Sleepaway Summer Camps for Dyslexia

[Anonymous]

Has anyone tried or considered any of the sleepaway camp options for dyslexia?

A few I have come across are

- Camps Spring Creek in NC
- Gow School in NY
- Landmark School in MA
- Durango Mountain Camp in CO
- Rocky Mountain Camp in CO

I floated the idea by DD and she loved the concept of doing a sleepaway surrounded by kids who learn like she does. She didnt even flinch at the fact that the morning is spent on academic support. But they are typically between 5-6 weeks and with only 8 weeks of summer it feels like a long time to be away from home. I am curious to hear if anyone has tried them and your experience.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know those camps, OP, but I would do a bunch of research on what that morning academic support is, and whether it will really bootstrap your kid reading-wise at least what you could have done with 4 x wk for 2 hour with a CALT. I’m sure some camps can/do, and others don’t. A morning of academics in groups with college students and a prepared curriculum is a totally different thing than one on one with a therapist. So just do your homework! The social support and camp setting sounds great, though.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, pp again - 1 hour 4x wk with a CALT, not 2 hours. Typo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried or considered any of the sleepaway camp options for dyslexia?

A few I have come across are

- Camps Spring Creek in NC
- Gow School in NY
- Landmark School in MA
- Durango Mountain Camp in CO
- Rocky Mountain Camp in CO

I floated the idea by DD and she loved the concept of doing a sleepaway surrounded by kids who learn like she does. She didnt even flinch at the fact that the morning is spent on academic support. But they are typically between 5-6 weeks and with only 8 weeks of summer it feels like a long time to be away from home. I am curious to hear if anyone has tried them and your experience.

one with kids with Disablites with Melwood and is local in Maryland, my DD Went to it when she was younger she had ADHD and LD. she enjoy it. She still talks to some of her friends from there.

[Anonymous]

Would they be doing the reading instruction in the same program that she is doing now? Eg Wilson, Barton…… my DC got very confused when a different program was used without prior knowledge.

[Anonymous]

My son is going for his 4th year at Camp kodiak. Not specifically for dyslexia, but for kids with adhd, high functioning autism, and LDs. They have options of academic or non academic morning programs. So it's not a camp where you go and focus on your skill deficits all day. It's just a regular old school, run in barefoot and screw around with friends in teh cabin, kind of camp. I have no idea what the academic piece is like, as DS does the non-academic option.

DS absolutely loves this camp and loves going back every year. It's a super safe space to be around differently abled kids. We love it too; he comes back very happy every summer. It's a joy to be unplugged and unscheduled. Highly recommend if you're looking for something like that!

[Anonymous]

Wouldn’t whatever they are doing conflict with the approach or program you or the school is working on?

I say work with a CALT for the rest of the summer and let your child pick a regular summer camp.