BFT - Curriculum Specialist - MGH Aspire Summer Program
Company: Massachusetts General Physicians' Organization
Location: Boston
Posted on: May 29, 2023
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Job Description:
Job Description - BFT - Curriculum Specialist - MGH Aspire
Summer Program (3227064) Aspire is a program of the Massachusetts
General Hospital and Mass General Brigham that serves more than 200
participants, teens, and young adults with social cognition
challenges, including Asperger's Syndrome, High-Cognitive Autism,
Nonverbal Learning Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Aspire
Summer Camp serves 40 participants aged 5-14 who have the cognitive
capacity for solid peer connections but who lack the understanding
and skill set to form those connections. The summer Curriculum is
an immersive experience in which campers are placed into
well-matched groups, with participant: staff ratios no greater than
3:1. Participants engage in outdoor education activities, such as
hiking and fishing, theme-based curriculum, such as art or
recreation, and skill building lessons to support in the
development of social skills, stress management strategies, and
self-awareness. The Curriculum Specialist leads therapeutically
oriented science/technology (STEM), music, art, and/or recreational
and sports/team activities in order to facilitate the development
of participants' social skills and social thinking, communication
skills, self-esteem, physical abilities, group participation and
interest in the recreational activities. The Curriculum Specialist
leads activity sessions that are 45 minutes each. Participants are
grouped by similar age with no more than 6 participants per group.
The Curriculum Specialist will ensure that each group has a
well-designed curriculum plan with specific goals to address key
developmental milestones, matched to the age and skill level of
each group. This professional will also work closely with Site
Managers, Assistant Site Managers, Group Leaders, and Assistant
Group Leaders and other staff to identify and support participant's
strengths and reinforce social, stress management, and
self-awareness goals. *This position also serves as a
Transportation Chaperone for the route from Charlestown to Hale at
the start and finish of each camp day.
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