City:
North Carolina
Location State:
NC
Group:
Summer Programs