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Peer reviewedBrown, Steven M. – Educational Horizons, 1992
Describes how the Solomon Schechter Day Schools provide Jewish parents with a feasible choice for ensuring both the religious and secular education of their children. (SK)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Judaism, Public Education
Camping Magazine, 1991
Recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics discuss components of the medical program for children's camps and provide guidelines for the camper's annual or biennial physical examination, maintenance of health records, health screenings on camper arrival and departure, daily health surveillance, camp health care facilities, and children…
Descriptors: Camping, Child Health, Children, Day Camp Programs
Evans, Michael D. – Camping Magazine, 1993
Team tennis programs offer campers an equal chance to share the responsibilities and excitement of team competition, fostering feelings of self-esteem that can lead to remarkable changes in behavior. Recommendations cover organization of a team tennis program, conducting matches, and program adaptations for special circumstances. (LP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Competition, Outdoor Activities, Program Development
Grayson, Randall – Camping Magazine, 1996
Stresses the importance of planning ahead for rainy day activities at camp. Suggested outdoor activities include learning to build a fire in the rain, dam building, canoe puzzles, and holey garbage-can fill; indoor activities include crafts, pass the present, human game pieces, and opportunities for cabin groups to plan and host a fun activity.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Games, Group Activities, Learning Activities
Peterson, David – Camping Magazine, 2001
Ten suggestions to camp directors explain ways to communicate with parents, handle their complaints, and thereby protect and promote the camp's image. Strategies include assigning staff skilled in conflict resolution to resolve complaints, focusing on prevention or early resolution of parent complaints, maintaining communication, avoiding heated…
Descriptors: Camping, Conflict Resolution, Grievance Procedures, Interpersonal Communication
Download full textRubendall, Robert L. – 1988
Summer camp is a type of laboratory for community living. Society's needs have changed from providing a positive summer challenge for idle youth to experimenting with the demands and rewards of working in community groups. Decentralized camping emphasizes the team decision-making approach to teach self-reliance and awareness of democratic…
Descriptors: Camping, Community, Participative Decision Making, Resident Camp Programs
Schmierer, Hy – 1969
The document contains Part II, Narrative Report for End of Budget Period, and Part III, End of Year Evaluation Report, for the school districts of North Hempstead, New York. During the period from September of 1968 to September of 1969, under funds from Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the North Hempstead districts began…
Descriptors: Administration, Conservation Education, Curriculum, Ecology
Grilley, Helen Elaine – 1966
A 7-part evaluation instrument for resident outdoor education laboratory school programs was developed (1) from survey forms pertaining to curricular experiences and to principles of resident outdoor programs and (2) from suggestions of 10 faculty members at Colorado State College. Sections of the instrument dealt with principles, objectives,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Instrumentation, Integrated Curriculum
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1970
A state-by-state listing of the approved Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I outdoor education programs for inner-city schools, sources for additional information, and 1- or 2-sentence comments about the programs are found in this committee report. The final page lists those programs carried on in the various states that are not funded…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Inner City, Outdoor Education, Programs
Rocchio, Richard – 1971
A progress report and final evaluation of the Twin Owls Mountain Camp - Summer Workshop for Colorado Young People are contained in this two-volume publication. Involved in the project was the operation of a summer camp for governmental/ecological education using a participative approach to the learning/teaching process. Also, it was to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Environmental Education, Program Descriptions, Projects
Ricker, Lawrence H.; Walker, Francis C. – 1972
A follow-up study was conducted in 1972 among 105 ex-campers in Florida who had been out of the therapeutic situation for at least a year. From the ratings of competent judges, working independently with information from interview reports and records of the behaviors of the ex-campers, it was found that 70% were improved to some degree, and 42%…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Camping, Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquency
Peer reviewedHung, David W.; Thelander, Mary J. – Exceptional Children, 1978
A short term residential summer camp treatment program provided for 18 autistic children, 15 boys and 3 girls (5 to 13 years old), was seen to be successful by the camp staff and parents. (IM)
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Exceptional Child Services, Intervention
Peer reviewedHerr, David E. – Adolescence, 1977
Describes the use of the facilities of Camp Easter Seal, Virginia, for institutionalized adolescents from different hospitals in Virginia. Also includes the attitudes of the patients toward their camping experience, their camp counselors, and what they learned from their camping experience. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Camping, Institutionalized Persons, Opinions
Lachney, Morgan Eugene – Pointer, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions
LeMonn, Jim – Camping Magazine, 1987
Describes six-day residential camp experiences of 10 Soviet and 20 American youths at Alford Lake Camp (Maine) in August 1986. (NEC)
Descriptors: Camping, Cultural Differences, Cultural Exchange, Intergroup Education
