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Featured Jun 13, 2013
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Pasadena Rotary Club donates $4,000 grant to provide selected scholarships to camp
Pasadena Child Development Associates is offering a two-week Creative Arts Summer Camp for children ages 8 – 12, starting August 5 – 16, 2013 on the campus of 620 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Daily hours for the camp are 9:00 am – 12 noon. The camp will focus on strengthening each child’s ability to express themselves through several different forms of artistic practice. Each day, participants will explore a different arts modality, including the visual arts, dance, music, theater, and more.
The purpose of the camp is to provide a variety of children with hands-on opportunities to interact in a creative way. After an introduction to each modality, each child is encouraged to explore and create for themselves. Children will get to experiment under the guidance of skilled artists, and work towards discovering which artistic modality is best suited for their self-expression. These individual forms of expression, personalized by each child, will be compiled into a collaborative final project that each child will be able to bring home to share with family and friends.
One parent, Nicole Thai, says “Music therapy has been the one most effective treatment for my child’s communicative skills. It was during his beginning music therapy session that we heard his first words in response to a song he had listened to since birth.”
Cost of the two-week camp is $600 per child. The Pasadena Rotary Club has donated a $4,000 grant to provide selected scholarships to the camp. For more information about enrollment, or to inquire about scholarships, please contact Melissa St. John at 626-793-7350, ext 261, or email MelissaS@PasadenaChildDevelopment.org.
Pasadena Child Development Associates, inc. is a non-profit organization focusing on child development from birth to 18 years of age when there is any concern regarding development or behavior, including children with a diagnosis of autism, intellectual disabilities, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, premature birth, genetic syndromes, and/or other developmental or behavioral concerns. This comprehensive group of child specialists provides evaluation, consultation and intervention services as a multi-disciplinary team under the direction of Executive Director Diane Cullinane, MD, and Director of Programs and Services Mimi Winer, RN, MS, Child Development Specialist. For more information, call 626-793-7350, or visit www.PasadenaChildDevelpoment.org.
