After School Program
The Autistic Kids’ Play Place will offer after school for kids who have been diagnosed to be on the autistic spectrum and their typical siblings. The age of kids will be between 3 years to 15 years. The Play place is designed and provides a play place to help children develop balance, coordination and other sensory stimuli while having fun. Loving adults who will walk alongside these kids will staff the Autistic Kids’ Play Place. These children will be registered and be charged by the week. Children who are not registered will not be assured of a spot on any given day if parents want to use the facility as a drop-off care on a given day. The registered children and siblings will be given first preference.
Summer Camps
During the summer months The Autistic Kids’ Play Place will run weeklong camps where pre-registration will be required.
Play Place for Families with Special Needs Children
The Autistic Kids’ Play Place when it is not serving as after school or summer camp it will be run as a play place for families with children with special needs. The family provides the adult supervision.
Drop off and Respite Care for Kids on the Autistic Spectrum
Parents of kids who have been diagnosed to be on the autistic spectrum can drop off their children and their siblings at The Autistic Kids’ Play Place for an hourly rate. The facility will provide the adult staff for these kids who should be between 3 and 15 years of age. Appointments will be encouraged so that we can maintain the adult to child ratio.
Birthday Parties at the Facility
In The Autistic Kids’ Play Place can host a child's birthday party providing great activities for kids and an easy experience for parents. An enthusiastic The Autistic Kids’ Play Place staff member leads the activities as the birthday child and his or her friends and parents can relax as they watch the fun. The only condition for using the facility for a party will be the family, which does the booking, has to have a child with special needs between the ages 0-22.
Special Needs Ministry for Church
The Play Place will also be made available to nearby churches to use during service for their special needs children. (The fee will be reasonable but the churches will provide their own staff and the swimming pool will not be open for use.)
Helper Heroes
As part of the purpose of The Autistic Kids’ Play Place, we will offer jobs to youth who are 15 + years of age and on the autistic spectrum. We aim to give our children the confidence to be hired and trained to do a job at the facility as their first step towards independence.