Summer Groups (*NEW)

Camp Westside

Ages: 4-14
Day and Time:  August 12-16, 8am-12pm
Led by: Certified Occupational Therapists
Focus: Social Skills, Gross Motor Skill, Fine Motor Skills, Language and Communication Skills
Description: Camp Westside Way is a week-long day camp designed for children with special needs and their peers to enjoy summer camp in a safe, inclusive environment. Camp activities will be individually tailored to your child’s specific needs, with small group or one on one supervision as needed.   Camp activities will include swimming, tree climbing (repelling), rafting, super slides, camp fire, arts and crafts, music, nature activities, and much more! Although this is not a therapy camp, these activities have huge therapeutic benefits in the areas of gross motor skills, fine motor skills, social skills, speech skills and much more! This is the perfect opportunity to get the kids outside, away from the electronics, and give them one last blast of summer before.

Picky Eaters Picnic

Ages: 3-6
Day and Time: Tuesdays 2pm
Dates: Summer – June 11 – July 23 (skip week of 4th)
Led by: SOS Certified Occupational and Speech Therapists
Focus: Exploration and exposure to new foods in a group setting
Description: This group focuses on helping each child increase their overall food repertoire while decreasing apprehension relating to meal times.

Music and Movement

Ages: 4-7
Day and Time: Tuesdays 1pm
Dates: Summer – June 11 – July 23 (skip week of 4th)
Led by: ABA Registered Behavior Technicians under the supervision of Board Certified Behavior Analysts
Focus: Social skills with peers
Description: This group helps each child increase appropriate social behavior amongst peers while working on cooperative play, conversational exchanges, flexibility, emotional regulation, compliance with rules, etc.

Social Detectives

Ages: 4-6 & 7-9
Day and Time: Tuesdays 3pm
Dates: Summer – June 11 – July 23 (skip week of 4th)
Led by: Certified Occupational and Speech Therapists
Focus: Turn-Taking and Social Play
Description: Kids will engage in fun structured play events to promote compliments, sharing, commenting, asking questions and offering help to peers across different situations.

Kindergarten Readiness

Ages: 5-7
Day and Time: Tuesdays 12pm
Dates: Summer – June 11 – July 23 (skip week of 4th)
Led by: Certified Behavioral Therapists
Focus: Skills needed for success in school and in social settings
Description: Therapists will provide a small and safe setting where children feel supported in learning to interact successfully with their peers.

Fall Groups

Speech Social Groups

Ages: 6-9 Group, 10-13 Group *If your kid is outside these age ranges, please contact the Wheaton office (630) 509-4911 to discuss group appropriateness
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Dates:
Led by: Certified Speech Therapist
Focus:  Teaching children how to interact with others in their age range. 
Description: The goal is to help kids learn conversational skills, friendship skills and problem-solving skills.

Summer Groups

Social Skills Superstars

Ages: 4-7
Day and Time:
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Led by: Certified Speech and Behavioral Therapists
Focus: Language based social skills
Description: Kids will engage in fun, structured play events to promote compliments, sharing, commenting, asking questions and offering help to peers across different situations.

Talk It Out

Ages: 10-14
Day and Time:
Dates:
Led by: Certified Speech Therapist
Focus: Improving conversation skills and use of language
Description: This group is intended for kids aged 10-14 years of age. It will be a group that gets together and works on improving overall communication with not only peers but adults. Higher level skills will be targeted in this group.

Summer Groups (*NEW*)

Joliet Summer Groups will run the weeks of June 17, June 24th, OFF 4th of July week, July 8, July 15, July 22 and July 29 for a total of 6 weeks.

Fall Groups