Welcome to Angelfish Therapy®!
Here at Angelfish, we help children with a variety of special needs, sensory issues, and motor coordination difficulties reach their full potential through fun and challenging aquatic therapy sessions, swim lessons, and even land-based therapy. We work with children individually, in small groups, in parent/child classes, and in camp settings to improve their motor skills and enhance their learning potential. We also educate other therapists, swim instructors, care givers, and parents about how to use the water to improve a child’s motor skills and overcome sensory issues to learn how to swim.
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Parent Appreciation Party – June 9th
Are you the parent of a child who’s spent time in the pool with one of our aquatic therapists or swim instructors? Or has your child been to one of our summer camps?
Then we invite you to attend our 3rd Semi-Annual Parent Appreciation Party, being held June 9th at the Trackside in Wilton, CT.
Come get your groove on and celebrate with Team Angelfish. It’s just our way of showing how much we appreciate everything our clients do for us and for their children. So join us for food, drink, and a live band, Eight to the Bar, and be ready to dance, socialize, and be groovy!
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Today is World Autism Awareness Day
So many of our wonderful clients, both past and present, have come to us because of an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis. And they’re not alone.
Last week, the CDC released findings that raised estimates about the number of children in the U.S. with autism to 1 in 88 (previously, it was estimated at 1 in 110). That’s roughly a million U.S. children and teens. And the incidence among boys is even higher — around 1 in 54. These figures are both saddening and alarming, and the fact that they’re based on data from 2008 means the picture could be even bleaker for children in 2112.
One of the many challenges faced by children “on the spectrum” — including those with related Asperger Syndrome — is that at first glance, you might not even know that a child has a diagnosis. In many cases, the symptoms are subtle, and hard to spot unless you’re looking for them — things like sensory and language issues, low muscle tone, social awkwardness, anxieties, and learning problems. Once revealed, these symptoms can result in children with autism being misunderstood and even mistreated by their peers, and even by school systems that are struggling to keep up with these rising statistics. Which is a shame, because as we can tell you, from working with these children in the pools, they are some of the most amazing, intelligent, brave, creative, and funniest people you’ll ever meet.
Today is World Autism Awareness Day, and April is Autism Awareness Month. Obviously, this is something that we at Angelfish Therapy and the families of our autistic clients are all-too-aware of every single day of the year. But if you’re not, then we hope you’ll take some time this month to educate yourself about the realities (and the fallacies) of an autism diagnosis. Because at 1-in-88, odds are, if you’re the parent of a school-aged child, he or she will have a classmate on the spectrum who will need your and/or your child’s understanding and patience. Not to mention, if we as a society ever hope to slow or reverse this epidemic in our lifetime, it will require all of us to understand what autism is in order to effect the changes needed.
Are You Ready for Summer Camp?
As we in the Northeast wonder if and when winter will actually show up this year, it’s hard to believe that summer is just four months away. For those of us with children, that means it’s time to start thinking about two things — vacation and summer camp.
The enrollment period has begun both for Camp Mighty Mind and Camp Angelfish. If you haven’t already, check out this great introduction of Camp Mighty Mind, our 3-week fun-filled movement- and activity-based day camp program that your kids will love …
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Intensive and engaging, Camp Mighty Mind (July 23rd – August 10th) is designed to improve weak brain connections by using neuroplasticity and the brain’s innate ability to rewire itself based on intensive stimulation.
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Want a traditional overnight camp experience? Camp Angelfish (August 12th-17th) is a week-long summer camp for children with a broad range of ability levels, which has been specifically designed to be friendly to those with a variety of special needs, including physical, sensory, developmental, or neurological issues.
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If you have questions about either of these camps, please contact us.
