Re: Summer Camp/aftercare

[Guest guest]

Hi Ronda,

I'm not in CA, but just wondering if you checked with ARC about the funding for

a 2 wk. behavior program again? Maybe they can offer some support. I'm dealing

with that in NJ right now too.

How old is your daughter?

Karmen

Summer Camp/aftercare

For 3 yrs. now, there is nowhere in Palm Beach County for my daughter! Last

summer the ARC was

able to get funding for a 2wk behavior program, which was a great success! My

daughter attended the program and it was wonderful... she was safe and lots of

fun and experiences. ex: riding horse, swimming etc. I wish i could find

aftercare and camps for my daughter so she can learn and grow and get over her

fears and also so i can start working again. If anyone nows of anything in PBC

please let me know.

Thank you

Ronda

[Guest guest]

Sorry I have no help/suggestions for you, but I'm having the same issues

here.

I started a new job about a month ago, thinking that it wouldn't be that

hard to find decent care for my girls when school was out. My job is great

about letting me work only the hours that the kids are in school so that I'm

here when they leave in the morning and home before they get home in the

afternoon.

But I found out quickly that it IS very hard to find appropriate care for

the summer etc.

I found several private schools that specialize in children with

disabilities like ADHD, Autism etc. and they have some summer camps/summer

school, that my daughter could attend even though she is not potty trained

again yet. However the cost of those programs are either very close to what

I make or more! So it's not economically feasible for me to work just to

take all or most of my money and pay to have someone else watch my daughter.

And this of course leaves my older daughter home alone doing nothing all

summer - which to me is not acceptable either and could lead to her getting

bored and into trouble. And is just not fair to her.

There are programs out there to help pay for child care, however we don't

qualify because they are income based and my husband makes just over the cut

off for any assistance we've ever looked into (including SSI etc)

even private individuals want more than I can pay, and I'm not very

comfortable with that situation anyway. Since doesnt have the

ability to tell me if she's being mistreated etc. I am not comfortable with

someone I don't know extremely well watching over her unless there are

people they answer to... like at school there are always other adults around

and the teachers and aides all have a boss they have to answer to, but a

neighbor down the street doesn't have that, or the ability to take a break

when they get too stressed.

So our solution unfortunately has come to the point that I am going to work

till school is out and then stay home with them again. I've already let my

boss know. In fact I told her that I'd need to leave by spring break, but

she asked if she could cover spring break for me, if I'd stay till school is

out. I think they are hoping I will change my mind and they won't need to

look to hire someone else... but I don't see it changing.

Good luck to you in finding some type of after school and summer program for

your daughter.

I know it seems obvious, but maybe look in the phone book under schools and

see if any of the specialized schools are going to have a summer program.

When I was looking I asked all the people I figured would know about such a

program, but none of them did. It was a suggestion from Easter Seals that I

look into one school they thought had a summer camp, that opened the door to

the other places and only because I had to look the school's phone number

up, I found other similar type schools that had little ads in the yellow

pages.

Theresa

>

> For 3 yrs. now, there is nowhere in Palm Beach County for my daughter!

> Last summer the ARC was

> able to get funding for a 2wk behavior program, which was a great success!

> My

> daughter attended the program and it was wonderful... she was safe and lots

> of

> fun and experiences. ex: riding horse, swimming etc. I wish i could find

> aftercare and camps for my daughter so she can learn and grow and get over

> her

> fears and also so i can start working again. If anyone nows of anything in

> PBC

> please let me know.

>

> Thank you

> Ronda

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry- I lost the original message, but are there any summer camp/programs

in your community where they have to have spaces for kids with special

needs?

A lot of our summer camps (Southern Ontario) that are run by the

community have

to have so many spaces put aside for special needs kids- some provide

workers, some

don't, but I know a lot of people who have been very happy with their

child's placement

in those camps.

Theresa- I can understand your frustration about work. My kids are now

13, and I haven't

been able to hold a full-time (or even regular part-time) job since they

were born. I've

gotten a few jobs over the last 5 or 6 years, but have always had to

stop working because

someone ended up in the hospital, had a crisis, or whatever. It's also

pretty rare that a job

that will cover the cost of daycare comes along. It's very, very

frustrating, not

only because a second income would be very welcome, but because I'm

pretty tired of just

being at home. I don't have any answers for you, but I share your

frustration. By the time

that (theoretically) all of my kids will be on their own in one way or

another I will have been

out of the official workforce for almost 20 years, and that's not very

encouraging. Especially

since my husband's American, and our 401/k has pretty much vanished in

the wind thanks

to the recession- I think that a lot of people undervalue the financial

cost of having kids with

special needs. I wouldn't trade my kids, but I don't mind saying that

I'm not thrilled with

only being able to work from home.

