Enriching the Lives of Children with Autism, Inc. or ELCA, Inc., has wonderful summer programs at the end of summer for children on the spectrum. Since most children with special needs attend summer school, these camps fall during the peak period when the child might be getting bored with their summer.

Attend the Recess Skills Camp, which explores different games elementary school-aged children play during their recesses and the social skills required to navigate those games. There is also a School Readiness camp for the younger preschool set, who are just getting ready to dip their toes into the lake called "elementary school"!

ELCA, Inc. specializes in the ABA method.  To learn more about the Applied Behavior Analysis method, check out these books:

Success Strategies for Teaching Kids With Autism by Wendy Ashcroft

Applied Behaviour Analysis and Autism: Building a Future Together edited by Mickey Keenan

Targeting Autism:  What We Know, Don't Know, and Can Do to Help Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders by Shirley Cohen

This is Autism Awareness Month! If you have any summer camps to suggest, add a comment to this post. Watch for future posts about other kinds of summer camps. If you would like a particular kind of summer camp (theater, science, etc.) explored, mention this in your comment.