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Adventure Camp Intensive Group Treatment for Selective Mutism
July 14, 2022 @ 8:00 am – August 5, 2022 @ 5:00 pm EDT
- Dates:
- Lead-In Sessions: July 14-28, 2022
- Camp Week: Camp runs Monday, August 1, 2022 through Friday, August 5, 2021 at 9:00am – 3:00pm CST
- Parent Trainings:
- Pre-Camp Parent Training: Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 9:30am – 12:00pm CST
- Camp Week Parent Training: Monday, August 1, 2022 through Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 12:00pm – 1:00pm CST; Friday, August 5, 2022 1:00pm – 2:00pm CST
- Location: Oak Brook, IL
- Ages/Target Audience: Parents of children/teens with selective mutism (We treat all ages but camp is generally pre-K through 8th grade).
- Description: Adventure Camp is a five-day in-vivo, in-situ intensive exposure therapy program designed to simulate the classroom environment to treat students with selective mutism. It runs in August so that the therapy occurs right before the start of the new school year, increasing treatment carryover into your child’s school. Adventure Camp runs from 9am – 3pm for five days (Monday – Friday), providing 30 hours of intensive exposure therapy, as well as five hours of parent guidance, for a total of 35 hours of therapy in one week, expediting treatment. In the simulated classroom, your child has the opportunity to practice their communication goals. Each child is assigned to a counselor (1:1 ratio) and the counselor applies evidence-based therapeutic strategies to reduce anxious-avoidance mutism and increase verbal communication. For younger children, the simulation includes morning circle time, free play, snack, and typical structured and non-structured activities experienced in the early childhood classrooms. For older children, the simulation includes morning assembly, non-structured and structured group work, structured class activity, and therapeutic role plays to practice classroom presentation as well as social interaction. Both age groups experience lunch, recess, in-classroom visitors, field trips, and bus rides. All counselors have received training under the direct supervision of SM specialist Dr. Carmen Lynas.
- Registration Link: https://www.advancedtherapeuticsolutions.org/adventure-camps/camp-registration/
- Adventure Camp Details: https://www.advancedtherapeuticsolutions.org/adventure-camps/selective-mutism-adventure-camp-intensive-treatment/
Contact Person: For any questions, please contact: Kelsie Hoshell, M.S., Intake Coordinator, 630-230-6505, Kelsie@advancedtherapeuticsolutions.org
