Therapy Camp Supports
CAMP GROUP SUPPORTS
Here are some reasons why we think coming to camp is an awesome learning opportunity:
- Practical experience supporting kids to achieve therapy goals in a group setting
- Supervision and feedback on strategies and therapeutic approaches throughout camp
- Supporting kids to have a memorable camp experience while growing their skills and toolkit. Being along on the journey to see shifts in learning over the week is a highlight for many of us!
- Working in a team with therapists who bring a range of expertise from trauma informed interventions to movement based interventions.
- Pre- camp access to webinars on sensory processing, social skills and self regulation
- Certificate of attendance for your CPD hours
- Open doors to grow and develop clinical reasoning and application skills
- Networking opportunities
What’s Involved?
- Pre-camp webinars and orientation (all online)
- Working as a member of one of our camp teams to support kids on camp while learning new approaches, and applying theories in the moment.
- Option to come during the day or stay for the full overnight camp experience
- We supply meals, accomodation, activity costs etc
CAMP MENTEE PROGRAM
Are you an Occupational Therapist or final year OT student and want an intensive learning experience to learn about working with children?
Do you want a thorough understanding of self regulation models and intervention to support your clinical skills in your own adult and/or paediatric caseload?
Attending as mentee on Camp Confidence is an opportunity to become grounded in self regulation theory and practice. Course material is designed to step a therapist through the clinical understanding of self regulation so you have thorough understanding of the interventions implemented on camp to allow you to have the confidence to implement them in your own practice. You will receive a certificate after completing all the components as evidence towards CPD hours.
What’s included:
- Half day pre-camp workshop, online or face to face
- Pre-camp meeting with your camp team to learn about the campers and intervention planning
- 1 hour workshop each day on camp with our occupational therapy mentors
- 2 hour post camp workshop, online
- 1:1 supervision session post camp with one of our camp team leaders or mentors, face to face or online to apply learning specifically to your caseload or personal goals
Dates: Camp Confidence 2024
Cost: $450
CAMP ACTIVITY FACILITATORS
We are looking for adults who are keen to come to camp to share their energy and time to help kids have a learning and fun filled camp experience! If you are interested in coming to camp but only have a day
What’s involved?
- Coming to camp for a day to help us facilitate an activitiy for each group
- Assistance to set up and prepare the activity
- Working with kids in each group to participate in the activity alongside their on camp team.
- Pre-camp meeting to discuss the activity and some key camp information
What are the activities?
The below are examples for Camp Confidence, for our smaller camps (like our Girls Trip and Boys Trip in January) please get in touch, we would love to hear from you!
- Nerf Battle Zone
- Minute to Win it challenges
- Forts and Mazes
- Craft
- STEM style challenges
- Colour Run
- Team sports
- If you have an activity you are interested in running on camp please get in touch!
Interested in coming along to camp? Here’s how to register:
- Sign up as a Camp Support via our Camp App. For more information on using our Camp App please see our Camp Support FAQ Page (you will need to sign up for an account as a ‘CAMP SUPPORT’ for the app via the weblink first before downloading and logging into the app).
- Choose your camp (check out our therapy camp page for details on each camp) and complete the online registration form
- A Calm and Connected staff member will email to confirm your place on camp
- Complete the online orientation prior to camp. These details will be emailed to you.
- Arrive at camp for some fun and learning!
Support Staff Reflections
Here is what previous support therapists have to say about what they learnt on camp:
‘I came on camp to learn about sensory processing, and came away realising that it is just a small piece of the puzzle. You need to bring in the emotional, physical and neuroscience parts too to understand the chlld’
‘I used to shy away from the social emotional goals…since the camp it i something that I consider all the time. social emotional skills, resilience and how that impacts function.’
‘I now (after camp) make the effort to see the child in different environments which has changed how I work with the family for the better..gives a much better picture adding the observation of their everyday environment’
‘Being on camp makes you reflect on what you suggest to families, as now I know some of the things I have suggested in the past are just not practical in a child’s everyday environment or when you are with them all day!’
