AAC Camp Website Announcement

The Artist Within

July 27-29th, 2012

Omni Hotel

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

ISAAC Camp 2012 will be a weekend camp experience for non-speaking or severely speech impaired children from the ages of 5 -21 who functionally use augmentative communication (AAC) strategies and tools to communicate. Children will have the opportunity to interact with other children using AAC systems while increasing their ability to communicate and enhancing their language and literacy skills through functional activities. Camp will be conducted in English. Please be sure to have someone who is able to translate accompany your child.

The mission of the ISAAC AAC Camp is to help children become more competent users of their AAC system, provide opportunities to develop relationships with other AAC users and provide a fun environment for campers and families to interact and learn.

This year's theme, The Artist Within, will provide the framework for all therapeutic activities. Sessions on Saturday and Sunday will be from 8:30 - 4:30 and will include large and small group activities that are designed to increase communicative competence, knowledge of core vocabulary and literacy skills through fun and functional activities. Our day will consist of opportunities for campers to communicate with staff and peers for a variety of reasons. Campers will have the opportunity to narrate books, create works of art, participate in hands-on activities that will stimulate language and create their own memory book about our Friday night's activities.

The cost of camp is $350 and will include breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday. Friday night activities may involve additional costs.

For more information, email Debbie Witkowski at dwitkowski@aacinstitute.org

 

CAMP REGISTRATION

Registration is limited to 25 campers. Please follow the guidelines below to expedite your campers application and acceptance to camp.

Prior to registering for camp, it is imperative that we receive your camper's application. Please download your application here.
You can email your completed application to Debbie Witkowski at dwitkowski@aacinstitute.org or mail/fax it to

Debbie Witkowski

ISAAC 2012 AAC Camp

1000 Killarney Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15234

FAX: 412-885-8548

 

Once your application has been received, you will be notified that you can proceed to the registration process as well as make your hotel reservations if you will be staying at the Omni during camp. You will pay for camp when you register. Please do not register for camp prior to submitting your camper's application as it will cause delays for your camper.

 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a few good men and women to volunteer their time as AAC Camp Staff. We are currently recruiting staff to work directly with our campers as well as to run stations throughout camp. Students in speech-language pathology or special education are urged to apply. Speech-language pathology students will gain up to 15 supervised clinical hours.

 

If you are interested in volunteering at the ISAAC 2012 AAC Summer Camp, please download the volunteer application here. Please note that volunteers from the U.S. must provide a copy of the clearances. International volunteers will also need to provide clearances that are in keeping with their national standard.