Chatter Matters! Communication Camp 2022

Does your child, or a child you know, use Augmentative or Alternative Communication?

Do you want to have fun as a family this summer?

Apply to attend Chatter Matters! Communication Camp from June 16th-19th, 2022 at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

UW-Whitewater and Variety-the children’s charity of WI partner every summer to provide a four-day, overnight camp for AAC users between the ages of 5 and 15 and up to five additional immediate family members. 

Camp Goals

The goal of camp is multi-faceted. Among other things, it strives to:

1. Provide kids who use AAC and their families with a camp experience they might not otherwise be able to access
2. Provide kids who use AAC and their families an opportunity to interact with other AAC users and their families
3. Provide individualized intervention aimed at improving the communication skills of each AAC user through a variety of small group, family based, and large group activities
4. Provide parents of kids who use AAC with opportunities for continuing education and family networking/support
5. Provide graduate students in Communication Sciences and Disorders (and other related professions) the opportunity to interact and intervene with kids who use AAC and their families

Applications and Scholarships

Every summer, the camp’s attendance goal is to create a healthy camp community of new families, as well as families who have had experience with camp in previous years. Up to 15 scholarships to help fund families’ attendance at camp are available through Variety. 

Camp applications must be received by January 24th to be considered.

Click here to download a PDF with more information, and press the button below to apply.