Camps for Children with Special Needs

Connecting Families UCD Foundation provides resources, information, and support groups for families and individuals with Urea cycle disorders (UCDs).

UCD Family Camps: Connecting Families UCD Foundation hosts annual camps for families affected by a Urea Cycle Disorder. UCD Family Camps are held in different locations across the US so that all families around the country may have an opportunity to attend. Camps are 100% free of charge to UCD families and siblings (any age). All costs of foods (low-pro), lodging, and shuttling to and from airport to camp site is provided as well.

Information about Fabry disease, research and clinical trials information, funding programs, and more. Programs, include:

• Annual conference
• Family camp
• Personal support
• Research and educational information

Resources and support for individuals with limb loss and their families. Advocacy information and resources for state and national advocacy.

Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp: A 6-day traditional summer camp experience for children with limb loss and limb difference to increase self-confidence and self-esteem through a traditional and supportive summer camp experience. The Amputee Coalition arranges travel plans for all camp attendees. Cost: none! thanks to sponsors and donors. Opportunities for camp counselors ages 18-19 and age 20 and above.

2016 dates July 8 - 16.

This week-long camp helps children learn more about their asthma and how to better cope with this breathing disorder while still having fun. Superkids camps in South Dakota and Minnesota.

Provides awareness, education, support services, and advocacy for and in behalf of all those dealing with the many challenges of epilepsy/seizure disorders.

• Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Therapeutic Camps
• Health Related Advocacy Groups
• Voluntary Health Organizations
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Disease/Disability Information
• Prescription Drugs for Specific Health Conditions

Roundup River Ranch is part of the SeriousFun Children’s Network, a global community of medical specialty camps founded by Paul Newman. He believed that kids with serious illnesses needed a place to “kick back and raise a little hell.” Serving children with serious illnesses and their families.

See website for up-to-date list of camp sessions.

Five nights of camp at a college campus for an experience that promotes independence, self-esteem, learning, friendship and fun. Each year the Youth Rally host roughly 150 campers from all over the US and beyond. Campers and counselors alike live with an array of conditions affecting their bowel and/or bladder systems. A nursing team assists campers as needed.

• Therapeutic Camps

• Disability Related Center Based Employment
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Therapeutic Camps
• Children's In Home Respite Care
• Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
• Supported Employment
• Adult Day Programs
• Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
• Adult In Home Respite Care
• Summer Camps

• Food Production/Preparation/Delivery Volunteer Opportunities
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Residential Camps
• Day Camps

• Recreational Activities Volunteer Opportunities
• Developmental Disabilities Social/Recreational Programs
• Court Community Service Sites
• Recreational Activities/Sports
• Therapeutic Camps
• Clerical Volunteer Opportunities

MDA Camp (neuromuscular disease) two-part application through Muscular Dystrophy Association website and also Camp Kostopulos.
NF Camp takes place on the third or fourth week of July (6 nights/6 days); application on Children's Tumor Foundation website.
National Kidney Foundation's Camp for children and teens who have undergone heart, liver, lung, or kidney transplants.

Offers a variety of clinical and patient resources as well as educational events for clinicians.

Find a Pediatric Endocrinologist: Search the Pediatric Endocrine Society membership list.

Upcoming Camps: Directory of specialty camps for kids, including Diabetes Camps, Turner Syndrome Camps, and Transgender Youth and Teen Camps. Not run or endorsed by the Pediatric Endocrine Society.

Camp Taylor offers several programs for young people and families of children with heart disease. Our flagship program is our well known medically supervised free youth and teen residential summer camp sessions. We offer 8 camp sessions catering to the underserved population of pediatric cardiology.

Offers practical help to people living with asthma, emphysema, and other lung diseases. Also confronts lung disease at the root level by educating children about the dangers of smoking, pushing for more smoke-free workplaces, and working to reduce air pollution.

Camp Wyatt is a week-long summer camp for kids with asthma ages 7-14.

Live Well Breathe Well online education for adults with asthma

Provides education, advocacy, outreach, and networking for people with bleeding disorders. These services empower individuals with bleeding disorders and their families to lead healthier and more self-sufficient lives.

Team UNIF Summer Camp is an activities-based summer program designed to help those with high functioning autism and their typically developing peers. Campers ranging in age from eight to twelve will learn social skills, have fun, and educate peers, building self esteem. Space is limited.
Team UNIF assists in the diagnosis of children with emotional, behavioral, learning and physical problems.

Collaborative effort with University of Utah's Department of Educational Psychology, which provides graduate students the opportunity to teach the Superheroes Social Skills program each morning.

 Dragonfly Forest is a traditional overnight camp for kids with special and medical needs: Autism, 22q Deletion Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Asthma, Sickle Cell Disease, and Hemophilia.

Campers thrive at Dragonfly with the support from a low counselor-to-camper ratio and medical team experts in neurodiversity and medical fields. This special program is built around a culture of inclusion, with outcomes that yield confidence and independence that can extend beyond a week of camp.

Activities are tailored to meet the unique abilities of each camper. Campers participate in a variety of activities such as archery, ropes courses, nature hikes, swimming, canoeing, tie-dying, rock climbing, camp fires, arts and crafts!

Campers stay in duplex cabins (2 sides) with bathrooms and a common room. Cabins have 10 campers and at least 2 counselors.

Registration opens in January and fills quickly. Camps are in Valley Forge, PA area.

Offers a variety of camps, including regular camps, specialty camps, and family camps.

Specialty camps include camps for children with congenital or acquired heart disease, spina bifida, tuberous sclerosis and more.

Provides an opportunity for teens to gain confidence and form strong bonds with other amputees while learning either adaptive skiing and snowboarding or whitewater river rafting and camping. No cost to participate. Summer camp is offered annually in Late June or early July. Winter camp is offered annually in February. Registration is due by September 1, to be considered for either camp in the following year.

Regional area served

A voluntary health agency that works to combat muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and related muscle-debilitating diseases, and is committed to finding treatments and cures while supporting a comprehensive program of direct patient services and clinical care.

• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Voluntary Health Organizations
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
• Therapeutic Camps

Clinical care at Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah Medical Center