Summer Respite Services 2024
Please note that places are reserved in priority for families who were at camp last summer. New families will automatically be placed on a waiting list.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR FAMILIES WHO ATTENDED THE SUMMER RESPITE SERVICES 2023
(including non-guaranteed places)
For participants who attended the summer respite in 2023, a form will be sent to families by mail at the end of January. This form must be returned by mail to the Autisme Montréal offices, at 4450 rue Saint-Hubert, local 320, Montréal (QC) H2J 2W9, before February 25, 2024.
IMPORTANT: If you do not submit your form before the deadline, you will automatically lose your registration priority.
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REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR NEW FAMILIES
⇒ Information and pre-registration day (MANDATORY) ⇐
No prior registration is required for parents to attend this meeting and no registration by telephone or mail will be accepted. It is mandatory to attend the information day in person to register your child.
When: Saturday, March 21st, 2026. From 11:00 AM to 3 :00 PM
Where: Centre de services communautaires du Monastère – 4449, Berri Street (4th floor)
Please note that Autism Montreal unfortunately cannot accommodate all new participants who wish to register for the camp. It is therefore important that you consider the possibility of enrolling your child in other camps.
Please click on the following link for complete information: See the link
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CAMP INFORMATION
Ratio: One shadow per participant or 1 for 2 participants, depending on the need.
BERGAMOTE program : Participants aged 5 to 14
Dates of stay to be confirmed shortly.
ROCK-CAMP-BOL AND WASABI program
Rock-Camp-Bol: Participants aged 14 to 24
Wasabi: People with severe behavioral problems and/or special needs
Dates of stay to be confirmed shortly.
Rate: Please note that starting April 1, 2026, there will be a slight increase in the rates for our respite services. We will inform you of the details as soon as possible. To give you an idea of the amounts, here are the 2025 rates: $340.00 per week.
Fee: The fee must be paid during the meeting with your child’s group coordinator on the weekend of May 16-17, 2026, at the Autism Montreal offices.
Location: Irénée-Lussier High School (4420 Hochelaga Street, Montreal, QC, H1V 0C1)
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Daycare service: This service is not guaranteed for summer 2026.
Transportation: Please note that no transportation is provided by the camp. Transportation must be arranged or provided (adapted transportation) by the family. The family must also provide an OPUS card with a minimum of two tickets per day.
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History and Philosophy of the Respite Service
Since 1988, Camp Bergamote (formerly known as Camp Beding Bedang) has offered respite services in the form of a summer day camp, for families of participant with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) with or without intellectual disability. Since its beginning, the service has undergone many changes. In 1997, because the needs of teenagers and adults were different from those of the participantren, we created the Rock-Camp-Bol day camp. Previously run on a contractual basis, it has been under the management of Autisme et troubles envahissants du développement Montréal (Autisme Montréal) since 2000. That same year, Bergamote (3 to 15) and Rock-Camp-Bol (14 to 24) were merged, and we now talk about sections rather than camps.
In 2004, we restructured the two sections and opened a new group within Rock-Camp-Bol. Since then, the Bergamote section welcomes participants aged 3 to 14 and comprises 5 groups: early intervention, specialised 5-8, specialised 8-11, specialised 11-15 and socialisation. The Rock-Camp-Bol section welcomes teenagers and adults aged 14 to 24 and comprises 3 groups: 2 specialised and 1 socialisation.
The Wasabi section was created in 2007 to answer the specific needs of a clientele with severe behaviour problems.
Also in 2007, the term “summer day camp” was replaced by “summer respite service”.
This summer respite service is made possible through the financial support of the Montreal Regional Health and Social Services