SUMMER CAMP INCLUSION

Inclusion Training Guide For Jewish Summer Camps

http://www.jewishcamp.org/inclusionresources

The Inclusion Training Guide for Jewish Summer Camps is a new online resource designed to provide hands-on training guidance and support for camp staff seeking to create or expand inclusion programs.

This resource has been developed as a partnership between Ramah and the Foundation For Jewish Camp.  

You can download this guide in one of two ways:

Full-Length Guide

Individual Chapters

This resource is designed for use by camp directors, inclusion specialists, directors of a disabilities camping program, counselors, or activity specialists. It offers basic information on the history of disabilities camping, models of camping for people with disabilities, benefits of camping for both campers with disabilities and the typical camp community, overviews of various disabilities, and many useful tools and program ideas for day-to-day work with campers.

Whether you are a camp director, inclusion specialist, director of a disabilities camping program, counselor, or activity specialist, there is something here for you! This project will be growing and expanding over time. This first version offers basic information on

• the history of disabilities camping
• models of camping for people with disabilities
• benefits of camping for both campers with disabilities and the typical camp community
• overviews of various disabilities
• useful tools for day to day work with campers

The online resource guide iwas created to share information and resources which will help you feel more confident in your work with children with disabilities.

• Camp directors may want to take a look at sections pertaining to inclusive camping for people with disabilities, successful inclusion in Jewish summer camp, inclusive camps, specific disabilities and related activities, communicating with parents, staff training, and people first language.
• Inclusion Coordinators will find it particularly useful to access certain materials like intake forms, people first language and general information on inclusive camping before the summer, while other materials like staff training (role-plays, sensitivity activities, values based on Jewish texts, and people first language) may be useful while camp is in session.
• Counselors, division heads, inclusion coordinators, program directors and camper care teams may find such tools as social stories, visual schedules, and tips on managing camper behavior, and speaking to the bunk about inclusion and disabilities to be particularly useful.