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Peer reviewedUnkovic, Charles M.; And Others – Journal of Rehabilitation, 1975
The Michigan Youth Service Personnel, the men at Wurtsmith Air Force Base, and the residents around Oscoda, Michigan, implemented and carried out an exemplary youth camping program dedicated to helping troubled boys achieve a far brighter future than would ordinarily be expected. The program was evaluated by Florida Technological University.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Military Personnel
1999
This directory is designed to help parents, caregivers, and professionals locate appropriate summer programs for children and youth with disabilities. It includes descriptions for more than 300 day and sleepaway programs and separate sections for young children and teenagers. Program descriptions are presented in English and in Spanish and include…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Camping, Children, Day Camp Programs
Peer reviewedQuaintance, Brother William – Reading Improvement, 1972
Descriptors: Reading Diagnosis, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
Gabalski, Anita – Conservationist, 1983
Discusses various program activities at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) camps, including environmental workshops which foster exploration, discovery, and skill development. Highlights recreational and evening activities for the one-week camping experience for 12 to 17 year olds. (JN)
Descriptors: Camping, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedNolan, 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
Brannan, Steve; And Others – Camping Magazine, 1997
A nationwide survey of 31 residential summer camps indicated that disabled and nondisabled campers attended the same camp sessions; that camps served youth with a wide range of disabilities; that disabled and nondisabled campers jointly participated in meals, recreation, evening programs, and arts and crafts; and that camps were willing to…
Descriptors: Camping, Disabilities, Group Activities, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedGreen, James L. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1995
Traces the early history of Children's International Summer Villages, developed by Doris Allen in the late 1940s to promote peace and global understanding by exposing mixed groups of 11-year olds from different countries to a month-long experience in international living. The first camp, held near Cincinnati in 1951, included a social science…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intercultural Programs, International Educational Exchange
Johnson, Rebecca Cowan – Camping Magazine, 1994
A camp staff member can make his or her work experiences enjoyable by getting enough sleep, maintaining discipline, making job responsibilities a priority, maintaining a sense of humor, eating well, making time to be alone, sharing job-related frustrations with someone outside of camp, being a positive role model, being patient, and resolving…
Descriptors: Camping, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Client Relationship, Job Satisfaction
Download full textGilfillan, Warren C., Comp.; Burgess, Robert A., Comp. – 1970
To prepare students for attending school out-of-doors, this manual addresses the student directly. Topics covered in the first part of the manual include the Outdoor School site, the school staff, living at the Outdoor School, studying in the Outdoor School, fun at the school, and a brief paragraph of initial preparation for the Outdoor School.…
Descriptors: Activities, Behavior, Camping, Ecology
McCord, Joan – 1997
More than 50 years ago, the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study provided services to a randomly selected half of matched pairs of young boys living in congested urban environments. This "model intervention program" is analyzed in this paper. Between 1935 and 1939, information on approximately 1800 boys was gathered. This information was…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Peer reviewedOlson, Jack R. – British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 1971
Descriptors: Deafness, Handicapped Children, Outdoor Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedRemer, Victor – Child Welfare, 1970
Pre- and posttests of 268 children from the fifth, sixth and seventh grades showed that 179 gained 1 to 5 years in reading grade levels after a 4 1/2- week remedial reading program in a camp setting. Followup revealed that none of the participants became school dropouts, and attitudes and achievement were improved. (NH)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
Peer reviewedHouts, Mary D., Ed. – Nature Study, 1981
An amputee and her mother discuss their views of camping. Handicapped persons must accept their disabilities but avoid using them as an excuse for not participating in camp activities. "I guess you only realize it when you go to a place like camp--How normal you really are." (Author/WB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Interviews, Outdoor Education
Direct linkWatson, Gavan P. L. – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
This paper describes the partial results of a research project which investigated conceptions of nature and the role of place in environmental education in children who attended Camp Arowhon. Through interviews and observations, utilizing a hybrid research drawing from phenomenography and ethnography, local common wild animals emerged as playing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animals, Children, Resident Camp Programs
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1992
The District of Columbia Public Schools Nature Computer Camp (NCC) is an environmental/computer program which has been operating in the Catoctin Mountain Park (Maryland) since 1983. The camp operates for five one-week sessions serving a total of 406 regular sixth-grade students representing 84 elementary schools with an average of 81 students per…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Environmental Education, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
