High Staff to Youth Ratio
We offer a summer therapeutic program for youth who are receiving our clinical children’s services. This special summer programming is designed for youth who may not thrive in a traditional summer camp program. We combine outdoor recreational activities with behavioral and therapeutic programming to teach and reinforce positive social skills and behaviors.
HCRS summer programming opens doors, builds skills for high-needs kids, and we have a lot of fun doing it!
Rigorously Trained Staff
Our programming is specifically structured for youth who struggle within their school environment, their family and extended communities. Summer program staff are focused on helping youth build positive and healthy relationships with peers and adults by supporting them with the development of important social skills. We create an environment that supports youth in being successful in a social situation, while also having fun.
With a high staff to youth ratio and rigorously trained staff, HCRS’ programming is tailor-made for youth who struggle to be successful in social setting with peers.
Tailor-Made Programming
This program allows youth to find opportunities to bond while also utilizing the skills that they are learning. Whether they are negotiating a game of capture the flag, swimming at a local pool or nearby lake, canoeing for the first time, or tie-dying t-shirts, they do it all together. While these activities may look like play, the reality is that these youth are hard at work, learning to manage their behaviors, problem solve, and work together—critical skills that don’t go unnoticed when they return to their homes and schools.
Keeping the camp small enough to build these relationships is essential, and we recognize that the program’s success stems in large part on its ability to remain flexible and responsive to each camper’s needs. That responsiveness extends to the camp’s programming, much of which is based on the particular interests and skills of each year’s campers and staff. Every summer, staff brainstorm ways to determine the therapeutic value of each activity and how best to help campers to extract meaning from the skills they’re learning.
These Summer Therapeutic Programs are provided in each of our three locations. In order to be considered for this program, youth need to live in Windham or Windsor counties of Vermont and be receiving regular clinical services from HCRS.
For more information, please contact the Summer Program Coordinator in your area:
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