OPENINGS AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER AT CAMP SOAR
West Bergen’s Asperger’s Related Services is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring Camp SOAR, a summer day camp for children and teens, ages 6 to 15, with Asperger’s Syndrome or other related disorders. The Camp will provide social skills training, outdoor fun and arts and crafts at the Center for Children and Youth, One Cherry Lane in Ramsey. Camp SOAR will be open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. There is one, six-week session, July 6 through August 14, and two, three-week sessions: July 6 through July 24 and July 27 through August 14.
“We are so pleased to be able to offer this unique program to youngsters in the community”, said Dr. Jeanne Marron, Clinical Director of Asperger’s Related Services at West Bergen. Camp SOAR is a small, nurturing program, specifically designed to help children with social challenges thrive and succeed in a camp environment.
Under the direction of West Bergen’s professional staff, Camp SOAR participants will expand their skills in a number of important areas including: building relationships; increasing flexibility; resolving conflicts; successful transitions; improving social scanning; decreasing anxiety; experiencing newness and change and coping with sensory issues. In addition, camp days will be filled with a number of fun activities such as hosting Weekly Camp Themes – history and patriotic pride or animals and nature; games; arts and crafts; drama; music; weekly trips and swim days. Daily snacks and one lunch per week will also be provided to each camper.
Asperger’s Related Services is among the specialized programs offered by West Bergen, located in Ramsey, Ridgewood and Oakland. Since its inception in 1999, the Asperger’s Related Services Department has become a leader in this field and has served more than 1,000 children and adults. The department offers a continuum of special programs and services. For information on Camp SOAR or West Bergen, please call Phyllis Strohmeyer at (201) 934-1160.