Arlington Special Education PTA (SEPTA) is hosting a FREE Summer Activities Fair to help you plan for Summer 2024! Come learn about options for summer learning and adventure. SEPTA invites vendors from near and far– day camps and sleep-away camps, social skills, or outdoor adventure. There is something for every child.
Sat, February 2, 2024, 1:00 PM –4:00 PM
Walter Reed Recreation Center 2909 16th Street South Arlington, VA 22204
Activities for the kids and Refreshments will be provided. RSVP Here
Material presented on the Arlington SEPTA Resource Directory is intended for information purposes only. It is not intended as professional advice or endorsement of services and should not be construed as such.
Arlington SEPTA is not engaged in rendering legal or other professional services by posting said material. Professional services should be sought if legal or other specific expert assistance is required.
We hope this is a good starting place for your family to find summer camp options. This is in no way a comprehensive list and welcome suggested additions. Email info@arlingtonsepta.org.
If you would like to narrow your search you can enter keywords in the search box below to search within each section. You can reach for mention of a specific diagnosis or activity, but keep in mind some entry descriptions may not be as detailed as others. The information within each entry either comes from the provider’s website or has been supplied by the provider.
Day Camps
- The results are being filtered by the character: S
Siena School Summer
Biography
Siena’s Academic Summer School @ Oaken Campus
Our academic summer school at Siena Northern Virginia provides students with mild to moderate language-based learning differences entering grades 3rd-9th with a positive instructional experience that works on review, reinforcement, and enhancement of academic skills. Small classes and a nurturing environment provide fun and creative learning opportunities in reading, writing, and math skills and concepts.
Siena’s summer program uses the same curriculum and teaching methods that are employed at the day school. Instruction is tailored to each student’s individual needs, and all classes are multisensory and designed to support student achievement in a relaxed but rigorous setting.
Siena’s Academic Summer School @ Silver Spring
Our academic summer school at the Silver Spring campus provides students with mild to moderate language-based learning differences entering grades 4th-9th with a positive instructional experience that works on review, reinforcement, and enhancement of academic skills. Small classes and a nurturing environment provide fun and creative learning opportunities in reading, writing, and math skills and concepts.
Siena’s summer program uses the same curriculum and teaching methods that are employed at the day school. Instruction is tailored to each student’s individual needs, and all classes are multisensory and designed to support student achievement in a relaxed but rigorous setting.
Siena Summer Writing Workshop @ Silver Spring
The Siena School’s summer writing workshop provides rising 9th-11th grade students with a range of effective strategies to assist with each step of the writing process, including organization. Learn to scaffold written work and recognize the executive functioning skills essential for a successful essay.
SPDBasketball 2022 Summer Program @ Silver Spring
Train with former Division I Head Coach Robert Burke, who has over 20 years of college coaching experience. Instruction is focused on providing personal attention and building skills, confidence, and basketball IQ.
In a small group setting, an individualized approach is taken to meet each student’s specific needs. Participants learn multisensory strategies, create graphic organizers, and utilize assistive technology to compose persuasive writing while applying feedback to proofread and edit work.
Notes
2 week Summer Academic Program – July 11th – 22nd, 8:30 am – Noon
Skill Builders – Camp SuperNOVA
Biography
Camp SuperNOVA offers speech-language and occupational therapy support in the areas of social language, sensory processing, motor skills, teamwork, flexible thinking.
Skill Builders is a private, speech-language and occupational therapy practice seeking to foster positive changes in the daily lives of children and adults. Our experienced, licensed therapists work with each family to tailor a specific and focused treatment program that meets the unique needs of each patient. The specialists draw from a broad range of intervention methods to provide a comprehensive therapy program set within a supportive environment. Since our founding more than 30 years ago, Skill Builders has been committed to our therapist’s ongoing education to ensure we apply the latest proven advances in research and treatment techniques.
Notes
Summer Ages 5-9 years
Session A: August 1-5
Session B: August 8-12
Skills on the Hill Summer Groups
Biography
Play with a purpose @ SOTH in the summer! The wide range of activities and experiences offered with Summer Groups at SOTH empower your child to get out of their comfort zone and learn something new. Our special staff and incredible facilities means everyone gets the chance to exercise their brains and their bodies.
