Soar, a summer camp that works with kids with learning disabilities and attention issues. She was searching for ADHD camps for her nine-year-old son, Wilson.“He’s never been successful in day camps,” she says. “We tried them all — academic, enrichment, and sports-related camps.
He got kicked out of all of them.” Soar was different. “They said, ‘We understand that your son hasn’t been successful anywhere else, but he can be successful here.’ That was important to hear, because you never want to set your child up for failure.”Still, Casey was worried because Wilson had never been at an overnight camp. “I’m accustomed to getting calls from day camps and schools, and the counselor says, ‘Mrs.
Raymer, we need to talk to you about Wilson.’”Three days into Wilson’s camp session, Casey got a call from Soar. “I said to myself, ‘Oh, no, here we go again,’ and my heart sank.
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