Helping Your Counselors Welcome All Campers: Some Guidelines for Inclusive Camping

Helping Your Counselors Welcome All Campers: Some Guidelines for Inclusive Camping

Staff training at inclusive camps should include disability awareness exercises such as having counselors get around camp in a wheelchair. Techniques for handling health issues and helping campers through transitions are presented. During camp, have enough staff or volunteers to support campers with...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:The Camping magazine 2002-05, Vol.75 (3), p.24
1. Verfasser: McDonald, Joanne
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accessibility (for Disabled)
Assistive Technology
Attitudes toward Disabilities
Behavior Problems
Camp Counselors
Camping
Camps
Camps (Recreation)
Care and treatment
Children & youth
Counseling
Directories
Disabilities
Disabled children
Family (Sociological Unit)
Guidelines
Management
Normalization (Disabilities)
People with disabilities
Role Playing
Social aspects
Special Health Problems
Special Needs Students
Staff Development
Training Needs
Web sites
Web sites (World Wide Web)
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Staff training at inclusive camps should include disability awareness exercises such as having counselors get around camp in a wheelchair. Techniques for handling health issues and helping campers through transitions are presented. During camp, have enough staff or volunteers to support campers with special needs. Disability awareness exercises allow campers to share their feelings. Resource Web sites for specific disabilities are listed. (TD)
ISSN:0740-4131