Camp Huntington

Camp Huntington
56 Bruceville Road
High Falls, New York 12440
http://www.camphuntington.com

Program Description

The mission of Camp Huntington is to provide a safe and beneficial therapeutic and adaptive summer recreation and education program for people with a wide range of special needs (in an outdoor setting). Our programs are structured to ensure safety and enjoyment, with sensitivity to each child’s social and learning style. Staff are trained and supervised to provide nurturing care that assists campers with having fun-filled experiences, which also encourage development in social and like skills, self-efficacy, self-confidence and independence.

Camp Huntington is a summer recreation program for the learning and developmentally disabled. At Camp Huntington, we are equally cognizant of each camper's disability as to the importance of developing the individual abilities that each camper possesses. Our goal is to allow each camper to be the best that he/she can be. We offer three distinct, specially designed programs to meet the needs of a wide variety of special needs children. The programs contain specific approaches that address key social, emotional and environmental issues for each disability group. The camper programs are blended together within groups and on campus to encourage positive social and emotional exchanges between campers. Each program is devised to provide a combination of activities that allow for both growth and fun. The three programs we offer:

-Recreation and social skills development for children with Learning Disabilities/ Attention Deficit Disorders, including Hyperactivity

-Independence for the Developmentally Disabled

-Participation for children with Autism, Asperger's and Pervasive Developmental Disorders