Pegasus Therapy is pleased to announce our fourth year of Summer Therapeutic Group! This year we wish Ms. Emily Sorbi, school counselor, well in her adventure with a new baby and look forward to seeing her next summer. Ms. Amy Seymore, occupational therapist, will be back as head of camp with special guest Ms. Anne-Bailey Lipsett, Masters in Special Education & advanced DIR/Floortime Certification, the week of July 19-23 and Ms. Lauren Favreau, MA, CCC-SLP, the week of July 26-30 and the week of August 2-6.
Location: 3500 Franconia Road Alexandria, VA 22310
We are running three separate camps this summer, The Great Escape, where students will participate in an escape room for the first part of the day, then work together to create their own escape room that will run on Friday for parents/ siblings to try out. Families receive a report at the end of camp reviewing strengths and weaknesses and suggestions to build skill over the rest of summer. This camp is best suited for rising 6th through 8th graders who could benefit from building executive functioning, teamwork and communication skills.
Due to Covid precautions, the final escape room will be done virtually. Parents/ siblings will log into a google meetup and a student will act as their proxy and walk the camera around the room according to directions of the participants.
Max enrollment 8, minimum enrollment 5.
Schedule:
8:30 - 8:45-- Welcome, intro to that day's escape room
8:45-10:00-- Escape Room, 15 min debrief and analysis afterwards
10:00- 11:00-- Brainstorming and planning with adult support
11:00- 12:15-- Creating escape room
12:15-12:30- Clean up and dismissal
Cost: $450/ week if enrolled before May 15, $500/ week after May 15
Dates: July 12-16, 8:30 am-12:30 pm
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Our traditional camp Ready Bodies, Learning Minds is back to its original 30 hours/ week format this summer. Parents will receive a report at the end of the week reviewing strengths and weaknesses and suggestions to build skills over the rest of summer. This camp is best suited for rising 3-6th graders (July 19-23) or rising Kindergarten through 2nd graders (July 26-30). Participants will leave each week with a smile as well as a new foundation for core strength and endurance, self regulation, social problem solving, executive functioning skills, and mindfulness techniques.
Schedule
9:00 - 9:30 -- Opening circle/ schedule review
9:30 - 10:30 -- Monkey Time (Includes structured core exercises 3 out of 5 days)
10:30-11:30 Outdoor/Nature play (weather permitting)
11:30-12:30 -- Lunch/Manners/Cooking.
12:30-2:30 -- Semi structured teamwork activity (heist, escape room, etc) or unstructured play within a theme.
2:30-3 -- Clean up/ Closing circle
Cost: $650/ week if enrolled before May 1, $750/ week after May 1
Dates:
July 19-23, 9:00 am-3:00 pm (for rising 3-6th grade with Ms. Anne-Bailey Lipsett)
July 26-30, 9:00 am-3:00 pm (for rising K-2nd grade With Ms. Lauren Favreau)
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Our newest camp Kick Start Kindergarten is in response to the unprecedented year of mostly virtual learning our students have been forced to experience. This camp will be in partnership with Ms. Lauren Favreau, MA, CCC-SLP. Parents will receive a report at the end of the week reviewing strengths and weaknesses with suggestions to continue building skills before the school year starts. This camp is best suited for rising kindergarten students. Participants will leave each week with a smile as well as a new foundation for fine motor skills and handwriting (The Learning Without Tears workbook will be provided to participating families), literacy, social skills, and practical tasks such as putting on and taking off coats and shoes, opening lunch snack bags, and tolerating face masks that the kindergarten year will require for success.
8:30 - 8:45-- Welcome, opening circle
8:45-9:15 -- Half group does Literacy with Ms. Lauren while the other half works on Handwriting/ Fine Motor with Ms. Amy
9:15-9:30 -- Music and Movement
9:30-10:00 -- Half group does Literacy with Ms. Lauren while the other half works on Handwriting/ Fine Motor with Ms. Amy
10:00- 11:00-- Monkey time (focus on core stability) with literacy embedded and life skills.
11:45- 12:15-- Snack/ lunch (practice opening containers and eating in a structured time slot)
12:15-12:30- Clean up and dismissal
Cost: $450/ week if enrolled before May 15, $500/ week after May 15
Dates: August 2-6, 8:30 am-12:30 pm
FAQ:
How do I register?
Please email msotamy@gmail.com for registration procedure, which will be different this year.
Who is on the staff?
All participants will interact with Amy, a registered and licensed occupational therapist. Exceptional college interns interested in attending occupational therapy school may be accepted to assist staff.
Is this therapy?
Participants are in a therapeutic environment, with careful scaffolding to build independence but the ratio will not be 1:1 and this is not intended as a replacement for ongoing occupational therapy or counseling. At the end of your child's time at group our occupational therapist and counselor can help guide you to decide if further individualized intervention is necessary.
What if my child is outside the age range listed?
Please email Amy to discuss if your child is developmentally appropriate for this group. If there is strong interest for ages outside the range listed we will make every effort to get staff to support their participation.
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