CAMP ANDY is a summer day camp, designed specifically for children with autism and/or ADHD to level up their social and behavioral skills. It looks a lot like a typical day camp, but within that structure we maximize opportunities for learning and practice.
Dates for 2025 are June 30-August 1. The program runs Monday through Friday 9a-3p.
Kids ages 6-12 attend CAMP ANDY. Many children who attend have a diagnosis of autism or ADHD, but that is not a requirement. Siblings and peers are welcome too! Children require an approximately 6-year-old language level to meaningfully access the program content.
After the morning transition, we begin every day with a group discussion. We we talk about our social skill of the week, celebrate our recent successes, and share the plan for the day. The day is made of up of classic camp programming including sports, board games, and other group activities. Each activity begins and ends with a group discussion where we highlight the social skills we are working on, with a carefully executed transition between activities. There’s a snack break mid-morning and mid-afternoon, with lunch and recess in the middle of the day. Social skills practice is integrated across the day, embedded in our group activities. Fridays we celebrate the week by playing unique camp games and water activities, often including large amounts of water balloons.
Our counselors are graduate and undergraduate students from across the country, training to be psychologists, physicians, educators, speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, nurses, etc. They are an incredibly talented and energetic group, bringing a high degree of fun and professionalism every day. Each counselor team of 5-7 staff works with a group of 14-16 kids across the 5-weeks of the program.
We are located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. We keep the location confidential to protect the privacy of our clients and participating families.
Families can join our Camper Notification List to be contacted when applications open in January. We then review applications on a rolling basis and reach out to families to schedule a virtual or in-person screening visit. After we meet your child and gather some additional information during screening, our camper committee reviews all the information and then notifies families if their child has been accepted.
Tuition for summer 2024 was $5750. We are pleased to offer scholarships to families based on financial need via our Scholarship Form. We also encourage families to take advantage of community scholarship opportunities like Ben’s Fund.
While our program is supervised by a talented team of professionals, many of the staff implementing the program are graduate and undergraduate students. Despite years of effort, insurance companies do not generally cover our summer treatment program. Some families have been successful using Health Savings Accounts (HSA), though policies can vary across companies and plans.