Camp Rose Tampa, FL

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Camp RoseTampa, FL

• Camp Rose is named in remembrance of Rose Moye.
  It was her dream to see a summer camp for
  children that are visually impaired.

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Overview of Current Program

• Joint venture between Division of Blind Services
  (DBS), Hillsborough County School District
  (SDHC), and Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind
• Serves Division of Blind Services Clients ages
  6-13 through a educational summer camp and
  clients age 14-22 that have additional
  disabilities through a work experience as junior
  camp counselors.
• Educational Summer Campaddressing all areas of
  the Expanded Core Curriculum

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Funding Expenses shared by DBS, SDHC, and
Lighthouse for the Blind

• DBS / Lighthouse for the Blind covers
• Transportation costsrenting vans which teachers
  drive to pick up students
• Supplies such as food, school supplies, etc.
• Money for activities and field trips
• Salary for 1 teacher and 1 coach

• SDHC covers
• Location
• Salary/Benefits for 3 teachers
• Equipment
• Planning time for teachers during school year to
  organize camp

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Everyone helping make Camp Rose a success

• DBS
• Tony Ames
• Mireya Hernandez
• Sandra Allen
• April Stanley
• John Reynolds
• Anna Garcia
• Lighthouse for the Blind
• Sheryl Brown

• SDHC
• Wynnie Tye
• Laura Brown
• Angie Esparza
• Alicia Torres
• Jessie Cox
• Ralph Luciani
• Kathy Kremplewski

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Helping Camp Rose continuedVolunteers

• FSU Program/USF students
• Molly
• Trang
• Eric
• Shalene
• Andrea
• TVIs
• Teresa Martinkovic
• Janet Pastwa

• Middle and High Schools
• Jamie
• Brian
• William
• Ben
• Colin
• Julia
• Alyssa
• Emilio
• Wideline

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Helping Camp Rose continuedParents, Family and
Friends

• Jo Anderson
• Kathy Anderson
• Mr. Miller
• Mrs. Bartlett
• Mrs. Santiago
• Mrs. Ferrer

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Estimated Timeline for Planning Camp Rose 2008

• August 2007 Review 2007 summer program and begin
  budgeting for 2008
• November 2007 Staff begins brainstorming
• January 2008 Meeting between DBS, Lighthouse and
  SDHC to delegate responsibilities and information
  gathering
• January 2008 Meeting with ESE director for SDHC.

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Timeline continued

• February 2008 Meet with DBS, SDHC and Lighthouse
  to share progress
• February 2008 Camp Staff establishing projected
  calendar, projected list of campers, and
  finalizing informational flyer to be sent to
  families before end of month
• March 2008 Bi-monthly meetings with DBS, SDHC,
  Lighthouse and camp staff finalizing details
• April 2008 Deadline for applications, continue
  finalizing details and camp staff meeting every
  other week

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Timeline Continued

• May 2008 Camp staff meeting every week as needed
  to determine van routes, schedules, activity
  responsibilities, arrange for t-shirts, etc.
• June 2008 Camp staff preparing all materials,
  location, confirming field trips, confirming
  guest speakers, contacting parents within van
  routes, buying supplies before camp begins about
  the 2nd week in June
• June-July 2008 Camp activities, record keeping,
  buying supplies as needed, create slide-show
  presentation and memory book
• July 2008 Generate individual reports about each
  student, compile results of student surveys

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A Continually Evolving Process

• Year 1 The Great American Race
• Summer 2005
• Camp was run by DBS and Lighthouse for the Blind,
  with 2 DBS counselors, 4 TVIs and 2 coaches
• 19 students, 6-13 years old
• 2 weeks in length with an additional trip to
  Busch Gardens
• Location donated space at a local church
• Transportation rented vans and personal cars by
  camp staff
• Planning Rose and 4 TVIs

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Great American Race Trips

• YMCA Fit Kids Program
• Target school shopping
• Lunch at several restaurants including Outback,
  Wendys, Cicis Pizza, and Spaghetti Warehouse
• Trolley ride
• Boat tour of Port of Tampa
• Movie theatre
• Florida Instructional Materials Center
• Public pool
• T-ball game with Special Education class at
  middle school
• Busch Gardens

