A questionnaire was sent to superintendents of selected school districts which operated resident outdoor laboratory school programs. Areas covered by the questionnaire included finance, facilities, public relations, transportation, insurance, staffing, food service, and board policies. Responses indicated that few differences existed in program…

Reported results of questionnaire study of 75 summer camp staff members serving disabled children. Identified eight staff experiencing burnout caused primarily by emotional exhaustion and eight others experiencing burnbright. Discussed awareness of burnout/burnbright, phases of burnout, strategies for dealing with stress, and arranging work…

Reports the visit of Nancy Reagan to Maine's Agassiz Village, a racially mixed, coed camp accredited by the American Camping Association and serving inner city youth. Emphasizes Mrs. Reagan's commitment to organized camping and to the Just Say No anti-drug campaign. (JHZ)

Provides blueprints and color photographs and describes outstanding features of six winners of the camp architecture competition sponsored by "Camping Magazine." Winners are in the categories of support facilities, housing, program facilities, and recreation facilities. (JHZ)

Description of a summer program of an adolescent unit from a multidisciplinary treatment center for emotionally disturbed and organically handicapped children. The general purpose of the summer was to help these young people catch-up'' in social, emotional, academic and recreational skills. The change in physical surroundings did permit greater…

Describes a two-day environmental camping experience for 180 sixth-graders in Windham, Maine. (JM)

Described are the development, evolution, and creative art activities of a summer camp for handicapped, learning disabled children--Learning through Creative Arts With Handicapped Children--in Ashville, New York. (KC)

Responding to the fact that young people today have more personal problems and challenging behaviors, Camp CHI (Lake Delton, Wisconsin) and seven day camps affiliated with the Jewish Community Center of Chicago began utilizing trained clinical camp consultants to address individual camper's behavior problems and related staff needs. The positive…

Three camp directors discuss their policies regarding body art and body piercing. Only one director reported a strict policy prohibiting tattoos or body art based on standards that the camp portrays to families. However, all directors enforced policies prohibiting clothing or body art that mentions alcohol, tobacco, drug use, or inappropriate…

Camp pioneers relate how camping has grown to become more diverse, environmentally aware, safe, and conscious of its responsibility to promote healthy development of children. Changing trends in clothing, transportation, and food preparation at camp are described. The joys, discoveries, and teachable moments that camp offers children have endured.…