Jen

Theresa wrote:

>

> Sorry I have no help/suggestions for you, but I'm having the same issues

> here.

> I started a new job about a month ago, thinking that it wouldn't be that

> hard to find decent care for my girls when school was out. My job is great

> about letting me work only the hours that the kids are in school so

> that I'm

> here when they leave in the morning and home before they get home in the

> afternoon.

> But I found out quickly that it IS very hard to find appropriate care for

> the summer etc.

> I found several private schools that specialize in children with

> disabilities like ADHD, Autism etc. and they have some summer camps/summer

> school, that my daughter could attend even though she is not potty trained

> again yet. However the cost of those programs are either very close to

> what

> I make or more! So it's not economically feasible for me to work just to

> take all or most of my money and pay to have someone else watch my

> daughter.

> And this of course leaves my older daughter home alone doing nothing all

> summer - which to me is not acceptable either and could lead to her

> getting

> bored and into trouble. And is just not fair to her.

> There are programs out there to help pay for child care, however we don't

> qualify because they are income based and my husband makes just over

> the cut

> off for any assistance we've ever looked into (including SSI etc)

>

> even private individuals want more than I can pay, and I'm not very

> comfortable with that situation anyway. Since doesnt have the

> ability to tell me if she's being mistreated etc. I am not comfortable

> with

> someone I don't know extremely well watching over her unless there are

> people they answer to... like at school there are always other adults

> around

> and the teachers and aides all have a boss they have to answer to, but a

> neighbor down the street doesn't have that, or the ability to take a break

> when they get too stressed.

>

> So our solution unfortunately has come to the point that I am going to

> work

> till school is out and then stay home with them again. I've already let my

> boss know. In fact I told her that I'd need to leave by spring break, but

> she asked if she could cover spring break for me, if I'd stay till

> school is

> out. I think they are hoping I will change my mind and they won't need to

> look to hire someone else... but I don't see it changing.

>

> Good luck to you in finding some type of after school and summer

> program for

> your daughter.

> I know it seems obvious, but maybe look in the phone book under

> schools and

> see if any of the specialized schools are going to have a summer program.

> When I was looking I asked all the people I figured would know about

> such a

> program, but none of them did. It was a suggestion from Easter Seals

> that I

> look into one school they thought had a summer camp, that opened the

> door to

> the other places and only because I had to look the school's phone number

> up, I found other similar type schools that had little ads in the yellow

> pages.

>

> Theresa

>

> On 3/10/09, valletto22 <valletto22@...

> <mailto:valletto22%40yahoo.com>> wrote:

> >

> > For 3 yrs. now, there is nowhere in Palm Beach County for my daughter!

> > Last summer the ARC was

> > able to get funding for a 2wk behavior program, which was a great

> success!

> > My

> > daughter attended the program and it was wonderful... she was safe

> and lots

> > of

> > fun and experiences. ex: riding horse, swimming etc. I wish i could find

> > aftercare and camps for my daughter so she can learn and grow and

> get over

> > her

> > fears and also so i can start working again. If anyone nows of

> anything in

> > PBC

> > please let me know.

> >

> > Thank you

> > Ronda

> >

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Karmen,

We live in FL. not CA. My sister lives in NJ. she keeps telling me we need to

move up there, that there's more help in NJ. My daughter just turned 10 last

week. Yes the ARC is hoping to get funding again for this summer, but they dont

know yet. We just have to wait and see. How old is your daugher?

Ronda

>

> Hi Ronda,

>

> I'm not in CA, but just wondering if you checked with ARC about the funding

for a 2 wk. behavior program again? Maybe they can offer some support. I'm

dealing with that in NJ right now too.

>

> How old is your daughter?

>

> Karmen

> Summer Camp/aftercare

>

>

> For 3 yrs. now, there is nowhere in Palm Beach County for my daughter! Last

summer the ARC was

> able to get funding for a 2wk behavior program, which was a great success!

My

> daughter attended the program and it was wonderful... she was safe and lots

of

> fun and experiences. ex: riding horse, swimming etc. I wish i could find

> aftercare and camps for my daughter so she can learn and grow and get over

her

> fears and also so i can start working again. If anyone nows of anything in

PBC

> please let me know.

>

> Thank you

> Ronda

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Ronda,

Sorry for the state mistake. Must have been looking at another post just before

yours and got stuck on CA. My daughter will be 7 in May. We have applied for

camp funding through DDD, a state organization in which you can register your

special needs child with and they will help with respite and camp funding. I am

hoping we get it this year. I'm nervous moreso because the economy is bad and

state funding is coming to a halt in certain arenas. Let me know how things are

going with you finding summer placement. Is your daughter high functioning?

Would she require a shadow? I requested a shadow for my daughter for camp. I

hope that comes through also.

