Description and Purpose of Service:
The Advancing Adventures in Communicating (AAC) Camp is a camp where only individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication devices can come for a week and participate in fun activities, social interactions since they may not know others who use devices like theirs, and receive training for usage of their devices.
Service Usage and Features:
The camp is designed so individuals who use speech generating devices (SGDs) can come and participate with others in an environment where the only people at the camp are users of SGDs. It allows children to meet others at various communication levels to interact socially and receive training in a fun, caring, respectful, and realistic social environment. The activities provided allow the child to improve their communication skills. Some of the activities offered are swimming, rock climbing, field trips, social time, computer time, arts and crafts, and they provide counseling and training for the parents.
Services Location and Cost Information:
The Advancing Adventures in Communicating (AAC) Camp is offered at Northwestern Nazarene University campus in Nampa, Idaho. It is conducted by the St. Luke’s Elk Rehab and the cost is only $75 per child.
No comments:
Post a Comment