AIR Explorer Camp is back for summer!

Join us for a full-day, inclusive camp experience where campers participate alongside their typical peers in swimming, field trips, games, crafts, and community adventures. Designed to foster friendship, growth, and meaningful participation, AIR Explorer Camp creates a supportive and engaging environment for every child. We look forward to another summer of fun, connection, and exploration!

Participation Guidelines:
To ensure a safe and successful camp experience for all participants, campers must be able to independently feed themselves, change clothes, and use the restroom on their own.

Our summer counselors bring a wide variety of skills and backgrounds; however, they are not medically trained to provide direct medical or personal care support. If your child requires more direct or medical assistance and you are able to provide a dedicated support person, your child is welcome to attend camp with that support in place.

Our camp will have a 1:2 or 1:3 (counselor/camper) ratio – which is why we have these guidelines in place.

Beyond Camp is an award-winning summer camp for children entering grades K-9 (ages 5 to 14) with mild-to-moderate special learning and social needs.

Beyond Camp serves students entering into grades K-9 with mild-to-moderate social and learning differences including but not limited to: ADHD, anxiety, Autism, dyslexia, executive functioning needs and other developmental disabilities. Staff includes highly experienced intervention specialists, a speech/language pathologist, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

Beyond Camp is an award-winning summer camp for children entering grades K-9 (ages 5 to 14) with mild-to-moderate special learning and social needs.

Beyond Camp serves K-9 students with mild-to-moderate social and learning differences including but not limited to: ADHD, anxiety, Autism, dyslexia, executive functioning needs and other developmental disabilities. Staff includes highly experienced intervention specialists, a speech/language pathologist, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

Beyond Camp is an award-winning summer camp for children entering grades K-9 (ages 5 to 14) with mild-to-moderate special learning and social needs.

Beyond Camp serves K-9 students with mild-to-moderate social and learning differences including but not limited to: ADHD, anxiety, Autism, dyslexia, executive functioning needs and other developmental disabilities. Staff includes highly experienced intervention specialists, a speech/language pathologist, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

Camp-Can-Do is a unique and innovative approach to providing educational and recreational opportunities for youth with disabilities, ages 5 to 13, during the summer months. This eight-week program is geared toward educating youth on a variety of positive and socially appropriate pursuits, as well as providing a high level of supervision for fun summer activities. Throughout the summer we hope to encourage each child’s talents to grow.

Camp-Can-Do campers will participate in adapted recreational activities like art, music, reading, language skills, speech, socialization, swimming, field trips and special events. The Camp-Can-Do program runs Mondays through Thursdays in four two-week sessions.

Camp Echoing Hills is a non-profit Christian camp serving adults and children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. We are located in the rolling hills of rural Coshocton County. This camp offers a one-week recreational camp for youth with intellectual/developmental disabilities, autism, and/or physical disabilities. Siblings can attend.

Camp LeafBridge is an activity-based summer camp for students with significant physical and cognitive disabilities. This unique program offers high levels of support while addressing Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals through Extended School Year (ESY) services. Camp activities are planned and coordinated by specialists in the areas of special education, physical/occupational/speech therapies, and assistive technology.

Camp Sue Osborn is dedicated to providing excellent, everyday camp experiences for Ohio’s individuals with disabilities.

At the Child Enrichment Services of Lorain, we offer a very family focused and engaging environment right in the heart of the community. Located on Clifton Avenue, this center is distinguished by a Step Up to Quality Gold level rating.

The camp targets building functional work skills through volunteer experiences coupled with community integrated experiences designed to build adult daily living skills. DREAMs Inc is designed by a seasoned intervention specialist, utilizes best practice teaching strategies and collects important data about task completion. DREAMs Inc has been utilized for Extended School Year services by 7 different area school districts. We are excited to kick off our THIRTEENTH summer season!!

FIT Camp is a one-of-a-kind summer day camp experience that presents children with ample opportunities to develop socially while engaging in a variety of fun activities with peers. FIT camp is designed for children and adolescents ages 3-19 who need extra support in developing their social skills, and children are grouped by age. Our highly trained staff works hard to make certain that campers receive the guidance they need to get the most out of their experience.