Karmen

Summer Camp/aftercare

>

>

> For 3 yrs. now, there is nowhere in Palm Beach County for my daughter! Last

summer the ARC was

> able to get funding for a 2wk behavior program, which was a great success!

My

> daughter attended the program and it was wonderful... she was safe and lots

of

> fun and experiences. ex: riding horse, swimming etc. I wish i could find

> aftercare and camps for my daughter so she can learn and grow and get over

her

> fears and also so i can start working again. If anyone nows of anything in

PBC

> please let me know.

>

> Thank you

> Ronda

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Karmen,

You dont have to apoligise... No there is nothing in Palm Beach County except

the ARC and last summer they had their first behavior camp, they only got

funding for 2weeks but it was wonderful. The ARC is hoping they will get

funding again, we will have to wait and see. Haley needs a one on one because

has regressed in the potty training and she is very impuslive so she needs

someone to keep redirecting her. That makes it so tuff to place her anywhere.

And with all the cut back i dont see how there will be anymore camps. Karmen,

do you live in NJ?

Take care

Ronda

> > >

> > > For 3 yrs. now, there is nowhere in Palm Beach County for my daughter!

> > > Last summer the ARC was

> > > able to get funding for a 2wk behavior program, which was a great

> > success!

> > > My

> > > daughter attended the program and it was wonderful... she was safe

> > and lots

> > > of

> > > fun and experiences. ex: riding horse, swimming etc. I wish i could find

> > > aftercare and camps for my daughter so she can learn and grow and

> > get over

> > > her

> > > fears and also so i can start working again. If anyone nows of

> > anything in

> > > PBC

> > > please let me know.

> > >

> > > Thank you

> > > Ronda

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Ronda,

What age is Haley?

We're in Manatee Co. FL and having the same issue with being able to find

anything and mostly due to the potty training regression as well. is

also very impulsive and has to be monitored closely and redirected a lot,

and has gotten some pretty severe behavior lately too.

Theresa

>

>

> Hi Karmen,

>

> You dont have to apoligise... No there is nothing in Palm Beach County

> except the ARC and last summer they had their first behavior camp, they only

> got funding for 2weeks but it was wonderful. The ARC is hoping they will get

> funding again, we will have to wait and see. Haley needs a one on one

> because has regressed in the potty training and she is very impuslive so she

> needs someone to keep redirecting her. That makes it so tuff to place her

> anywhere. And with all the cut back i dont see how there will be anymore

> camps. Karmen, do you live in NJ?

>

> Take care

> Ronda

>

>

> > > >

> > > > For 3 yrs. now, there is nowhere in Palm Beach County for my

> daughter!

> > > > Last summer the ARC was

> > > > able to get funding for a 2wk behavior program, which was a great

> > > success!

> > > > My

> > > > daughter attended the program and it was wonderful... she was safe

> > > and lots

> > > > of

> > > > fun and experiences. ex: riding horse, swimming etc. I wish i could

> find

> > > > aftercare and camps for my daughter so she can learn and grow and

> > > get over

> > > > her

> > > > fears and also so i can start working again. If anyone nows of

> > > anything in

> > > > PBC

> > > > please let me know.

> > > >

> > > > Thank you

> > > > Ronda

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Hi Ronda,

Yes, I'm in NJ...about 20 minutes from Philadelphia, PA.

I know there have been so many budget cuts in state aid, but I am hoping that

officials realize the importance of programs for special needs children and

continue to fund those that they have, and hopefully add more to it. This is a

critical area.

Let me know how things are progressing with finding a camp or special needs

program in your area.

Take care,

Karmen

Re: Summer Camp/aftercare

Hi Karmen,

You dont have to apoligise... No there is nothing in Palm Beach County except

the ARC and last summer they had their first behavior camp, they only got

funding for 2weeks but it was wonderful. The ARC is hoping they will get funding

again, we will have to wait and see. Haley needs a one on one because has

regressed in the potty training and she is very impuslive so she needs someone

to keep redirecting her. That makes it so tuff to place her anywhere. And with

all the cut back i dont see how there will be anymore camps. Karmen, do you live

in NJ?

Take care

Ronda

> > >

> > > For 3 yrs. now, there is nowhere in Palm Beach County for my daughter!

> > > Last summer the ARC was

> > > able to get funding for a 2wk behavior program, which was a great

> > success!

> > > My

> > > daughter attended the program and it was wonderful... she was safe

> > and lots

> > > of

> > > fun and experiences. ex: riding horse, swimming etc. I wish i could find

> > > aftercare and camps for my daughter so she can learn and grow and

> > get over

> > > her

> > > fears and also so i can start working again. If anyone nows of

> > anything in

> > > PBC

> > > please let me know.

> > >

> > > Thank you

> > > Ronda

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >