CAMPERS 鈥� WHAT TO EXPECT
- Learn coping techniques to understand and manage emotions
- Practice meditation and visualization techniques designed to support the needs of children with highly active minds
- Develop an understanding of their intellectual and creative gifts
- Learn to manage personal and societal pressures through teambuilding, conflict-resolution, tolerance, and acceptance
- Discover that they are more than just intellect
JOINING A COMMUNITY, BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS
Yunasa offers highly able children the opportunity to join a community of campers who are also gifted, creating a sense of affirmation and belonging that campers often feel for the first time at Yunasa. Many children return year after year to continue in their pursuit of personal growth and to rejoin the campers and staff with whom they have developed strong connections. Campers come from across the country 鈥� and sometimes from outside the United States 鈥� and have interests in a variety of different fields, establishing a diverse community of learners.
FINDING BALANCE
- Encourage campers to take risks and step outside their comfort zones
- Foster leadership in thought and action
- Engage campers鈥� intellectual curiosity and sense of wonder
- Connect campers with nature and the environment
- Expand campers鈥� horizons and provide them with opportunities for support and growth
- Challenge campers to strive for their personal best
- Build self-acceptance and confidence
- Help campers overcome fears through physical challenges
- Provide the support and environment necessary for campers to challenge themselves, build friendships, develop confidence, and find balance in their lives
PARENTS, YOU BENEFIT TOO
Participation in Yunasa also includes an opportunity for parents to gather with Yunasa faculty members, usually at the beginning or end of the camp week, to discuss the unique challenges of raising a gifted child and to develop the skills necessary to meet his or her needs. At the end of camp, parents also receive feedback on the growth of their child from the expert who led their psychosynthesis group over the course of the week.
The Yunasa summer camp program received the inaugural Annemarie Roeper Global Awareness Award, recognizing a program that 鈥渞esponds to the concerns of gifted and talented children about the future and the world they live in.鈥�
Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges
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