Particpant Profile: who succeeds and who should apply

What do we look for in our admissions process?

With love, our program was designed to meet the precise needs of well-regulated, speaking (verbal) neurodivergent children with autism, level 1, ADHD, learning differences, and anxiety. Our admissions assessment helps us determine whether a child will likely experience success at Camp Pegasus - AND - it guides our thoughtful placement of each camper in a well-fitting peer group to ensure comfort and success.

The program does not successfully support and does not recommend admission for children who:

  • Have not yet developed language ability

  • Possess very low or extremely low intellectual functioning (because of the cognitive nature of the social and coping skills lessons)

  • Are not potty-trained or unable to feed themselves independently.


    or, in the past three months:

  • Bullied others

  • Demonstrated physical aggression (hitting, kicking, pushing, biting) or threatened to do so

  • Engaged in destruction of property (throwing, dumping or breaking materials, or toppling furniture)

  • Eloped (ran or wandered away from supervision or the group)

  • Scared other children with screaming, cursing, or threatening behavior

  • Showed a need to over-control themselves or their environment with argumentative, oppositional-defiant, or refusal behavior

    The Camp Pegasus Program works beautifully for, and recommends admission for children who:

  • Are behaviorally independent (not requiring 1:1 support at school)

  • Possess at least low average or higher intellectual functioning (to benefit from our cognitive-based social and coping skills lessons)

  • Utilize their words to advocate for their needs to adults

  • Are developing and practicing social language with peers

  • Demonstrate safe behavior (i.e. no physical aggression, destruction of property, elopement, or shutting down)

  • Have sufficient self-regulation to remain in activities when frustrated

  • Can return to an activity after a brief calming-break If upset or overwhelmed from a sensory standpoint,

  • Consistently follow classroom routines and do not regularly argue or refuse to cooperate

  • Independently perform self-care activities such as toileting, cleaning themselves, hand-washing, and feeding.

Our summer social skills program offers free play with a positive behavior reinforcement program & compassionate social coaching for children with autism, ADHD, & learning disabilities.
Our summer social skills program offers free play with a positive behavior reinforcement program & compassionate social coaching for children with autism, ADHD, & learning disabilities.