Soccer, basketball and t-ball/softball league for kids to fill the gap between AYSO/LL
and Challenger/VIP.
Special Olympics Southern California
Special Olympics Southern California is a nonprofit organization that empowers individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. It is one of 52 Chapters within the United States and part of Special Olympics, Inc., which serves 3 million athletes in 180 countries worldwide.
The mission of Special Olympics Southern California is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Our vision is to provide sports and training programs for any individual with intellectual disabilities who chooses to participate, thereby improving their lives and the lives of everyone they touch.
Special Olympics Golf Program in Huntington Beach, CA
Effective in February 2011, Special Olympics Orange County is starting a new golf program in Huntington Beach. We are currently looking for athletes and coaches to participate in our program.
- ATHLETES will receive professional instruction in putting, chipping and hitting all clubs, from wedges to drivers. Don’t have clubs? Don’t worry. We will get them for you.
- COACHES make a difference in the lives of our athletes. You will need to get Class A certified (background check) to participate.
- PRACTICES will be held once per week for 1 1⁄2 hours at Meadowlark Golf Club in Huntington Beach. Timelines to be announced.
CONTACT ROB WINDHAM AT (714) 335-2611 OR CALL SPECIAL OLYMPICS ORANGE COUNTY AT (714) 564-8374.
Enrollment is open – no close date.
SimplyFun Games for Children with Autism
Our mission is to build smarter kids and stronger families through the amazing power of play. We know that play benefits all kids and we want to help you find games that can enhance learning and improve the quality of your family time. More importantly we want to be a resource for your family or organization to find games that meet your specific needs. We hope we can be your partner in learning and for fun to make play a part of your family life!
Click the autism box on the main webpage and it will take you to a survey that helps pre-select games that meet your specific issues.
Shea Therapeutic Riding Center
The Shea Center offers classes focusing on abroad range of disabilities. These classes fall under the general term “therapeutic riding” and are a sophisticated program developedto address a special need. Horsemanship classes help clients acquire and refine riding skills. Clients improve judgment skills, social interaction, coordination, motor planning, self-confidence, self-esteem,and a sense of independence. Physical rehabilitation classes (hippotherapy) are aimed at riders with impairments affecting muscles, bones and the nervous system. Activities on the horse and positioning on the horse provide strength, balance, and coordination.
Clinical physical therapy is also provided. Cognitive classes address the many processes of the mind, including planning, judgment, memory, orientation, concepts, attention, and language. Sensory Processing classes provide activities on the horse to improve the client’s ability to take in, analyze and respond to information from the body’s five senses.
Occupational Therapy classes retrain the body and brain to function more easily and efficiently with the tasks of everyday life.
Speech-Language Therapy classes focus on articulation delays, phonological impairments, speech fluency, tongue thrust, language impairments, and social skills/pragmatic language.
Download the flyer for additional information.
S.T.A.R. Program (Boys and Girls Club), Tustin, CA
Includes children ages 5-18 with and without disabilities in recreation, sports, art, education and other activities.
Quest Therapeutic Camps of Southern California
Quest Camps, located in Orange County, CA, offers an innovative, evidence- based therapeutic program that has been found to reduce problems not only at camp but at home, school and in everyday life for children 6 to 18 years old with mild to moderate social, emotional and/or behavioral difficulties. We are a Special Needs Camp that provides treatment for a variety of difficulties that children have including ADHD, Asperger’s Disorder, anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders and learning disabilities.
New Directions Holiday and Vacation Travel, Santa Barbara, CA
Holiday and vacation travel for teenagers, adults and seniors with disabilities.
Merage JCC Summer Day Camps
This cam is sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of Orange County. Our programs include Camp Yeladim (ages 2-4) and Camp Haverim (Grades K-11). We offer sports, swimming, science, theater, arts & crafts, weekly field trips and fun for all!
Karate For All – For Children and Adults with Special Needs
KFA is a Community Occupational Therapy based Martial Arts Program developed specifically for children and adults with speial needs. Using Occupational Therapy knowledge and skills, KFA combines the discipline of martial arts to achieve motor, cognitive, social and processing goals.
Each class is instructed by Pediatric Occupational Therapists that hold a Black Belt Degree in a variety of martial arts.
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