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ASK – All Special Kids

ASK-All Special Kids is a one-stop resource for parents, schools, and specialists, helping to support children and young adults with learning differences and special educational needs in Switzerland. Our vision is to enable children and young adults with learning differences and special educational needs (SEN) to reach their full potential and inclusion into society, and to ensure that they receive the understanding and respect all individuals deserve.

How We Help

in Geneva and Zurich

Parents

ASK believes that parents often find their greatest support in other parents who are in a similar situation. We believe that parents become empowered by sharing and learning from each other.

Children & Young Adults

ASK is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the families of children and young adults with learning differences and special education needs.

Professionals

ASK believes that it is important for everyone working with children to have access to the most up-to-date information. That is why we provide services targeted to those professionals who influence our children the most.

ASK Bilingual Day Camp

Geneva

July 5th-30th, 2021

Zurich

July 19th-30th, 2021

ASK Bilingual Camp is an inclusive summer program, dedicated to offering a special haven for children and young adults aged 5-24 who have Learning Differences and Special Educational Needs. The fully integrated programme allows children to develop their social skills, creativity and learning through fun games and activities, which are structured according to age and their skill level.

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ACCESS Summer Club

Geneva

July 5th – July 30th, 2021

The ACCESS Summer Club offers opportunities for young adults with differential learning needs to learn socially significant goals within the community.

The ACCESS Summer Club program is designed for young adults ages 18-30 who are on track to achieve supported independence and become healthy and responsible adults. Focusing on socialization with same-age peers and community involvement, the ACCESS Summer Club is an opportunity to practice social, independent living and pre-vocational skills within a supported communal setting.

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ACCESS Program 2021-2022

2021-2022 Registrations are open!

ACCESS offers opportunities for young adults with differential learning needs to learn socially significant goals within the community. It provides young adults with individualized instruction using evidence-based practices and evolves based on the available data. The specialized program team, are committed to ensuring our young adults receive a program that is grounded in scientific support and adheres to international standards of best practice.

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What parents say

I cannot say enough about ASK, Joy and all those involved with this amazing organization. We were in such desperation to find help for our children. One needed an assessment for dyslexia and the other for autism spectrum disorder. It was so difficult to get connected to professionals qualified to conduct these assessments (and in their Mother tongue). Joy was able to help us with both. We were connected to a psychologist who assessed our son for dyslexia. From there we were able to get Social, Play and Occupational therapy as well as therapy with a Psychomotricienne. For our dyslexic child, Joy introduced us to Oak Hill which completely changed him from being a non-reader to fluent reader and we saw his self-esteem increase tremendously within a mere three weeks at Oak Hill. In addition we discovered he is extremely strong in math which was hidden from us during all his struggles with reading. We cannot forget the wonderful homework club too. The boys enjoyed and benefited very much from them. The teachers and the program are amazing. Thx you Joy and all staff at ASK. We are forever grateful!

Karen Davies Brace

“When you walk around ASK Summer Camp for the first time, you recognize all the signs of a great camp: colors, music, laughs, excited kids and even more excited staff. A closer look at the very specific set of activities make you realize that you have reached a place in which learning is back to its roots, the freeing of the learner.”

School administrator

I am deeply impressed with the generous and sincere engagement of ASK in favor of kids with Special Education Needs, as well as the neurotypical ones.

I wrote an IIL Blog Post called “The Essence of Learning”. Google the title to find out more.

Dr David Claivaz, IIL

It was very helpful to have so much positive feedback on the idea of James going into a special school as I was not sure that it was the best thing for him, but it looks like it is a very good option. It’s important to have a group where you can say almost anything and not feel judged or criticised to get the feedback, support and ideas from others and be able to off load a bit of the pressure !

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