FIT Camp features daily social skills curriculum tailored to each age level, fun classes like art and science, physical education, individual therapy for IEP goals at no extra charge, and a caring staff comprised of speech-language pathologists, specially trained aides, and gifted graduate students.

An outdoor sensory camp for 5-7 year-olds. Kids will connect with nature through hands-on exploration, outdoor activities, and creative play.

Nuhop Jr. is similar to our Exploration camp, which focuses on the exploration of the outdoors. Campers will participate in a half-day hike in nearby state parks. Swimming and canoeing are two water adventures campers will have the opportunity to engage in. Campers will experience an overnight under the stars not too far from the comforts of their cabins.

Our Traditional program is the foundation of Nuhop’s summer program. There is an emphasis on positive social-emotional experiences so campers may build skills in communication, cooperation, and independence. This week is filled with outdoor adventure on and around our gorgeous 33-acre campground. The traditional camp offers a week of adventure in which campers hike the two nearby state parks, spend time in the water (swimming, tubing, slip ‘n’ sliding, and canoeing), and so much more! Camping under the stars, cooking over a campfire, playing lots of games, arts, and crafts, and more are all part of the camp experience.

Ohio SIBS is excited to offer Empowering Sibling Voices Day Camps, designed specifically for siblings of individuals with disabilities. These one-day camps provide a welcoming, inclusive environment where siblings can enjoy outdoor recreation while celebrating their unique role, sharing experiences, and building meaningful connections with other siblings who truly understand.

Each camp balances classic camp fun with opportunities for connection, self-expression, and belonging. Through engaging activities and guided discussions, campers build leadership and advocacy skills—empowering them to use their voices, support their siblings, and make a difference in their families and communities.

Participants must be a sibling of an individual with disabilities. This program is supportive of campers with a range of neurodiversities.

Orange Community Education & Recreation (OCER) seeks to create and promote inclusion across all facilities, programs and classes that we offer. We welcome people of all ages and abilities to participate in any of our programs. OCER offers participants with disabilities the opportunity to meet one-on-one to create an individualized Participant Accommodation Plan. During this meeting, you can tell us about your child and we can work together to create a plan for success.

An integrated camp experience for individuals with disabilities and typical peers that creates an environment that promotes educational reinforcement, physical activity, social skills, cooperative group learning and will facilitate access, equity and inclusion.

Social Skills Summer Camp is a fun day camp packed with hands-on activities, music therapy, art, games, and twice-weekly trips! Each camper is teamed with their own dedicated teen FriendMaker. Social and life skills are incorporated into the program.

This program is open to participants of all abilities. We recruit teen FriendMakers to match up with children that need extra support and build friendship through exciting enrichment opportunities.

Camp for children with developmental disabilities serves those ages 5-21 who qualify for services through their local county board of developmental disabilities.

Our multi-week summer program provides multiple benefits to campers. Each week, campers build confidence and lessen their anxiety as they become familiar with the day camp routine and staff members. Learning the physical boundaries of the campsite offers campers a sense of security. Establishing a daily routine of activities on which they can rely allows campers to feel a sense of control. Interacting with the same group of campers provides a route to socialization and age-appropriate friendships.

Staff selected to work in this program receive all required training of Home and Community Waiver Providers for the State of Ohio. The ratio for the program is one staff member for every five campers.

Tiny Ones is designed for the smallest of our TimberNook adventurers. You AND your child will venture outdoors for creative play opportunities that foster healthy child development. You’ll also receive ideas on how to inspire independent play at home.

***This is not a drop-off program; the grown-ups get to experience Play the TimberNook Way too!***

We believe that every child deserves to have the summer of a lifetime! Orange Community Education & Recreation is pleased to offer three 2-week specialized camp sessions for children with disabilities. The camp day will include daily opportunities for socialization through movement, group activities, special visitors, skill-building experiences, swimming, field trips and much, much more. The camps feature licensed, highly-qualified specialists and smaller group sizes.