Camp Addington

The name Addington is derived from an ancient waypoint / milestone marker in England. Similarly to how this marker helped travelers find their way, Camp Addington helps children and adolescents follow a path to success. It also represents a milestone for many campers including:

• First time away from home without family
• Formation of lifelong bonds and friendships
• Experience living in a community, sharing, caring, respecting
• Learning to be more independent, mature, and self confident

Overnight Camp includes all the activities from the Day Camp at no extra charge.

Children have many needs ... love, understanding, and a sense of belonging and of achievement. The parent's joy and approval, as well as the teacher's recognition of success, combine to establish the child's self confidence and trust in people and society.

Unfortunately, there are a number of boys and girls who do not experience this positive cycle and therefore cannot adjust to family, school, and society's demands. These children/adolescents (many of whom are diagnosed ADHD, Asperger's, Autism, OCD, or Anxious) march to a different drummer.

They:

• Do not listen and respond effectively
• Have difficulty relating appropriately with peers
• Cannot stay focused
• Jump from subject to subject
• May continually interrupt and blurt out inappropriate statements
• May come across as rude or oppositional
• Do or say without thought of end result or consequence
• Keep repeating the same behaviors
• Find the concept of time non-existent
• Cannot remember
• Need constant reminders
• Have difficulty with the organization of their rooms, work and life
• May have learning or studying difficulties
• May have writing or penmanship problems - messy work
• Cannot work independently
• Often talk excessively
• Can be restless and fidgety
• Have trouble buying into the family system
• Can be egocentric and need instant gratification
• Have many individual needs