(CA) Oak Park

Welcome to ACEing Autism in Oak Park, CA!

My name is Natalie Ng and I am a junior on the Oak Park High School Varsity Tennis Team. I have enjoyed working with special needs children since I was seven years old, and I am excited to share my passion and experience with our participants and community through tennis.

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

Session Details: 

Required on-court volunteer training for new volunteers: Please arrive 30 minutes prior to start of event.

Clinics will run from 10:00am - 12:00pmon the following Saturdays: 

• October 11, 18, 25
• November 1, 8, 15

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 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!