2014 Summer Camps
San Mateo County
Camp Arroyo (Taylor Family Foundation) - http://www.ttff.org/ttffcamperships.html
Inspiring Champions - http://www.championsummercamp.com/
inspiringchampions.html
Via West - http://viaservices.org/via-west-campus/
Burlingame Parks and Rec Summer Programs (Often not as accepting of
kids with special needs) - http://www.burlingame.org/index.aspx?
page=3437
Parca Summer Program - REACH - http://parca.org/our-programs/reach
Nueva Summer Programs - Often have very fun programs - http://
summer.nuevaschool.org/
Surfing Camp (weeklong for kids with special needs) - http://
www.surfpacifica.com
JFKU Expressive Arts Therapy Camp - http://www.jfku.edu/alumniCommunity/Community/ExpressiveArtsCamp.html
Quest Therapeutic Camps - www.questcamps.com
Music Camp in Redwood City - http://www.rainbowmusictherapy.com/
news--events.html
Performing Arts Camp in Sunnyvale Angels on the Stage They dont
have a summer program yet, but it could be a great option for during the
school year.
San Francisco
www.sfrecpark.org
For Children with Special Needs:
Inclusion Services Program/Adaptive Recreation Program
www.sfrecpark.org/recprogram/adaptive-recreation/
Bay Area Kid Fun, www.bayareakidfun.com/campspeninsula.html
Bay Area Parent Magazine, www.bayareaparent.com/camp/
Special Needs Camps and Year Round Programs:
Axis Dance Access/KIDS
A dance company for persons with or with- out disabilities, youth-adults
Oakland
(510) 625-0110
www.axisdance.org
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors
Provides adaptive boats and sailing training for persons with physical disabilities.
Teens- Adults
San Francisco
(415) 281-0212
www.baads.org
Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP)
Offers recreation including bike riding, adaptive bikes and more
Bay Area
(510) 849-4663
www.borp.org
BOK Ranch
Therapeutic horseback riding
Woodside
650-366-2265
http://bokranch.com/
Boy Scouts of America
San Mateo County
650-341-5633
www.troop42sm.org
www.scouting.org
Camp Harmon/Easter Seal Summer Camp
Boulder Creek, CA
(831) 684-2166 ext 113
[email protected]Camp Krem/Camping Unlimited
Santa Cruz Mountains
(510 222-6662
[email protected] CAR (Creative Recreation Program)
For young people 5-22 who cannot fit into regular special needs recreation programs.
Children & teens work on behavioral/social adjustment and gross motor skills in
community based settings.
Palo Alto
650-618-3353
www.c-a-r.org
Champion Summer Camp Inspiring Champions
Offers inclusion program for high-functioning children between ages 5-12
Crocker Middle School, Hillsborough
Tony Basso, Director
(415) 602-0722
www.championsummercamp.com/inspiring.html
Dance Attack
Los Gatos & Mountain View
A dance program for teens with special needs
(408) 356-6456
www.danceattackstudios.com
e-soccer
Free San Francisco Bay Area soccer program for children with special needs 5 -18
years old.
Meets in several different cities.
http://e-soccer.org
e-karate
San Francisco Bay Area
www.ekarate.org/contact.html
Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC)
Offers outdoor and environmental education programs for people with special needs,
includes sea kayaking, whitewater rafting.
San Francisco
(415) 474-7662
www.etctrips.org
Janet Pomeroy Center
Offers arts & crafts, pool and other programs for children with disabilities
San Francisco
(415) 665-4100
www.janetpomeroy.org
La Petite Baleen
Swim programs for tots
Multiple Bay Area locations
866-896-3603
www.swimlpb.com
Lazy H
Horseback Riding for children of all abilities
Half Moon Bay
(650) 726-3743
www.lazyhponyranch.com
Menlo Park Gymnastics Program
Gymnastics for all children
Menlo Park
(650) 330-2224
www.menlopark.org/departments/com/gymnastics2.html
Mills/Peninsula Pool
Therapeutic swim program
San Mateo
(650) 696-4319
www.mills-peninsula.org/aquatics
National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy (NCEFT)
Theurpeutic Horseback riding program for children with special needs
Woodside
(650) 851-2271
www.ncft.org
REACH (Recreational Experience for All Children) PARCA
Unique, inclusive and integrated childcare program for children program for children
with or without developmental disabilities.
John Muir Elementary, San Bruno
(650) 871-8402
www.Parca.org/our-programs/reach
Project Insight (PI)
Provides recreational/educational programs for people who are blind/visually
impaired, deaf or delays and mental illness.
San Francisco
(415) 831-6800 or (415) 206-1063
www.sfrepark.org/reprogram/adaptive/recreation
Rainbow Music Therapy Services
Combines benefits of music education with specific therapeutic techniques of a music
therapist. Provides services to children, teens and young adults with special needs on
the Peninsula. Individual and group sessions available.
Redwood City & Los Altos
www.rainbowmusictherapy.com
Redwood City Parks & Recreation
Special Needs Programs & Buddy Inclusion
(650) 780-7313
[email protected]San Bruno Special Needs Program (PARCA)
Recreational Activities for children and adults with special needs
San Bruno
(650) 312-0730
www.parca.org/newsandevents/upcoming-events/events-for-people-withdevelopmental-disabilities
San Francisco Parks and Recreation
Inclusion Services/Adaptive Recreation
San Francisco
Vicky Pitner, Inclusion Coordinator
(415) 206-1546
[email protected]www.sfrecpark.org/recprogram/adaptive-recreation/
San Carlos Parks & Recreation
Special Needs Afterschool Program (SNAP)
Redwood City
(650) 780-7343
[email protected] Square Peg Foundation
Therapeutic Horse Riding
Half Moon Bay
(650) 440-5064
www.squarepegfoundation.org
Special Skaters
Nazareth Ice Oasis
Redwood City
Skating Class for children with developmental delays or disabilities
(650) 364-8090, x116
www.iceoasis.com
Zohar Dance
Dance for Change
A program for children with autism spectrum disorders & related developmental
disabilities.
Palo Alto
(650) 494-8221
www.zohardancecompany.org
