Seattle, WA Summer Camps

Pediatric PT & OT Services - Seattle, WA Pacific NW Pediatric Therapy - Portland, OR

Four Weeks of DIR®/Floortime Summer Camp

Our goal is for the campers to have fun and to develop play skills in rich interactions with peers.

Each camper is supported in a way to enable him or her to feel comfortable and successful in the ebb and flow of play with his/her peers.

• The philosophy of the camp is Floortime with the focus on relating and social interaction with peers. 
• The camps are four weeks long – three hours per day. 

From our experience in past camps, and from parent feedback, we have found that the campers benefit from a longer session as their interactions become richer and stronger. 

The Camp: The camp space is set up with a variety of toys such as a dollhouse, home center, cars, trains, dress up, and arts and crafts. During the three-hour camp, there will be opportunities for inside and outside time, and snack/lunch time (bring your own snack/lunch). The focus of the camp is for the campers to engage in “free play” with their peers. The camp is not structured in the sense of the therapists & aides teaching skills, rather by embracing the DIR/Floortime approach we support the children with appropriate affect, gesture, language & sensory support that is sensitive to each individual child to facilitate their ability to share attention with one another, to engage & be engaged, to read & respond to one another’s invitation to play & to sustain interactions during spontaneous play thus supporting their functional emotional developmental capacities.

Staff: In each camp there will be an occupational therapist from the practice supervising the camp with aides who have been trained in Floortime by Rosemary White, OTR/L.  Our aides have worked for the practice in our camps during past summers. In order to provide the most effective camp for your child, we will have staff training before and during the camp.

Parent Support/Training: There will be a parent evening session twice during the camp to provide you with information on Floortime, how it is integrated into the camp, and how you can bring this into your interactions at home.

Campers New to Pediatric PT & OT: Campers who are not currently clients in our practice will need to have a one hour individual intake session prior to the camp. At the time of the session we will observe your child’s play and interaction to develop an understanding of your child’s functional emotional development and individual profile so we can best meet his/her needs at the camp. The fee for the individual intake session is $140. We ask that you please complete and return both the summer camp registration form and our intake questionnaire  as soon as possible.  

We will contact you to schedule the intake session prior to the start of camp.

Fees: The fee is $2100 for the four-week camp.

Click here for Summer Camp Flyer & Registration Form
(for yourself & to share with others)

Click here for Summer Camp 2011 Registration Form

Click here for Summer Camp Description

Campers New to Pediatric PT & OT please click here for the summer camp intake questionnaire.