Camp Name: Camp Communicate – Intense Academy

Practice/Clinic Name: Speech Pathway

Ages: 4-8, 3 years of age will be considered on a case by case basis

Dates: June 16-27, 2025

Location(s): Oklahoma City – Speech Pathway

Website for more information and application: https://speechpathway.net/ia/

Registration Dates: December 1-May 1, or until camp is full (8 spots only)

Camp Description: 

Intense Academy is an intensive camp focused on improving oral-motor planning and/or articulation skills.  Camp is offered for 2 weeks, and campers are required to attend both weeks. Camp will also target behavioral intervention as it pertains to the child’s ability to effectively participate in group activities and comply with instructions as well as improving communication behaviors. The camp will run for three hours each day M-F and will be individualized to what each child needs. Campers will participate in individual, small group, and large group sessions to target communication goals and comply with instructions to improve the ability to participate in joint/group activities. The focus will be to decrease frustration while increasing communication and social skills. Group parent/caregiver training and question/answer sessions will also be provided for carryover of skills within the home program or coordination of services with the child’s private therapists. Camp generally has a one to one ratio of adults to children. Staff includes Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, graduate student interns, and undergraduate student volunteers. Camps will also have the guidance of a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst and/or a Registered Behavior Technician to assist staff with facilitation of social and communication targets. Children generally make marked progress during this intense camp, and past data has shown that the primary change has been that speech therapy and home programs are more effective throughout the coming year after this intensive intervention and training.

Contact phone number and/or email: 405-603-6622 or info@speechpathway.net Special Feature: Intense Academy offers caregiver training concepts pertaining to informed carryover of skills taught or reinforced at camp. The caregiver training sessions are led by highly trained speech pathologists and provide information on carryover, resources, and just an opportunity to ask questions! Topics vary from behavior to functional communication to school intervention information. Caregivers are encouraged to sit in on sessions during the caregiver training so their child’s sessions can be even more beneficial when leaving camp. Campers are provided with visuals and resources necessary to succeed following camp as well. We know that caregivers are their child’s greatest cheerleaders and earliest teachers, and we know camp can’t last forever, so we want caregivers to be informed on how to work with their child on skills necessary for their communicative success.