The Camp Abilities Story

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In 1996 Lauren Lieberman, then an assistant professor at SUNY Brockport, started a small educational sports camp for children with visual impairments called Camp Abilities with 27 children. In 2000 she expanded to Palmer, Alaska. Today there are Camp Abilities programs in over 20 locations in the US and in 10 countries. Come to this talk and hear the remarkable story of this epic journey to help children with visual impairments and their families around the globe.
Learning Objectives:

Participants will learn the origin of Camp Abilities
Participants will understand where the current Camps are held and how to get their children involved
Participants will know where to go for information if they want to start their own physical activity program

Contributors

Lauren Lieberman Ph.D.

Lauren J. Lieberman Ph.D. is a Distinguished Service Professor in the Kinesiology Department at The College at Brockport, State University of New York (SUNY) in adapted physical education. She started her career teaching at The Perkins School for the Blind in the Deafblind program. She is co-director of The Institute on Movement Studies for Individuals with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness (IMSVI)( See www.brockport.edu/IMSVI) . She is the founder and director of Camp Abilities: An educational sports camp for children with visual impairments. Camp Abilities has been replicated in 20 states and eight countries. (www.campabilities.org and www.campabilitiesworld.com) She has published over 145 peer-reviewed articles and 20 books. Most recently she has been awarded a Global Fulbright Scholarship to promote Camp Abilities world-wide.

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Contributors

Lauren Lieberman Ph.D.