Issaquah Adaptive Recreation: What You Can Sign Up For

Issaquah Adaptive Recreation is the city’s program for classes, sports, and social activities. For Issaquah School District Child Find, early intervention, or ABA, use the children with special needs in Issaquah page.

The class list changes every season. Use the Adaptive Recreation page before you drive, not a screenshot of this article.

Staff and attendants

The city describes Adaptive Recreation as recreational, social, and educational activities for people in the Issaquah area with intellectual, developmental, physical, and/or neurological disabilities. The menu includes social programs, enrichment, sports, and Special Olympics.

Staff lead the group and supervise the group. The city says they cannot provide attendant care or one-on-one behavior management. A personal attendant may come along at no charge to do that one-on-one support.

The class does not include a behavior technician. You bring the person, or you pick a different class. Ask which sessions fit your child’s age. Some are for teens and adults.

Question	Answer
Who runs it?	City of Issaquah Parks and Community Services
Who is it for?	People in the Issaquah area with intellectual, developmental, physical, and/or neurological disabilities. Age depends on the class
What do staff do?	Lead and supervise the group
What do staff not do?	Attendant care or one-on-one behavior support
Can I send a support person?	Yes. A personal attendant may attend at no charge
Is this an IEP or ABA?	No

How to sign up

New participants fill out a short form. You can turn it in at the Issaquah Community Center or email it to the recreation coordinator listed on the city page, Callie Weber, at calliew@issaquahwa.gov. Phone 425-837-3388.

The program publishes a quarterly newsletter with class descriptions and a calendar. The current classes are on the registration link from that same city page. Do not assume last season’s sport is open.

The community center

Classes meet through Issaquah Community Center at 301 Rainier Blvd S, Issaquah, WA 98027.

The center page lists hours effective August 31: Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Sunday closed. It also posts closures. The list we saw included October 3 and 4 for Salmon Days, plus Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and other holidays. That list is seasonal. Check it the week you go.

The pool, if the class is swim

Julius Boehm Pool is a city pool, open since 1972, at 50 SE Clark Street, Issaquah, WA 98027. Phone (425) 837-3350. The address and phone are on the city facility page.

Hours change. The pool hours page has the current lap swim and recreation swim times, and it posts closures. It noted a Salmon Days closure on October 3 and 4, 2026. Recreation swim uses a shallow pool, about 15 yards long and 3 to 4 feet deep, and the city says life jackets are available.

A daily pass or membership covers both the community center and the pool. These daily rates were on the pass fees page in October 2026:

Pass	Daily price
Youth	$5
Adult (18 to 61)	$6
Military, with ID	$5
Family	$15
Seniors / Gold Pass	$4

Annual and 30-day prices are on that same page. Passes are non-refundable, and they are for the passholder, not a shared card. A family pass is limited to immediate family in the same household.

Swim lessons are a separate signup. Parent and child lessons are for 6 months to 3 years, and an adult has to get in the water. Preschool lessons are ages 3 to 5, with five students per instructor. Youth lessons are ages 6 to 14. Group lessons are typically once a week. Children 5 and under must have an adult in the water during a level assessment.

A King County services listing says children in fifth grade and younger must be with an adult in the pool, and that scholarships may be available. The city’s own lesson page is more specific than that listing, and the two do not match line for line. Ask the front desk which rule applies to open swim, and ask about the scholarship application. Do not assume a fee is waived.

Outside companies, agencies, and individuals may not teach private lessons at this pool. That is on the pool hours page. If you want one-on-one swim teaching, ask the pool what the city itself offers. Do not plan to bring your own instructor into the water.

Our water safety notes are the autism-specific part, separate from the lesson roster. Still use the lifeguard.

School, drop-in outings, and ABA

Adaptive Recreation does not evaluate your child for special education or write goals the way an IEP or an ABA plan does. School clocks, Child Find at 425-837-7197, and early intervention are on the special needs page. The hatchery, the library, and other drop-in outings are in autism-friendly activities in Issaquah.

Orchid Academy’s two Issaquah centers, Creekside and Maple Street, provide ABA for autistic children ages 2 to 15. We do not staff city Adaptive Recreation classes or send a therapist to the pool as part of a city signup. If you want therapy in addition to a recreation class, request a call back and we will say whether ABA is even the service to ask about. Insurance and the two buildings are summarized on autism in Issaquah.