MGH Aspire

About MGH Aspire

Aspire, a MassGeneral Hospital Program, is dedicated to helping children, teenagers, and adults with autism become successful. Participants are grouped by age into small groups of four to six, each with two Aspire staff members to provide support. The campers participate in a wide variety of activities such as swimming, music, fishing, boating, and art. Aspire's programming provides direct instruction and social coaching to help the campers improve their self-awareness, stress management, and social competency. Aspire's mission is to make sure that children, teens, and adults on the autism spectrum reach their full potential. The program is designed to give campers the opportunity to learn and grow in a safe, supportive environment. Activities are designed to build skills in areas such as self-awareness, stress management, and social competency. The campers enjoy a variety of activities such as swimming, music, fishing, boating, and art while being supported by two Aspire staff members. At Aspire, campers are given the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop in a safe, encouraging environment. The program provides specialized instruction and social coaching to help campers improve their self-awareness, stress management, and social competency while engaging in activities like swimming, music, fishing, boating, and art. Participants are placed in similar-age peer groups of four to six, each supported by two Aspire staff members.

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Aspire's summer Adventure Camp is a six-week program for children ages 5-13 years old. Campers are placed into similar-age peer groups of four to six participants, each supported by two Aspire staff. Campers participate in a rich weekly schedule full of typical camp activities, such as swimming, music, fishing, boating and art. Like all of Aspire’s programming, participants receive direct instruction and in-the-moment social coaching to support skill building in the areas of self-awareness, stress management, and social competency. Aspire staff create a safe and supportive environment in which campers can learn, grow, make social connections, express themselves, feel successful and have fun. In collaboration with families, campers identify personal goals at the beginning of camp and receive daily feedback from staff about their progress. Group leaders communicate with parents and caregivers weekly to provide regular updates to families. At the end of the program, staff provide an “end-of-camp-summary” for each child that includes a summary of progress made with personal goals; an evaluation of skills (i.e., social competency, stress management and self-awareness); and concludes with a list of strategies/methods that were the most helpful for the participant during camp.

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