Seattle, WA Summer Camps

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

Thank you for the wonderful response to our Summer Camps!
Our Summer Camps are currently full and
Registration is closed for Summer Camp 2008 as of June 9th

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: snack time, story time, outside time, and lunch time (bring your own sack lunch).  The focus of the camp is for the campers to engage in “free play” with their peers.  The role of the staff is to facilitate engagement and interaction between the peers using the DIR/Floortime approach. The camp is not structured in the sense of the therapists and aides teaching skills, rather we facilitate each child’s functional emotional development during spontaneous play.

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 been working for the practice in our camps for 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 session each week 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 registration form and our intake questionnaire (you can access the questionnaire under New Client Info & Forms.) We will contact you to schedule the intake session before camp starts.

Fees:  The fee is $2000 for the four-week camp.     

Summer Camp Description