Summer Social Explorers, Easy Rider Bike Riding Instruction, Early Learners Summer Booster, Organization Station: Executive Functioning Intensive
Social Skills for Life – Camp Friendship
Biography
Sample Schedule
9:00-9:30 – arrival/check-in; free choice of collaborative activities
9:30-10:00 – snack
10:00-10:45 – outdoor time
10:45-11:30 – social skills focused activity, cooking, sensory
exploration, art, etc.
11:30-12:00 – lunch
12:00-1:00 – supervised water-play
1:00-1:30 – clean up from water play and “quiet” activity
1:30-2:15 – social skills focused activity, cooking, sensory
exploration, art, etc.
2:15-2:45 – games
2:45-3:00 – wrap-up/dismissal; free choice of collaborative activities
Notes
ages 3 – 18
Speech of Cake
Biography
Differentiated academic enrichment:
pronunciation
expressive & receptive language
reading
writing
spelling
social skills
Notes
Half-day, Full-Day
Overnight Camps
- The results are being filtered by the character: S
SOAR Camp
Biography
SOAR offers high adventure summer camps designed specifically for youth and young adults between the ages of 8 and 25 diagnosed with ADHD and LD. Each of our summer camp programs promotes friendships, increase self-confidence, and develop life skills. Created in 1977 by an adult with learning disabilities, SOAR provides fun and successful experiences so that participants may gain greater awareness of their own strengths and improve self-esteem and confidence.
Notes
NC Llama Trek Adventure 8 – 10
6/12 – 6/21/22 , 6/26 – 7/5/22 , 7/10 – 7/19/22, 7/24 – 8/2/22
NC Horseback Riding Adventure 11 – 18
6/12 – 6/22/22, 6/26 – 7/6/22, 7/10 – 7/20/22, 7/24 – 8/3/22
NC Classic Adventure 11 – 18
6/11 – 6/21/22, 6/25 – 7/5/22, 7/9 – 7/19/22, 7/23 – 8/2/22
NC Canoeing Adventure 11 – 18
6/11 – 6/21/22, 6/25 – 7/5/22, 7/9 – 7/19/22, 7/23 – 8/2/22
NC Expedition 13 – 18
6/13 – 6/27/22, 7/2 – 7/16/22, 7/21 – 8/4/22
NC Twice Exceptional 12 – 15
6/13 – 6/27/22, 7/2 – 7/16/22, 7/21 – 8/4/22
NC Academic Discovery 11-18
6/9 – 6/25/22, 6/30 – 7/16/22, 7/21 – 8/6/22
Summit Camp
Biography
Summer Camp for Ages 8 – 14
A traditional camp program that includes a highly structured schedule of arts, athletics, outdoor education, nature, waterfront, and specialty activities in a six period day. Campers also participate in a social skills development program and a program to improve executive functioning skills as a part of regular weekly program.
Bunk selections are carefully made through the course of the application process; campers will be bunked with others that have a similar profile of strengths and needs. Campers participate in all activities as a part of their 8 camper bunk with their familiar staff, with most activities being structured for one bunk group at a time. Support is offered for each camper’s individual needs while encouraging group participation, personal engagement, and trying the new and novel.
Our transitioning adolescents (approx. 13-14 years) will continue to participate in a structured program of camp activities across a 6 period day, however more options of choice and individual expression are built in for this age group- the ages most desiring of ways to assert their independence. Arts, performance, athletics, outdoor education, nature, waterfront, and specialty activities are offered with the use of option within, such as selecting between a variety of arts programming areas rather than having a set schedule for a music or ceramics class. The middle camp age group also enjoys a great deal of specialty games and activities that encourage team building and collaboration, as they are strongly desiring peer input and acceptance in a very new way.
Upper Camp, or “Super Teens”, for Ages 15-21 Years
Teens who join us at Summit in their later adolescence will participate in a program geared towards vocational and personal development referred to as the Super Teens. This program universally serves all our older participants in all sessions. This program is comprised of three unique goal areas: social inclusion and development, vocational development, and transition to adult living skills. Due to the nature of the program, Summit still receives a large number of new applicants for our Super Teen programs- including many youth that have never been away from home before. So if you are looking for a fresh start or a new home away for home for your teen, fear not that they will be the only one joining us for the first time in the upper camp age group.
