As a seasoned Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), I learned quickly last June that summer is my favorite time of year! I was ecstatic to be a part of Camp Alsing’s Clinical Team. I’ve always wanted a space to share my passion and skill set with…
This blog post was written by Taryn Klanot, a Camp Alsing Staff Member Since 2019. It was my first-year coaching at Camp Alsing. The night before the campers were due to arrive, I was lying in bed feeling overwhelming anxiety. I was nervous because I…
Growing up, I never went to sleepaway camp. I’d go to day camp in town for a week or two each summer. It was fun, but talking with my friends who went to sleepaway camp, I knew it was a unique experience. They would either…
In 2021, we launched our Leadership and Independent Living Skills (LILS) program for young adults, ages 18-22. Participants in the LILS program, called the “Condors,” set personal goals and develop the leadership skills, independence, and confidence needed to meet them. We knew that while our…
A few weeks ago Stanley and I watched the movie Luca with my kids – we missed it last spring because we were so busy getting ready for camp. In the movie, young Luca, the lead (and a sea monster) is shown a world of…
Any parent who contemplates sending their son or daughter to overnight camp asks themselves this question. From birth, we (I am the parent of two boys, ages 7 and 4, see them at their most reliant, and despite our best intentions, we often hold them…
Self-awareness is something we all want to teach our kids, both neurotypical and neurodiverse. We worry a lot in our hyper-social world about the right thing to do and say. Maybe this isn’t true for you, but I ALWAYS worry about making other people comfortable. …
Opening day at camp. Kids flow in, excited, nervous and happy to reunite with old friends. Already on full sensory alert, they feel for their pocket in comfort patting their ever-present companion, their phone. But wait, it is not there. What is wrong with this…
From Camp Alsing Clinical Directors – Lucia Reardon, MA, CCC-SLP & Brooke White Ober, MS, CCC-SLP Each of our brains is like a fingerprint, completely unique. For all of us, it performs an incredibly complex set of functions commonly referred to as “executive functions,”…
Frequently, over the 18 years I have been running camp, I hear parents proclaim that “my child acts differently when he is at camp.” My response is usually the same: “that’s because camp is a different environment than at home.” That is, when the camp…