title: A specialized program for children with developmental disabilities within a "typical" overnight summer camp: Camp Ramah's Tikvah Program.
abstract: The Tikvah Program is an overnight camping program at Camp Ramah in New England that serves campers with a range of developmental disabilities. The program has evolved over its 37-year history and includes a camping program, vocational training program, and inclusion program. Select graduates are hired by the camp for summer employment. The Tikvah Program offers a model for serving campers with special needs within a larger "typical" summer camp. Although serving the needs of such campers offers unique challenges, the presence of such a program in a regular summer camp offers tremendous opportunities and benefits for campers with special needs and more typically developing campers.
authors.affiliation: Tikvah Program, Camp Ramah in New England, 35 Highland Circle, Needham, MA 02494, USA. howardb@campramahne.org
authors.forename: Howard I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Blas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002165:Camping; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development