(GA) Columbus

  • Autism
  • Community
  • Friendship
  • Fun
  • Health
  • Recreation
  • Social Skills Learning
  • Special needs
  • Sports
  • Tennis

Who We Are

Welcome to ACEing Autism in Columbus, GA! We're excited to launch our first session in October 2024 at the Columbus State University Tennis Courts and hope you will join us as a volunteer. 

We would love to have you join our volunteer team, so please feel free to reach out to us with any questions. 

Session Details: 

Volunteer training/orientation sessions the week of October 7-11th. More details to come!

Clinics will run from 4:45-5:45pm on the following Mondays/Wednesdays: 

  • October 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30th

What We Do

Trained Program Directors and volunteers lead participants through our curriculum. At the very heart, tennis is a social game that furnishes a natural opportunity to develop and reinforce skills that many children on the spectrum find a struggle: turn-taking, focus and attending, motor planning, fine and gross motor skills, and more. Our Program Directors meet athletes where they are at and progress through our curriculum at their own pace.

We offer weekly tennis clinics for children with autism between the ages of 5 and 18. Our clinics run for one hour, with sessions running for six to eight weeks at a time. Volunteers are paired up with a participant, hopefully for the duration of the session. The children in our program do not need prior tennis knowledge as our curriculum & volunteers support each child’s individual abilities and needs!

Details

Get Connected Icon Loriane Favoretto Hill
Get Connected Icon Program Director