Camp Giant Steps
My son loves Camp Giant Steps! He loves the staff, the activities, and being in the presence of all of his friends. The structure and format of the camp is conducive to his social and physical well-being. It is very comforting as a parent to know that the entire staff knows how to interact with and support children with autism.
Camp Giant Steps is a six-week summer day program 
specially designed so that children and teens with autism spectrum disorders can have
fun and stay engaged with their peers during the school break.
All activities are structured to develop language and social skills.
To ensure safe and meaningful participation, each camper is paired with a one-to-one counselor.
Campers are grouped by age for morning activities such as Art, Computers, Games, Waterplay, Sports and Storytelling. Campers aged 14 and over may participate in pre-vocational activities.
Every afternoon, school buses arrive to take the whole camp on a field trip. Trips to a swimming pool, bowling alley, waterpark and Skyzone trampolines are repeated each week so campers can develop confidence and skill in each activity. One afternoon trip changes from week to week; during the course of the summer campers visit the St. Louis Zoo, CityGarden, Grant's Farm and other local attractions.
Camp Giant Steps will be in session from June 25 - August 3, 2012.