The camp provides individualized, one-on-one instruction in adapted sports for youth with visual impairments, fostering independence and confidence through a unique camper-to-coach model.
Camp Abilities Kean University is an educational sports camp designed to empower youth with low vision, blindness, or deaf-blindness to lead active, healthy, and confident lives through adapted sport and physical activity. The camp focuses on building independence and confidence in participants by exposing them to a variety of sports and leisure activities often overlooked in traditional settings. Campers develop athletic skills and make lasting friendships. The program also provides hands-on educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students, preparing future professionals in adapted physical education and related fields.
Activities offered include Beep Baseball, Track and Field, and Golf. Some sports, like soccer, utilize eye masks to create a level playing field for all participants. The camp emphasizes individualized instruction with a one-on-one camper-to-coach ratio. Coaches, often Kean University students, provide feedback and support to help athletes succeed in their chosen sports. The camp aims to improve overall health and well-being through sports and recreation, fostering physically active, confident, and productive members of their communities.
Mornings typically involve instruction in sports like track and field and blind soccer, followed by lunch. Afternoons introduce other sports such as golf, basketball, and football, with campers choosing two sports to learn.
The ideal student is a child or teen aged 9-19 with low vision, blindness, or deaf-blindness who is predominantly independent in personal care and possesses verbal or sign communication skills appropriate within two years of their age.
Kean University, 1000 Morris Ave, Union, NJ 07083 (hosted at RWJBH Field of Dreams)
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