While campers continue to have opportunities to participate in certain traditional aspects of camp life- such as swimming and arts programs- these are combined with a greater level of programming for work periods on camp. As such, Super Teens is much like a ‘counselor in training’ program but geared in a very specific way to meet the unique needs of our teens. Teens earn money for daily work periods waitering in the dining hall, as well as participating in a camp ‘job fair’ that includes interviewing and choosing possible areas for job success. Rather than training as counselors, our teens will be working as a shop assistant, helping sort incoming emails and packages out to younger campers, or serving as a “big brother” or “big sister” to a single camper in the youngest bunks. Teens will participate in a twice weekly program for transitions skills that includes covering healthy cooking and shopping for meals, personal hygiene and dress for various environments, interpersonal relationships, and further education/career prospects. Teens continue to participate in a program specific to social skills development that focuses on more complex social interactions and behaviors- for example, how to excuse yourself when you are no longer interested rather than simply walking away.
Notes
Summer Camp ’22 season:
First Half Season (4 Weeks)-
June 26th, 2022 through July 23rd, 2022
Second Half Season (3 Weeks)
July 24th, 2022 through August 13th, 2022
Full Season (7 Weeks)
June 26th, 2021 through August 13th, 2022
Mini Camp (2 weeks)
August 14th, 2022 through August 27th, 2022
Arlington Special Education PTA (SEPTA) is hosting a FREE Summer Activities Fair to help you plan for Summer 2024! Come learn about options for summer learning and adventure. SEPTA invites vendors from near and far– day camps and sleep-away camps, social skills, or outdoor adventure. There is something for every child.
Sat, February 2, 2024, 1:00 PM –4:00 PM
Walter Reed Recreation Center 2909 16th Street South Arlington, VA 22204
Activities for the kids and Refreshments will be provided. RSVP Here
–>Material presented on the Arlington SEPTA Resource Directory is intended for information purposes only. It is not intended as professional advice or endorsement of services and should not be construed as such.
Arlington SEPTA is not engaged in rendering legal or other professional services by posting said material. Professional services should be sought if legal or other specific expert assistance is required.
We hope this is a good starting place for your family to find summer camp options. This is in no way a comprehensive list and welcome suggested additions. Email info@arlingtonsepta.org.
If you would like to narrow your search you can enter keywords in the search box below to search within each section. You can reach for mention of a specific diagnosis or activity, but keep in mind some entry descriptions may not be as detailed as others. The information within each entry either comes from the provider’s website or has been supplied by the provider.
Day Camps
- The results are being filtered by the character: S
Siena School Summer
Biography
Siena’s Academic Summer School @ Oaken Campus
Our academic summer school at Siena Northern Virginia provides students with mild to moderate language-based learning differences entering grades 3rd-9th with a positive instructional experience that works on review, reinforcement, and enhancement of academic skills. Small classes and a nurturing environment provide fun and creative learning opportunities in reading, writing, and math skills and concepts.
Siena’s summer program uses the same curriculum and teaching methods that are employed at the day school. Instruction is tailored to each student’s individual needs, and all classes are multisensory and designed to support student achievement in a relaxed but rigorous setting.
Siena’s Academic Summer School @ Silver Spring
Our academic summer school at the Silver Spring campus provides students with mild to moderate language-based learning differences entering grades 4th-9th with a positive instructional experience that works on review, reinforcement, and enhancement of academic skills. Small classes and a nurturing environment provide fun and creative learning opportunities in reading, writing, and math skills and concepts.
Siena’s summer program uses the same curriculum and teaching methods that are employed at the day school. Instruction is tailored to each student’s individual needs, and all classes are multisensory and designed to support student achievement in a relaxed but rigorous setting.
Siena Summer Writing Workshop @ Silver Spring
The Siena School’s summer writing workshop provides rising 9th-11th grade students with a range of effective strategies to assist with each step of the writing process, including organization. Learn to scaffold written work and recognize the executive functioning skills essential for a successful essay.
