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Get ready! This summer the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is offering four different pediatric summer camps. The camps will have fun activities for kids and each will have a different area of focus.
Explore our different pediatric summer camp programs:
Language Explorers: Speech Summer Camp
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Led by one of our speech language pathologists, Language Explorers is an intensive therapy group that focuses on improving receptive and expressive language skills along with peer interactions and group participation.
Improving language skills is facilitated through shared book reading, singing songs, and facilitated play.
Children will practice using newly learned expressive language skills to navigate group activities and improve receptive understanding of vocabulary and following directions.
Camp Schedule:
Ages 3–7
Monday – Thursday
June 12 – July 13
9:30 - 11 am
Ages 7–11
Monday – Thursday
June 12 – July 13
1:30 - 3 pm
Young Adult Transition Program
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Rehabilitation professionals at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab are committed to empowering adolescents to become more independent by preparing them for a smooth and successful transition toward the future.
How to Get Involved?
Request a prescription for a speech therapy evaluation and treatment from your physician. You will need to contact the Pediatric Program to sign up and schedule a Transition Group Speech evaluation. The Young Adult Transition Group is held in person and will include one individual speech and one group session each week. Individual speech sessions will be scheduled according to your preference and group sessions will be held every Thursday.
Camp Schedule:
Ages 13–21
Tuesdays
June 16 – August 18
10:30 am – 12 pm
Classes:
- Community Transportation (June 12–June 23)
- Money Management (June 26–July 7)
- Cooking (July 10–July 21)
- Medical Information and Care (July 24–August 4)
- Education and Employment (August 7– August 18)
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Stride Through Summer: Gait Summer Camp
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Led by our pediatric physical therapists, Stride Through Summer is a program for children looking for a challenge. It will include high intensity exercise and activities to improve gait, higher-level mobility skills, balance, strength and endurance.
Participants will be provided with education and resources to help transition the skills they have achieved back to their community, school and home environments.
A physician referral/prescription is required to participate in the camp. Participants must have an insurance policy that will cover group therapy.
Camp Schedule:
Baby Sharks: Ages 3 – 6
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
July 10 – August 4
9:30– 11:30 am
355 East Erie Street, 18th Floor
Participants must be able to:
- Sit safely for 1 minute with distant supervision
- Climb up and down stairs (walking or crawling) with close supervision
- Walk for 2 minutes with or without assistive device with distant supervision
- Transition from the floor to standing with minimal help
- Follow a simple two-step command
- Mask and practice social distancing
- Be toilet trained or able to verbalize the need to use the bathroom. If not toilet trained, the parent will need to stay on the floor to assist.
All Stars: Ages 7+
Monday – Thursday
July 17 – August 10
5 – 7 pm
345 East Superior Street, 13th Floor
Participants must be able to:
- Sit safely for 2 minutes with distant supervision
- Climb stairs with 1 handrail and moderate help
- Walk for 2 minutes with or without assistive device with moderate help
- Transition from the floor to standing with minimal help
- Follow simple three-step or complex two-step commands like touch your knee then pretend to talk on the phone
- Mask and practice social distance
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Power Play: CIMT Summer Camp
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Led by our pediatric occupational therapists, Power Play is a multi-week program that focuses on improving upper extremity function in children who have spastic hemiplegia or hemiparesis as a result of cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke or other diagnoses.
This program utilizes principles from a modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) protocol, in which the unaffected arm is restrained by a removable cast and the affected arm is used for all functional activities.
Camp activities include games, art projects, outings, sensory play activities, bimanual activities and self care. Children will be evaluated at the beginning and end of camp to progress in strength, flexibility and use of the affected arm can be measured.
A physician referral/prescription is required to participate in the camp. Participants must have an insurance policy that will cover group therapy.
Participants must be:
- Ambulatory
- Able to grasp and release an object
- Masked and practice social distance
Camp Schedule:
Session 1: Ages 3–6
Monday - Thursday
July 10–July 28
9–11am
541 North Fairbanks Court, Mezzanine Fl.
Session 2: Ages 7-10
Monday - Thursday
July 10 – July 28
1–4 pm
541 North Fairbanks Court, Mezzanine Fl.
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To sign up, please contact us at 312.238.1139 or pedscamps@sralab.org.
