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RESEARCH & OUTCOMES

"NIP has been instrumental in making our camp a place where truly everyone belongs."

Camp Director, Jewish Community Center

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BEST PRACTICES FOR INCLUSIVE CAMPS

Editors: Gary N. Siperstein, Stuart J. Schleien, Martin E. Block, Emily D. McDowell

Best Practices for Inclusive Camps is written by practitioners for practitioners.  The book provides a distinctively practical take on the inclusion of youth with and without disabilities at camp, based on the newly developed “Standards for Inclusive Recreation.”

Part I of the book (Creating an Inclusive Camp) addresses best practices in various aspects of camp, while Part II (Exemplary Inclusive Camps) is a series of case studies about inclusive camps that represent both day and overnight programs across a range of organizational affiliations and geographical locations. We're proud to say that NIP's Director of Inclusive Recreation Amanda Kloo is one of the authors in Part II.

Appendices include a self-reflection questionnaire for your camp, based on the standards, and a collection of staff training activities specifically designed for promoting inclusion. Wherever you are on your inclusion journey, this book will help you take the next step in your program so that children with and without disabilities can experience the joys of camp—together.

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We closely and consistently evaluate our inclusive program model, working in partnership with the Center for Social Development and Education (CSDE) of the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

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OUTCOMES BY THE NUMBERS

Counselor observations indicated that children with disabilities:

showed moderate to high improvement in social skills
%
showed moderate to high improvement in motor skills
%
showed moderate to high improvement in self-esteem
%

Program partners and staff with NIP training were able to:

more effectively solve specific challenges
%
make successful adaptions to activities
%
give more personalized attention to individual children
%

PARTNER QUESTIONNAIRE

Programs partners were able to:

make adaptions to their schedule, programming and/or equipment
%
serve more children with disabilities than in previous years
%
accommodate ALL children who applied
%

PARENT SURVEYS FROM
OUR PARTNERS

Parents of children participating in a partner program reported:

children with disabilities participated in most program activities
%
children with disabilities made a few to a lot of friends
%
programs asked parents for input regarding their child's needs
%

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