SPDBasketball 2022 Summer Program @ Silver Spring
Train with former Division I Head Coach Robert Burke, who has over 20 years of college coaching experience. Instruction is focused on providing personal attention and building skills, confidence, and basketball IQ.
In a small group setting, an individualized approach is taken to meet each student’s specific needs. Participants learn multisensory strategies, create graphic organizers, and utilize assistive technology to compose persuasive writing while applying feedback to proofread and edit work.
Notes
2 week Summer Academic Program – July 11th – 22nd, 8:30 am – Noon
Skill Builders – Camp SuperNOVA
Biography
Camp SuperNOVA offers speech-language and occupational therapy support in the areas of social language, sensory processing, motor skills, teamwork, flexible thinking.
Skill Builders is a private, speech-language and occupational therapy practice seeking to foster positive changes in the daily lives of children and adults. Our experienced, licensed therapists work with each family to tailor a specific and focused treatment program that meets the unique needs of each patient. The specialists draw from a broad range of intervention methods to provide a comprehensive therapy program set within a supportive environment. Since our founding more than 30 years ago, Skill Builders has been committed to our therapist’s ongoing education to ensure we apply the latest proven advances in research and treatment techniques.
Notes
Summer Ages 5-9 years
Session A: August 1-5
Session B: August 8-12
Skills on the Hill Summer Groups
Biography
Play with a purpose @ SOTH in the summer! The wide range of activities and experiences offered with Summer Groups at SOTH empower your child to get out of their comfort zone and learn something new. Our special staff and incredible facilities means everyone gets the chance to exercise their brains and their bodies.
Summer Social Explorers, Easy Rider Bike Riding Instruction, Early Learners Summer Booster, Organization Station: Executive Functioning Intensive
Social Grace
Notes
Our Mission: To positively impact children and young adults of all abilities and to provide support for families.
We offer virtual and in-person services.
Therapy, Coaching, Mentoring, Consulting, Social Groups, and FREE Support Services!
Over the last several months, we’ve watched our world rapidly change how we communicate, learn and work together. As we each find our own way of adapting to this new world we live in, we are thrilled to be able to offer our therapy, coaching, mentoring, consulting, support services, and groups to you VIRTUALLY and OR IN-PERSON.
Social Skills for Life – Camp Friendship
Biography
Sample Schedule
9:00-9:30 – arrival/check-in; free choice of collaborative activities
9:30-10:00 – snack
10:00-10:45 – outdoor time
10:45-11:30 – social skills focused activity, cooking, sensory
exploration, art, etc.
11:30-12:00 – lunch
12:00-1:00 – supervised water-play
1:00-1:30 – clean up from water play and “quiet” activity
1:30-2:15 – social skills focused activity, cooking, sensory
exploration, art, etc.
2:15-2:45 – games
2:45-3:00 – wrap-up/dismissal; free choice of collaborative activities
Notes
ages 3 – 18
Speech of Cake
Biography
Differentiated academic enrichment:
pronunciation
expressive & receptive language
reading
writing
spelling
social skills
Notes
Half-day, Full-Day
Overnight Camps
- The results are being filtered by the character: S
SOAR Camp
Biography
SOAR offers high adventure summer camps designed specifically for youth and young adults between the ages of 8 and 25 diagnosed with ADHD and LD. Each of our summer camp programs promotes friendships, increase self-confidence, and develop life skills. Created in 1977 by an adult with learning disabilities, SOAR provides fun and successful experiences so that participants may gain greater awareness of their own strengths and improve self-esteem and confidence.
