The American Camp Association is a community of camp professionals who ensure the quality of camp programs. As a leading authority in child development, the ACA works to preserve, promote, and improve the camp experience.
Source: American Camp Association
Social Skills Resources
Because so much social behavior is learned through observation, children with blindness or visual impairments need some assistance to find their place in the social world. In this section you will find suggestions to help their children make friends, play with others, develop a sense of autonomy, and learn how to interact and reciprocate. This section also presents information on behavior problems and their interventions.
Sighted guide techniques with illustrations. A PDF is also available.
Source: Community Eye Health Journal
Camp Abilities at Lake Joe CNIB
MacTier, Ontario
Email: Jacqueline.Harrison@cnib.ca
SEE Adventure Camp
Nantahala Outdoor Center
Bryson City, North Carolina
Email: jhardwig@ifbsolutions.org
Camp Abilities Nebraska
Boys Town, Nebraska
Email: Kristal.Platt@boystown.org
Camp Abilities North Florida
Neptune Beach, FL
Summer Camp: July 8th-14th, 2018
Surf Camp: April 21st, 2018
Winter Camping Trip: February 16th-18th, 2018
Camp Abilities Pennsylvania
West Chester University
Email: campabilitiespa@gmail.com
Camp Inter-Actions
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Camp Inter-Actions is a traditional summer camp experience for children who are blind or visually impaired.
Email: campinfo@inter-actions.org
Another useful list of reminders for behaving with consideration when interacting socially.
Source: Vision AustraliaThis self-study course in braille, designed for people with vision and presented in Spanish, was created by Carmen Roig and is available online at no charge.
Source: ONCEAimed at parents, with clear, nonclinical language. This is a compilation of three different developmental scales for evaluating social/emotional, communication, cognitive, fine motor, and gross motor development.
Source: WonderBabyProf. Michael Brambring studies the alternative strategies that blind children apply to accomplish tasks, then uses that knowledge to promote the acquisition of developmental skills. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Source: International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)