We are excited to partner with the Autism Resource Center of Central Massachusetts once again in offering their sensory clinics! Facilitated by Amy Smith, COTA, these clinics are for parents and kids to play and work together on our equipment while guided by a professional. Participants must be autism division eligible and families must sign up through the Resource Center.
Visit their website or call them at (508) 835-4278 to sign up. Space is limited so call soon!
Our free yoga classes are starting up again in January! Space is limited so sign up today!
Have you heard about the benefits of therapy/service dogs but wanted to know more? Join us on Sunday, November 24th from 12-1pm as Christina Rossetti of BASK brings her dogs and explains the differences and benefits to therapy and service dogs. Kids and parents welcome! Space is limited so please call or email us to register.
Read more about the benefits of therapy/service dogs here at http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2013/11/08/autism-service-dog-program-provides-support-our-community
http://www.autismresourcecentral.org/What-We-Offer/index
We are excited to partner with the Autism Resource Center of Central Massachusetts once again in offering their sensory clinics! Facilitated by Amy Smith, COTA, these clinics are for parents and kids to play and work together on our equipment while guided by a professional. Participants must be autism division eligible and families must sign up through the Resource Center.
Visit their website or call them at (508) 835-4278 to sign up. Space is limited so call soon!
Exclusive Offer for SenseAbility Gym
We are proud to announce this exclusive offer from our friends at Unique Steps Dance Academy! Located in downtown North Attleboro, this dance studio offers many difference class choices including therapeutic dance for children with special needs. This offer is for $50 off for the fall session.
Call them at 508-643-3100 to find out how to try your first class for free and let them know you heard about them from SenseAbility Gym.
Our new schedule for fall starts on September 1st! We’ve added hours for older kids and kept some of our most popular times. We hope to see you here soon!
“This Room is Dedicated to Harold and Marcia Rhodes for their commitment to SenseAbility Gym and for their dedication to helping children of all abilities” August 1, 2013
We were excited to present this plaque to Harold Rhodes today at SenseAbility Gym. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes have been huge supporters of our nonprofit even before our doors opened. We are grateful for his guidance and dedication to our gym and for helping us make it an incredible place for the special needs community.
It was an honor to dedicate our sensory-friendly classroom to Harold and Marcia Rhodes.
Our first yoga classes were so successful, we’re doing them again! For free!
Have you wanted your child to try yoga but weren’t sure if he or she would like it? Here’s a great opportunity to try it for free at SenseAbility Gym. Three sessions on Sundays from 12:00-1:00pm will start on August 4th. These sessions are for boys and girls ages 7 to 12. Children may participate independently or with a parent. Parents must stay for the session.
To sign up call us at or email us at [email protected]
Our first “Everyone’s A Winner” Day was a huge success!
We have so many people to thank for making it such a wonderful day for all the families who attended. We are grateful to all the organizations who came out to support us with a craft or activity for the kids to try. Thank you to Athletes 4 Autism, Alternative Educational Support, Blackstone Valley Ice Arena, Friends of Hopedale Library, Hopedale Cub Scouts, Hopedale Fire Department, Hopedale SPEAC, The Kennedy-Donovan Center, Music Together of Blackstone Valley, Next Step Living, Pathways to Learning, SafetyNet by LoJack and Unique Steps Dance Academy.
Special thanks to Knucklebones for setting up all the amazing activities in the open green space for the kids (and parents) to enjoy and to Whole Foods Bellingham for donating the healthy snacks and waters for everyone.
We are also so thankful to all the people and businesses that donated products and items for our raffle table: Green Mountain Chocolates, West End Creamery, Shear Madness, Melissa from Unique Steps Dance Studio, Pam from Pathways to Learning, Music Together of Blackstone Valley, The Mendon Drive-In, and Sue Arsenault and Theresa Ehrlich for their baskets.
We can’t forget our volunteers too who were a huge help that day : Tara, Madilyn, Cheri, Dana, Kate, Lilly, Tyler, Michael, and Maeve. And a huge thank you to Sue and Cheri at the Bright Beginnings Center for the use of their school playground and all the logistical support.
Finally, thank you to all the families who came out to support us and all these great organizations. Photos from the event can be found on our Facebook page. We hope to make this an annual event now so see you next year!
SenseAbility Gym is proud to announce its first “Everyone’s A Winner” family fun day!
It’s a day to celebrate kids of all ages and abilities where every child can win and every family can participate.
The event will be held on Saturday, June 22 2013, from 2:00pm – 4:00pm at the Bright Beginnings Center Playground at 6 Park Street in Hopedale. (Rain Date is Sunday, June 23.)
Part of SenseAbility Gym’s mission is to create a community of understanding and acceptance where all families feel welcome, and to provide an environment that recognizes that all special needs children are different and that all learning styles, personalities, and abilities are welcome. As part of the family fun day, we are inviting area community organizations and special needs focused resource groups to join us at the event.
All exhibitors will have an “all abilities/sensory friendly” game or craft project. Kids will receive a ticket for each game or craft project redeemable at our prize table.
Food and refreshments for the day have been generously donated by Whole Foods Market of Bellingham.
Organizations participating include Music Together of Blackstone Valley, Pathways to Learning, Alternative Educational Support, Athletes 4 Autism, Hopedale SPEAC, Hopedale Cub Scouts, Bright Beginnings Center Preschool, Friends of the Hopedale Library and the Kennedy Donovan Center.
For more information, call us at or email at [email protected]