Dear Ailene, Cindy and Freedo,
I had planned on saying these things at the awards ceremony on Friday morning. However, I was too overcome with emotion then to be able to speak. So, I am telling you these things now, even though mere words cannot adequately express my thoughts and feelings.
I want to thank each of you for your literally tireless devotion to all of those who attended Camp Angelfish in 2010. Your dedication to, and anticipation of, the needs, wants, and desires of everyone there was truly remarkable. Each of you selflessly gave your all.
I also wanted to express my deep appreciation, even amazement, at the kindness, warmth and humanity shown by the Camp Winaukee staff. These young people from all over the world eagerly and enthusiastically helped whenever they saw the need.
So, on behalf of Nicole and Austin, thank you.
Finally, if you and your respective families are ever in San Francisco, let me know. If I am in town, I will give you a grand tour. If I happen to be in Connecticut then, you can stay at my place in San Rafael.
Take care,
Richard

After a wonderful three weeks on excitement, learning and just an overall good time, Mighty Minds came to a close.  The kids had a blast and had major improvements.  The videos here are just a sampling of the techniques and movements that we did.

Hi Cindy,

My husband and I were so impressed with the improvement in our son after Camp Mighty Mind. Active games were always a challenge and he had little motivation to participate. After Camp he became much stronger, coordinated and more importantly more confident. We found him outside in the yard initiating a game of catch or basketball with his brother. We were overjoyed with his progress! Furthermore, my son was unable to read any words in his daily routine before Camp Mighty Minds. Afterwards, we found him reading many sight words throughout the day, very impressive. It was definitely money well spent and we look forward to more Camp Mighty Minds in the future!

Best,

Christine

Thank you all for a wonderful week at camp Angelfish 2010.

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Splashingly yours,
Cindy and Ailene

Mighty Movement Makes Strong Minds!  Our Camp Mighty Mind is in it’s second week and going strong.  The kids are loving it and taking to the movements.  Co-op games, music, reading, balance, and more are improving their motor skills.  Check out some of the videos to see the fun and progress.  More to come.

With the success of the April course, Angelfish Therapy will be adding another this fall – Totally Treatment: An Innovative Approach to Pediatric Aquatic Therapy.    Dates are to be determine but the timing looks to be in October.

This two day workshop is instructed by an OT and PT team and is designed for therapists working in pediatric aquatics.  You will learn effective techniques by using a hands on approach with Angelfish Therapy clientèle.

It will be held on Oct 1^st and 2^nd (Fri and Sat) at the Crown Plaza Hotel at 66 Hale Ave. in White Plains, NY

Remember our First Timer back in January? Well, here she is 3 months later and having a blast interacting with other children and working with our therapist on motor skills.

See more of her and other videos here.

We are thrilled that St. Paul’s Church in Darien is enabling us to bring such an innovative program to this community.

We will be having 3 weeks of fun-filled movement activities that your kids will love. Our program is designed to improve weak brain connections by using neuroplasticity and the brains innate ability to re-wire itself based on intensive stimulation.

We will incorporate exercises from various educational training including: Superbrain Yoga, Therapeeds, Ready Bodies Ready minds, INPP, Playproject, Alert Program for self-regulation, Skillastic Soccer & Basketball and many more.

Things you need to know:

• Payment of $2400 is due in full by July 1st. You can pay Ailene or Cindy at the pool if that is convenient. Otherwise, payment is due upon receipt of the invoice. In addition, a weekly invoice will be e-mailed to you reflecting PT and OT group therapy hours. It will be broken down as follows : One hour of OT and one hour of PT @ 75/hour. We will be using the group CPT code of 97150. This weekly invoice for $750 will state paid in full and come via e-mail at the end of each week from billing@angelfishtherapy.com. You can self submit your bill to your flex spending or your insurance if appropriate.
• Your registration, release and health form will also come via e-mail for you to download and send back.
• We will be conducting a research project involving a quick video tape of 5 activities on day one and the same activities on day 15. We will also be performing a quick screening of reflexes, sensory motor skills and a cognitive task. The data will be compiled, ananlyzed, and hopefully published.

We are gearing up for Camp Mighty Mind.  In order to objectively notice areas of improvement of your child, please take note of the following prior to the first day of camp:

• Ability to follow multi-step directions without reminders
• Awareness of body movements: uncoordinated, bumping into things or falling
• Ability to talk while performing a motor skill like jumping and counting
• Automatically cross their hand passed the middle of body during daily tasks
• Ability to start and stop their body in an efficient manner
• Observe your child running, skipping, dancing and galloping using both sides of their body.
• Ability to draw a person with all body parts, write and draw a picture
• Lastly, does your child say “what” frequently when you talk to him

Please jot down a few notes about the above finding prior to coming to camp and review them after camp and again in September to compare.

We will invite all parents for a night of socializing, sharing and light refreshments in early October.

To sign up and get more information click here.

Maybe not full action shots, but we wanted to show different styles of techniques and our kids.  Click the photos to view larger images.