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Romping through Summer in a Wheelchair.

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Nolan, Karen – Nature Study, 1981

Children with physical handicaps can participate in many of the same summer camp activities as non-disabled persons. Described are the programs at Camp Merry Heart, operated by New Jersey's Easter Seal Society. (WB)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Outdoor Activities, Physical Disabilities, Physical Education

A Summer School Outdoor Educational Program for Culturally Disadvantaged Educable Mentally Retarded Children. Status Report.

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Brown, Louis F.; Andrews, James B. – 1968

Fourteen culturally deprived educable mentally handicapped children (ages 126 to 168 months, IQ's 52 to 86) participated in a 7-week project to determine the effectiveness of correlating classroom instruction with camping and outdoor educational activities. The subjects were first tested for current knowledge and attitudes about science,…

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Camping, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Research