Summer Assessment Program
This summer, empower yourself with knowledge, skills and tools to determine your own future.
Come join us at HKNC this summer!
Come join your peers ages 16-24 from around the country to identify goals and develop an action plan for your last years of High School. Prepare for college, a trade school or work.
Are you 16 years of age or older? Currently attending high school? Would you like to participate in career exploration or in identifying your next steps to college? Interested in meeting and socializing with others who are DeafBlind? Interested in working and learning together with peers? Interested in actual hands-on time with the latest advances in technology for gaining access to information and connecting to others?
- LengthFour, six or eight weeks
- WhenMay, June, July and August
- Ages16 to 24
- WhereHKNC, Sands Point, NY
The Summer Assessment Program will provide you with opportunities to gain knowledge and experience in the following areas:
- Career and Job Exploration
- Worksite Tours
- Living more independently on your own
- College and Accommodations
- Adaptive Technology and Communication
- Self-advocacy: Facilitating your IEP
- Orientation & Mobility
- Low Vision and Audiology
- Peer Learning Groups
Group classes
You can choose to join group classes such as Emergency Preparedness, ASL, physical fitness, and 3D printing. HKNC offers you a friendly, fun, and unique learning environment. Come learn what Vocational Rehabilitation is all about and what options exist for achieving your definition of success!
Experience New York
Experience NY with your peers during a fun-filled, action-packed program. Enjoy a boat ride, talent show, crafts, swimming, Dave & Buster’s, mall shopping, bowling, BBQ’s and NYC!
How to apply
Programs are open to individuals who are DeafBlind as defined in the Helen Keller Act. Government funding often is available. Your Regional Representative can answer questions about admission requirements, transportation, funding sources and more.
Assessments are offered for four, six and eight weeks in May, June, July and August.
Summer Youth Vocational Program (SYVP)
Four weeks of STEAM projects, adaptive surfing, outdoor education and real work experience, July 5 to July 30, 2027.