1. Out of School Time Resource Fair Surviving the Summer
KIDS 2/18/17

2. Visualization Exercise
Past Summers
What went well?
What did not go so well?
Wish List
THIS Summer
HANDOUT FOR THIS?

3. Agenda
New Adventures Assembling Your Team Creating A Plan Home Activities Outings Celebrating Successes

4. New Adventures

5. Neighborhood Play Groups
What’s Out There
Tutoring
Lessons
Swim
Drama
Horseback riding
Day Camps
Overnight Camps
Neighborhood Play Groups
And More…

6. Maintain current skills
New Adventures
Benefits
Develop
Independence
Maintain current skills
Learn
new skills
social skills
Respite
Learning Independence
Do not want to lose skills over the summer
Learn new skills
Develop a Social area of interest and social skills
Respite for you as families and caregivers

7. Assemble Your Team

8. Who is on the team? Your Team Family Members Friends Parent Co-Op
Your Children

9. Remember…. It’s ok for kids to entertain themselves too! Ask for help!
Share your expectations
Don’t be afraid to ask for help
Share your expectations with those that are helping ..

10. Creating A Plan

11. Creating Your Plan What is my child interested in?
What am I comfortable with?
Who is my support system in case we need a contingency plan?
What can we afford?
Are you accredited?
What training and experience do the staff have?
What is the staff to child ratio? Is the ratio different for children with disabilities?
Can I visit first?
If you child is interested, more likely to do it
Is this hard for me or is this hard for my child? Be honest with yourself…
Is there someone on your Team that could pickup your child, if they become ill. Or do you have to leave work?
Ask for a modified day, or a discount
Being able to swing by and visit may help you and your child – relieve anxieties, child becomes familiar with new place

12. Creating A Plan New Adventures

13. New Adventures Drive by Create a special backpack
Look at pictures on web
Social stories
Driving by will help your child feel familiar
Have your child be part of putting together a new backpack for this new adventure
If the location has a website, share pictures with your child
Create or look for social stories on line to help with the transition

14. Creating A Plan Home Activities

15. Home Activities Fun at Home Help with making lunch
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Home Activities
Fun at Home
Help with making lunch
Meal plan & grocery list
Wash the car
Yard Work
Chore Sheets
Visual and/or written
Plan a weekly fun activity
Jump Rope
Sidewalk Chalk
Let your child help you make lunch
Write down your plan or list (Adding vocabulary and spelling)
Washing the car is water fun (chore is being done)
Gardening…Counting acorns, leaves, etc..
Jump rope, developing motor/coordination skills
Chalk, drawing and writing letters and numbers (fine motor skills)

16. Creating A Plan Outings

17. Family Resource Center
Outings
Family Resource Center
Local Parks
Local Pools
Local Library
Zoo or Aquarium
Museum

18. Celebrate Success!! NOTE:
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This is different for every kids and every family
Look for the little things
Celebrate Success!!

19. Most importantly…. Have Fun! NOTE:
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