Though we’re unable to gather around a campfire in person this summer, Pine Tree Camp will deliver a remote summer camp experience for Maine people with disabilities. All campers need is a spirit of adventure, an Internet connection, a mobile device or computer and a free Zoom account. Pine Tree Camp will provide the rest. “Our mission is Read More ›
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Pine Tree Camp to You
Our Campologists have taken everything campers have come to love about Pine Tree Camp over the past 75 years – friends, activities, the outdoors, discovery and exploration – and created Pine Tree Camp to You. Pine Tree Camp to You was developed by a team of year-round and summer staff as well as volunteers including alumni, camp professionals, Read More ›
Cabin Challenge for Pine Tree Camp
Calling all Pine Tree Camp campers, staff and alumni! We know you love Pine Tree Camp and here is your chance to show it – while showing the world why YOUR CABIN is the BEST! Join your favorite cabin’s Virtual Paddle for Pine Tree Camp team led by some very familiar faces. All you have to do is join your favorite cabin team online. Your Read More ›
FAQ for Parents: Speech / Language Telepractice
FAQ for Parents: Pine Tree Society Speech / Language Telepractice How will a speech/language telepractice session help my child? Pine Tree Society’s one-on-one video speech/language therapy sessions allow children to maintain and work on their speech and language goals and help prevent regression. During this time of social distancing, our Read More ›
FAQ for Educators: Speech / Language Telepractice
FAQ for Educators: Pine Tree Society Speech / Language Telepractice How can you help my students? Pine Tree Society has the technology and the expertise to help schools meet the very unique needs being presented to us all right now, including schools in rural areas or those that don’t have speech therapists at all. Our speech/language therapy Read More ›
WABI5 News: Pine Tree Camp’s alternative programming for the summer
WABI 5 talked with Pine Tree Camp director, Dawn Willard-Robinson, to learn about the innovative programming in store for Maine people with disabilities this summer at Pine Tree Camp. WABI TV5 reports that Pine Tree Camp has made the decision to cancel all traditional camp sessions, but has taken the unique approach of a virtual "Pine Tree Camp Read More ›
Pine Tree Camp announces summer camp plan for 2020
We have a saying in the camping community: 10 for two. Ten months of planning and preparation for two months of incredible summer programming. And now, we have a new saying: one for 75. One summer of being creative in how we connect and engage in order to preserve and continue the traditions of Pine Tree Camp for the next 75 years. After Read More ›
Parents: We’re in this together to support your child’s speech / language goals
“Awesome.” “Hitting it out of the park.” “Superior.” Those are some of the ways parents have described their child’s experience with Pine Tree Society’s Speech Language Pathologists remote speech/language therapy telepractice sessions. These one-on-one video speech/language therapy sessions allow children to maintain and work on their Read More ›
Literacy and Autism: Tips for building literacy skills at home
Four way to build literacy skills at home By Linda Bonnar-Ivery, MA, CCC-SLP, ATP Director of Communication Pathways, Pine Tree Society For children of all abilities, literacy is a tool of personal empowerment, a means of social development and a form of expression. Children with disabilities that impact verbal communication, like autism Read More ›