Camper Criteria

  1. Signed medical statement from primary care physician that camper is medically stable.
  2. Camper must be at least six years of age to attend. A camper may participate through the summer following high school graduation. A camper who has graduated from high school may inquire about applying to be a counselor-in-training.
  3. Camper's cognitive and social functioning must be within two years of his or her chronological age. Campers under the age of eight years must demonstrate skills at a six-year level or above.
  4. Camper has well established communication system, verbal or augmentative, that allows for effective peer and counselor interaction.
  5. Camper has respiratory needs requiring one of the following:
    * tracheostomy (unless on BiPAP or nasal CPAP)
    * ventilator, BiPAP, CPAP
  6. Camper has oxygen requirements of less than 40%.
  7. Camper has respiratory treatments (aerosols, MDI, CPT) no more frequent than every eight hours.
  8. Because of the physical demands of some campers, consideration will be given to the total numbers of campers with quadriplegia who are ventilator dependent versus the numbers of campers who are able to assume some independent responsibility for their own care with supervision.
  9. Camper nutritional requirements for those who need alternative to meals by mouth:
    * enteral bolus feedings no more than five (5) times per day
    * regulated feeding pumps for nighttime (after 9 p.m. only)

Any camper who develops an acute respiratory infection or other illness, which necessitates a scope of treatment greater than camp can safely treat to allow continued participation in activities, will be sent home. The camp physician will assess campers who develop an illness and, in conjunction with the camp director, a determination will be made as to the status of that camper.

Camper will need to be able to tolerate a slight schedule variation from home routine; for example, lunch at camp at noon versus lunch at home at 11 a.m.; bedtime at camp at 9:30 p.m. versus bedtime at home at 8 p.m.

Also see Counselor job description.