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Shea, Thomas M. – Exceptional Parent, 1977
Excerpts are provided from T. Shea's "Camping for Special Children" which reviews the range and type of summer camp programs that are available to handicapped children (4- to 16-years old).
Descriptors: Camping, Handicapped Children, Program Descriptions, Resource Materials
Exceptional Parent, 1972
Suggestions are made to parents of handicapped children concerning whether to send their child to summer camp, and how to find and evaluate appropriate camps. (KW)
Descriptors: Camping, Handicapped Children, Parent Education, Recreational Programs
Download full textInformation Center for Handicapped Children, Washington, DC. – 1974
The directory lists approximately 115 summer programs for handicapped children in the metropolitan Washington, D. C. area as of May 1974. Services are listed alphabetically within sections for D. C., Maryland, or Virginia. Included are services for the following handicapping conditions: diabetes, emotional disturbance and behavior problems,…
Descriptors: Camping, Directories, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Williams, Marian – Instructor, 1970
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Learning Activities, Occupational Therapy, Physical Disabilities
Jacobs, O'Neal, Jr. – Instructor, 1970
Descriptors: Camping, Discovery Processes, Handicapped Children, Learning Activities
Schleifer, Maxwell J., Ed. – Exceptional Parent, 1979
The special section on recreation and leisure for the disabled child covers rights to recreation and physical education, summer programs for children with disabilities, and adapted recreation and equipment. (SBH)
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletic Equipment, Handicapped Children, Program Descriptions
1969
Directed toward parents or advisers, the guide presents comparative facts on a selected number of summer programs of varying types and offers suggestions on choosing a camp. The following features are listed: programs emphasizing tutoring, travel tours, and camps which specialize in natural science, young children, electronics or rocketry, travel…
Descriptors: Camping, Directories, Exceptional Child Services, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedCordero, John B., Jr.; Schwartz, Stuart E. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1978
The article describes the administrative structure, content, presentation, and evaluation of a summer inservice training program for vocational teachers of handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions
Bocke, Joe – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1971
Described is an 8 week summer program for 20 special education teenagers which focused on the transfer of learnings from a vocational program to practical vocational and domestic experiences. (GW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Job Skills
Kronick, Doreen – J Health Phys Educ Recreation, 1969
From a special section, "Adapted Physical Education. Also see AA 501 888 through AA 501 892, AA 501 894.
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Camping, Exceptional Persons, Handicapped Children
ANDREWS, CARL; AND OTHERS – 1962
THE USE OF AN ALL-PURPOSE ROOM FOR A SUMMER PROGRAM CREATED A HAPPIER ATMOSPHERE FOR CHILDREN, GAVE EACH CHILD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROCEED TO A NEW ACTIVITY WHEN READY, AND ENABLED EACH TEACHER TO SUPERVISE A GREATER NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES WERE RELATED TO SUCH FAMILIAR IDEAS AS THE OUT-OF-DOORS, TRAVEL PATTERNS, AND FAMILIES, SO THAT…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disadvantaged, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Garrett, Ann; Hastings, Chester R. – 1974
This is a report of a training program for preparing paraprofessionals to work with the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Forty paraprofessionals and 200 deaf and hard-of-hearing children participated in the program in a camping setting. During the first week the trainees received instruction in behavior modification and communication skills, child…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Camping, Counseling, Deafness
Peer reviewedEdgar, Eugene; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1977
Analyzed were the results of 18 extended school year programs in the state of Washington.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Extended School Year, Handicapped Children
National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Chicago, IL. – 1967
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN RESIDENT CAMPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND 77 DAY CAMPS IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH SERVE CHILDREN OR ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL HANDICAPS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE. FOR EACH CAMP, INFORMATION ON TYPES OF THE HANDICAPPED WHO ARE ACCEPTED, SPECIFIC EXCLUSIONS, AGE RANGE, NUMBER…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Camping, Day Camp Programs
Parker, Linda G.; Mohr, Laura L. – 1978
Experience a Practicum with Exceptional Children (EPEC), university lecture courses and practicum experience within a local school district, offered field-based teacher education on the needs of handicapped students. The EPEC summer program recruited elementary students who were gifted, learning disabled, educable mentally retarded, mildly…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gifted, Handicapped Children, Higher Education
