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The
Summit Camp, Inc.
Forest Hills, New York
800-323-9908
Summitcamp@aol.com
Summit
Camp serves
boys and girls ages 8 to 18 with diagnoses of Attention Deficit Disorder,
Verbal or Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities, Mild Social or Emotional
problems, Asperger’s, Tourettes, O.C.D., or mild mood disorders.
Although these children have average or higher cognitive skills,
their academic performance often is highly erratic or below expected
levels. Whether due to impulsivity, an inability to read social clues,
language processing difficulties, hyperactivity, or a lack of awareness
of the needs of others, the camper often responds inappropriately
to the social attitudes and expectations of his or her peers.
With over 250 staff members for their 300 campers, they have a ratio
of three adult staff members for every four children. Their Senior
Staff are highly experienced, well trained, special education and mental
health professionals who provide support for the counseling staff.
Their sixteen highly trained full-time athletic instructors help campers
overcome their impulsivity, distractibility, low frustration tolerance,
immature social skills, fears, and/or insecurities, while helping them
to enjoy and excel in sports activities.
Summit’s Adventure Program consists of challenge-based experiences
based on principles developed by “outward bound” type programs, coordinating
group dynamics with specific skills development. On site and regional
areas provide mountain biking, wall climbing, canoeing, trail hiking,
and ropes courses.
Campers and staff work collaboratively in music, dance, and drama performances
each week. The children develop their artistic expression in project-oriented
activities such as ceramics, woodshop, puppetry, computer, video, and
arts and crafts. They also participate in educationally oriented Discovery
Programs, which are a hands-on, experimental, process oriented,
and fun approach to cognitive development.
Summit Camp has been serving natural foods cuisine since 1977, limiting
refined sugar, additives, food coloring, and preservatives, based on
the belief that a healthy diet introduces campers to a wide variety
of foods that “improve and promote self-control and greater emotional
stability.”
Their 10-day, post season, Mini Camp is available as an introduction
to sleep-away camping in general, and to Summit in particular. They
also offer a Summit Travel program, a logical extension of the camping
program, for “Super Teens” (16+) who have outgrown the traditional
camping experience, but still require opportunities for structured
and supervised social experiences, and need to transition to recreational
opportunities of a more adult and “mainstream” nature.
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