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Dr. Hallowell's ADHD Family Summer Camp
Glen Arbor, Michigan
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The Homestead Resort
1 Wood Ridge Road
Glen Arbor, Michigan 49636
CAMPER AGES: 8-18 and Parents
TYPE OF CAMP: Overnight/Sleepaway.
CAMPER GENDER(S): Coed Campers.
BRIEF CAMP DESCRIPTION: Transform your relationship with your child and them him/her create their best future by improving: Organization, Time management, Advocacy skills, ADHD management. Dr. Hallowell shares his 30+ years of experience with parents while kids (ages 8-18) engage in learning adventure activities with built-in executive function strategies. Camp for siblings too.
SPECIAL NEEDS CAMPERS: Drawing on twenty years of experience as a school director, counselor, coach and teacher, Rob brings expert knowledge and skills to working with students who are intelligent, creative and unique learners. Rob has guided hundreds of young people through a highly specialized adventure learning program rooted in a strengths-based and holistic approach to understanding intelligence.
Building strong connections through fun and challenging learning adventures, students find their natural intelligences and learn to apply their strengths in all aspects of life. Learning adventures bring students outside the traditional classroom setting to observe, practice and learn in the dynamic environments around them. Learning is accelerated when students are immersed in environments that foster problem solving, creative thinking, collaboration, determination and resilience.
Students love Rob’s unconditional regard for their well being combined with a highly individualized plan for developing the academic and social skills they are looking for. Rob practices a holistic approach to helping students - incorporating nutrition, activity, sleep and mindfulness with core academic skill building. Whether coaching students to create and maintain systems of organization, guiding a student toward the right college choice or collaborating with a college graduate to launch their career, Rob brings a positive and pragmatic approach focused on tangible results.
Students can expect to gain new insights and awareness for improving: organization, time management, study strategies, homework routines, advocacy skills, concentration, memory, follow through.
Examples of Learning Adventure activities: kayaking, biking, cooking, beach and forest hikes, group games.
CAMP INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES OFFERED:
Dance, Video/Filmmaking/Photography, Golf, Swimming, Team Sports, Science, Technology, Academics, Adventure, Wilderness/Nature, and more. Examples Of Learning Adventure Activities: Kayaking, Biking, Cooking, Beach & Forest Hikes, Group Games.
CAMP LOCATION: The Homestead resort is located at Glen Arbor, about 30 miles west of Traverse City’s Cherry Capital Airport. Please visit our website for camp photos and additional description.
CAMP FACILITIES: It was designed, built and is managed to help you best enjoy the Most Beautiful Place in America.
On its west are miles of sandy beaches on which you can walk for hours. The resort's beaches are soothing by day, spectacular at sunset, remarkably romantic on starry nights. To its east is Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, the area chosen by the viewers of ABC’s Good Morning America as “The Most Beautiful Place in America.”
Within the resort, neighborhoods separated by nature provide a wide range of high-quality accommodations. Some are perfect for couples, some for families, and some for groups. All are beautiful. There are shops, restaurants, and recreational facilities. There are places for weddings, receuptions, reunions, and meetings. All of them are staffed by caring and attentive professionals.
You could be pampered at the spa or salon, sit by a pool, play a round of golf or hike in the National Lakeshore. Or, you could teach your kids to swim, play tennis or golf, ski or snowboard.
Simply said, you decide how you want to spend your time in the Most Beautiful Place in America. We take care of the rest.
CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D., is a child and adult psychiatrist, a NY Times bestselling author, a world-renowned speaker and a leading authority in the field of ADHD. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Tulane Medical School, and the founder of The Hallowell Centers in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. He was a Harvard Medical School faculty member for 21 years and now devotes his full professional attention to his clinical practice, lectures, and the writing of books. He has authored 20 books on various psychological topics, including ADHD, the power of human connection, the childhood roots of adult happiness, how to help your people SHINE, forgiveness, managing worry and managing excessive busyness.
He is also the host of “Distraction,” a weekly podcast series that explores why we are driven to distraction and how each of us can implement coping strategies that can turn modern problems into new-found strengths. Since 2006, the Dr. Hallowell’s ADHD Family Summer Camp has been helping parents and youth ages 8-18 Unwrap the Gifts of ADHD. The dates for 2017 are July 17-21. Register at Our Camp Website Link: www.HallowellSummerCamp.com.
Learn more at Our Camp Website Link: www.drhallowell.com, follow him on Facebook, Twitter, linkedIN, Pinterest and Youtube, and sign up for his free monthly e-newsletter by texting drhallowell to 22828.
CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
July 17 - 21, 2017
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