Notes
NC Llama Trek Adventure 8 – 10
6/12 – 6/21/22 , 6/26 – 7/5/22 , 7/10 – 7/19/22, 7/24 – 8/2/22
NC Horseback Riding Adventure 11 – 18
6/12 – 6/22/22, 6/26 – 7/6/22, 7/10 – 7/20/22, 7/24 – 8/3/22
NC Classic Adventure 11 – 18
6/11 – 6/21/22, 6/25 – 7/5/22, 7/9 – 7/19/22, 7/23 – 8/2/22
NC Canoeing Adventure 11 – 18
6/11 – 6/21/22, 6/25 – 7/5/22, 7/9 – 7/19/22, 7/23 – 8/2/22
NC Expedition 13 – 18
6/13 – 6/27/22, 7/2 – 7/16/22, 7/21 – 8/4/22
NC Twice Exceptional 12 – 15
6/13 – 6/27/22, 7/2 – 7/16/22, 7/21 – 8/4/22
NC Academic Discovery 11-18
6/9 – 6/25/22, 6/30 – 7/16/22, 7/21 – 8/6/22
Summit Camp
Biography
Summer Camp for Ages 8 – 14
A traditional camp program that includes a highly structured schedule of arts, athletics, outdoor education, nature, waterfront, and specialty activities in a six period day. Campers also participate in a social skills development program and a program to improve executive functioning skills as a part of regular weekly program.
Bunk selections are carefully made through the course of the application process; campers will be bunked with others that have a similar profile of strengths and needs. Campers participate in all activities as a part of their 8 camper bunk with their familiar staff, with most activities being structured for one bunk group at a time. Support is offered for each camper’s individual needs while encouraging group participation, personal engagement, and trying the new and novel.
Our transitioning adolescents (approx. 13-14 years) will continue to participate in a structured program of camp activities across a 6 period day, however more options of choice and individual expression are built in for this age group- the ages most desiring of ways to assert their independence. Arts, performance, athletics, outdoor education, nature, waterfront, and specialty activities are offered with the use of option within, such as selecting between a variety of arts programming areas rather than having a set schedule for a music or ceramics class. The middle camp age group also enjoys a great deal of specialty games and activities that encourage team building and collaboration, as they are strongly desiring peer input and acceptance in a very new way.
Upper Camp, or “Super Teens”, for Ages 15-21 Years
Teens who join us at Summit in their later adolescence will participate in a program geared towards vocational and personal development referred to as the Super Teens. This program universally serves all our older participants in all sessions. This program is comprised of three unique goal areas: social inclusion and development, vocational development, and transition to adult living skills. Due to the nature of the program, Summit still receives a large number of new applicants for our Super Teen programs- including many youth that have never been away from home before. So if you are looking for a fresh start or a new home away for home for your teen, fear not that they will be the only one joining us for the first time in the upper camp age group.
While campers continue to have opportunities to participate in certain traditional aspects of camp life- such as swimming and arts programs- these are combined with a greater level of programming for work periods on camp. As such, Super Teens is much like a ‘counselor in training’ program but geared in a very specific way to meet the unique needs of our teens. Teens earn money for daily work periods waitering in the dining hall, as well as participating in a camp ‘job fair’ that includes interviewing and choosing possible areas for job success. Rather than training as counselors, our teens will be working as a shop assistant, helping sort incoming emails and packages out to younger campers, or serving as a “big brother” or “big sister” to a single camper in the youngest bunks. Teens will participate in a twice weekly program for transitions skills that includes covering healthy cooking and shopping for meals, personal hygiene and dress for various environments, interpersonal relationships, and further education/career prospects. Teens continue to participate in a program specific to social skills development that focuses on more complex social interactions and behaviors- for example, how to excuse yourself when you are no longer interested rather than simply walking away.
Notes
Summer Camp ’22 season:
First Half Season (4 Weeks)-
June 26th, 2022 through July 23rd, 2022
Second Half Season (3 Weeks)
July 24th, 2022 through August 13th, 2022
Full Season (7 Weeks)
June 26th, 2021 through August 13th, 2022
Mini Camp (2 weeks)
August 14th, 2022 through August 27th, 2022
Social Grace
Notes
Our Mission: To positively impact children and young adults of all abilities and to provide support for families.
We offer virtual and in-person services.
Therapy, Coaching, Mentoring, Consulting, Social Groups, and FREE Support Services!
Over the last several months, we’ve watched our world rapidly change how we communicate, learn and work together. As we each find our own way of adapting to this new world we live in, we are thrilled to be able to offer our therapy, coaching, mentoring, consulting, support services, and groups to you VIRTUALLY and OR IN-PERSON.