SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

THE SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. CAMP BLUE JAY AND BLUE JAY DAY CAMP PROVIDE AT LEAST 50 CHILDREN IN KERN COUNTY WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A SUMMER RESIDENTIAL AND/OR DAY CAMP IN CAMBRIA CALIFORNIA AND IN KERN COUNTY CA. CAMP BLUE JAY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1975 AND BLUE JAY DAY CAMP IN 2010. IN 2010 CAMP WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE HEARING AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN, ARTHRITIC, ELIPEPTIC, AUTISITC, DOWNS, AND CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. THESE CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES USUALLY UNAVAILABLE TO THEM DURING THE SUMMER. THE PROGRAM HELPS CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE. CAMP ALSO PROVIDES RESPITE FOR THE CHILDS FAMILY. AGES SERVED 7 21. SPEECH PROGAM SINCE THE 1960S THE SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN HAS PROVIDED SPEECH EVALUATIONS AND THERAPY BY LICENSED SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS. THIS SPEECH PROGRAM PROVIDES LOW TO NO COST PROFESSIONAL HELP TO CHILDREN WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SPEECH THERAPY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO ADULTS WHO SUFFER FROM COMMUNICATION DISORDERS FOLLOWING A STROKE, HEAD OR NECK INJURY. AGES 3 YRS THROUG ADULT. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING FAMILIES) THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO EXTEND CONTACT WITH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN KERN COUNTY TO ENGAGE IN SOCIAL AND LIFE SKILLS ACTIVITIES TO HELP WITH OVERCOMING SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES, TO DIRECT THEIR ENERGIES TOWARD POSITIVE SOCIAL GOALS AND TO REDUCE MALADJUSTED BEHAVIOR PATTERNS TO PROMOTHE FULFILLMENT OF BOTH GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL. AGES SERVED 7-21