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Camp Ramapo
Rhinebeck, NY
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845-876-8403
office[AT]ramapoforchildren.org
101 Anchorage Trail
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
WINTER (OFF-SEASON) OFFICE ADDRESS:
PO Box 266
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
CAMP VIDEO LINK:
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CAMPER AGES: 6 - 16
TYPE OF CAMP: Overnight/Sleepaway. Residential
CAMPER GENDER(S): Coed Campers.
BRIEF CAMP DESCRIPTION: Based on our 250-acre campus in Rhinebeck, New York, Camp Ramapo is a residential summer camp that serves children ages 6 to 16 who are affected by social, emotional, or learning challenges, including children affected by autism spectrum disorders. Camp Ramapo provides a traditional summer camp experience for children who have difficulty building and maintaining healthy relationships with peers and adults and who would struggle in a less supportive setting. The program is carefully structured to help children with special needs learn to live within a group, form healthy friendships, make good choices, develop self-confidence, and experience success.
SPECIAL NEEDS CAMPERS: Special Needs program.
CAMP INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES OFFERED:
Adventure, Waterfront/Aquatics, Wilderness/Nature, Horses/Equestrian, Fine Arts/Crafts, Dance, Music/Band, Theater, Swimming, Science, Academics, Computers, Technology, Soccer, Weightloss, Basketball, Baseball, Team Sports, and more. Special Needs.
CAMP LOCATION: We are located 2 1/2 hours north of New York City along the Hudson River. Please visit our website for lots of camp photos.
CAMP FACILITIES: Outdoor cabins, pool, dining hall, playgrounds, pristine lake for swimming, boating and fishing.
CAMP PROGRAM INFO: We offer swimming, team and individual sports, outdoor education, hiking and camping, a reading enrichment center, science discovery workshop, high and low ropes course, chess, arts, crafts, drama, dancing, canoeing, boating, kayaking and more!
CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: Leadership program.
CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Scholarships are available on sliding scale basis. A Reduced Fee application required.
CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Please see our website for dates and rates.
SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Ramapo for Children offers college students a valuable and highly unique summer job experience through one of our programs: Camp Ramapo. Ramapo runs one of the few residential summer camps that specifically serves children with social, emotional, and learning challenges. At our camp, staff members believe that all children want to succeed, and embrace the challenges of working with special needs children. Many of our staff alumni describe their work at Ramapo as having been a formative experience, and have gone on to be teachers, psychologists, social workers, organization directors, and even founders of national service nonprofits.
Camp Ramapo has a one-to-one staff-to-camper ratio that not only helps children who need more supervision and support, but also provides staff members with the intensive, hands-on experience that they need to grow professionally.
Staff members receive the same state-of-the-art training that we provide to teachers and other youth-service professionals already working in the field. This training equips them with practical techniques to build positive relationships, create supportive environments for children with special needs, and grow to become leaders in the field.
Intensive, evidence-informed training on our Ramapo Approach, which is sought out by educators, school leaders, youth workers and caregivers around the world
Daily interaction with children who face varying degrees of social, emotional and learning challenges
A network of people within Ramapo for Children’s community, which includes year-round staff members, trainers, board members and counselor alumni, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers in education, social work and psychology
Free room and board on our 250-acre campus plus summer stipend and travel reimbursement
Up to six credits through an on-site college course, “Fieldwork in Special Education”
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