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National Organizations
EarlyInterventionSupport.com has found links to national
organizations useful to parents and parents of children with
special needs.
See our National Organizations
page.
For Pennsylvania Residents
EarlyInterventionSupport.com, located in western
Pennsylvania, has many clients and
supporters in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
Region. We've collected links specific to
Pennsylvania.
If you have links specific to your area that you would
like us to post, please email
Resources@EarlyInterventionSupport.com.
Disability Camp Resources
National Center on
Accessibility - Considerations for sending a child to camp for
first time
Camp Quest: Camp Quest helps you find the best overnight camp
for your child, at no cost to you. CampQuest makes it faster and
easier to find overnight summer programs of all kinds. Some camps
are overnight, Special Needs, Academic and Sports etc.
Easter Seals State Directory: Easter Seals camping and
recreation programs serve children, adults and families of all
abilities.
Kids
Camps: This site links to a variety of special needs camps.
Children's Association for Maximum
Potential: CAMP's mission is to strengthen and
inspire individuals with special needs - and those who care for them
- through Recreation, Respite, and Education.
Special
needs Camp Programs: The Open Directory Project (DMOZ) list of
recreational camps for Special Needs.
My Summer Camps: A list of liks to camps for children with
specific disabilities. The extenisive list of categories include:
HIV and AIDS, Cerebral Palsy, Tourettes Syndrome, etc.
Very Special Camps:
VerySpecialCamps.com is an online camp directory for individuals
with one or more of a wide range of special needs; allowing you to
quickly locate a special needs camp based upon your specific
requirements and interests.
Internet Special Education
Resources: This is a national resource for camps for children
with special needs. The Pennsylvania web site is
www.camp-america.com
which is a premier day camp for children from 2.5 to 14 years.
Therapy and Respite Camps:
Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with
special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families. I have
broken it into national categories and regional categories in the
USA, Canada, Central America, & Greece.
Camps for All: Camp For All
works in partnership with special needs groups whose members gain
self-esteem, self-awareness and independence by participating in
programs that are recreational, therapeutic and educational. The
camp provides a fully-accessible environment and programs that are
tailored to meet the needs of campers of all ages, interests and
abilities.
Cherished Creations:
Cherished Creations, Inc. is a 501-C-3 Non-Profit Corporation whose
mission is to create better lives for seriously-ill children and the
underprivileged.
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