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Saturday
Fun Day
Saturday Fun Day Program is an out of home, recreational,
day respite program for families of individuals ranging in
age from 4 to 25, who have a diagnosis of Mental Retardation,
Autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder. More information on the Saturday Fun Day Program
Adventure
Club
This program is located in the northwest/Tomball area and
offers community based activities to individuals, ages 15
and older, with developmental disabilities including autism,
mental retardation and PDD. Activities are age appropriate
and include bowling, sporting events, theater, shopping excursions,
and outings to museums and other places of interest. More information on Adventure Club
Greater
Houston Recreation
Located throughout central Houston, this program offers community
based activities to individuals aged 15 and older, with developmental
disabilities including autism, mental retardation and PDD.
Activities are age appropriate and include bowling, sporting
events, theater, shopping excursions, theater and outings
to museums and other places of interest.
More information on Greater Houston Recreation
Monthly Dance
A monthly dance for individuals,15 years and older, with developmental
disabilities, is held the first Friday of every month at the
centrally located Metropolitan Multi-Service Center. Live
DJ services, sandwiches, chips and a drink are provided at
each dance. More information on Monthly Dances
Adult Weekend
Respite
This program is an overnight, out-of-home, weekend respite
program for individuals 21 and up who have mental retardation,
autism or a pervasive developmental disorder. The program
occurs twice per month, on Friday through Sunday. A maximum
of 10 consumers attend each respite session along with qualified
disability professionals, providing a 2:1 consumer/staff ratio.
Three overnight staff are present each night.
Daytime activities for the consumers include
sporting and musical events, visits to restaurants, theme
parks, shopping excursions, movies and other community wide
events. More information on Adult Weekend Respite
Summer Programs
Overnight Summer Vacations
The Arc of Greater Houston offers five-day, four-night vacations for individuals ages 18 and older during the months of June. The 2008 vacations are to Orlando and Dallas .
Day Camp Central
This program includes theme based, age appropriate activities and outings in one-week sessions for individuals, ages 4-14. Camp is held in the month of June in Southwest Houston
Day Camp/Community Outings
This program is held in June for 2 one-week sessions for individuals ages 15+. Day campers will attend activities in Brenham and Galveston as well as key areas surrounding Houston..
Sports and Life Skills Camp
This program consists of one one-week sessions of team sports, swimming, bowling and arts and crafts for individuals, ages 12-25 during the month of July. Camp ends each week with a pizza party. Sports and Life Skills Camp is located in the Kingwood area.
Camp Champions
Camp Champions is a five-day residential camp for individuals, ages 10-30, with or without developmental disabilities (an inclusion camp). Camp Champions serves over 250 campers, staff and volunteers. The camp is located in Burton, TX at the Camp for All site and activities include horseback riding, canoeing, fishing, paintball, archery, swimming.
Self Advocates
The Arc of Greater Houston’s local chapter of Self-Advocates
offers adults with disabilities information specific to their
needs. Meetings are held once a month from 6:30 to 8:00pm
and provide opportunities to share information, concerns,
and feelings, and to support each other in coping with a variety
of issues. Participants include those who are 18 and older.
Teens Together
This program is free of charge and serves teens, aged 13 to
21, with disabilities that are specifically related to social
skills functioning. Teens such as those who have Asperger
Syndrome, autism and or ADHD benefit from opportunities to
interact with their age level peers in social and recreational
activities.
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