For our clients for whom 2019-20 was their son or daughter’s graduating year, the closures in March were a particularly abrupt end to the school year—with an extra layer of emotional impact.
The final school years are critical transitional years. And for some students, they are replete with special programming that helps to develop the skills young adults need for success outside of a school environment, whether that is college, a job, living more independently, or something else.
Skyer Law Senior Attorney Teri Horowitz is on the board of Ramapo for Children, an organization offering a program that may help recapture some of what has been lost. Ramapo serves special needs children coming from all over the country. It is located in Rhinebeck, NY and is the home of a renowned summer camp. This summer, while no camp for younger kids is being offered, Ramapo is running a wonderful program for young adults.
Ramapo’s Staff Assistant Experience program is a transition-to-independence program that develops young adults’ social skills, vocational skill, and life skills, including college and employment readiness. The summer program also provides mental health services, individualized fitness and nutritional programming, daily workshops on a variety of topics, and outdoor recreational opportunities.
Virtual information sessions for interested families are being held the first weeks of June. For more information on the program, you can register for an information session.