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Great American Race Activities within Expanded
Core Curriculum (ECC)

• Assistive Technology created a journal with a
  computer
• Career Education spoke about different jobs we
  saw performed within the community
• Compensatory Skills / Functional Academics
  created a book club to practice reading, using
  functional math within community
• Recreational / Leisure Skills played T-ball,
  exercise routine at YMCA, swimming, movie
  theater, Busch Gardens

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ECC continued

• Orientation Mobility Skills walked in familiar
  and unfamiliar environments and crossed streets
• Social Skills discussed how to make a friend,
  how to keep a friend, got to know other students
  at the camp, and discussed how to interact with
  people in the community
• Self-Advocacy Self-determination Skills
  discussed and practiced soliciting assistance,
  made choices such as what to eat for lunch
• Visual Efficiency Skills used low vision devices
  within the community
• Independent Living Skills learned money folding
  system, cooked and cleaned up meal for parents,
  lesson on personal hygiene with grooming kit

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Year 2 Get A Clue Summer 2006

• Camp was run by DBS, Lighthouse for the Blind and
  SDHC, with 2 DBS counselors, 4 TVIs and 2 coaches
• 22 students, 6-22 years old
• 2 weeks in length with an additional trip to Sea
  World
• Location donated space at local church and
  public elementary school
• Transportation rented vans driven by camp staff
• Planning camp staff

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Get A Clue Trips

• Bank
• Swimming pool
• Airport tour including fire station
• Tour of historic Ybor City bakery
• Rode city bus

• Laundry mat
• Grocery store
• Florida Instructional Materials Center
• RestaurantsCicis Pizza, Spaghetti Warehouse,
  Burger King, Smokie Bones

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Get A Clue ECC

• Assistive Technology created a journal with a
  computer and electronic note-takers
• Career Education spoke about different jobs we
  saw performed within the community learned about
  being a firefighter at the airport lesson on
  pre-vocational skills such as punctuality and
  organizational skills
• Compensatory Skills / Functional Academics
  created a book club to practice reading, using
  functional math within community
• Recreational / Leisure Skills swimming, movie
  theater, Sea World
• Orientation Mobility Skills walked in familiar
  and unfamiliar environments, crossed streets and
  rode city bus, obtained city bus discount ID

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Get A Clue ECC continued

• Social Skills discussed how to make a friend,
  how to keep a friend, got to know other students
  at the camp, discussed how to interact with
  people in the community, discussed eating
  etiquette
• Self-Advocacy Self-determination Skills
  discussed and practiced soliciting assistance,
  made choices such as what to eat for lunch
• Visual Efficiency Skills used low vision devices
  within the community, used skills for a scavenger
  hunt
• Independent Living Skills learned money folding
  system, discussed budgeting, signed/cashed
  individual checks, did laundry, discussed
  personal hygiene, received grooming
• kit, went grocery shopping, cooked and
  cleaned up meal for parents

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Year 3 Camp Rose 2007 Safari

• Camp named in memory of Rose
• 24 students, 1 student with deaf-blindness
• 2 simultaneous programs 6-12 year old attended
  the camp and 13-22 year olds were Junior
  Counselors through a work experience
• 6 weeks in length including a trip to Animal
  Kingdom
• Location public elementary school and Lighthouse
• Transportation rented vans driven by camp staff
• Planning camp staff

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Camp Rose 2007 Safari Staff

• 2 DBS Counselors
• 4 Certified Teachers of the Visually Impaired
  (TVI) (one of whom is an OM Specialist)
• 1 Certified Physical Education Teacher
• Volunteers from students from FSUs TVI Program,
  high school/middle school students needing
  community service hours, and parents/family
  members

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Typical Day at Camp

• 730-1000am Van drivers picking up students
• 1000-1130am Activities
• 1130-1200pm Lunch
• 1200-200pm Activities
• 200-430pm Van drivers dropping students off

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Camp Rose 2007 Safari Trips

• Lowry Park Zoo
• Brandon Mall Safari Scavenger Hunt
• Southeastern Guide Dog
• Animal Kingdom
• Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI)
• Public Library
• Lettuce Lake Park
• Private Pool Party
• Movie theater
• Restaurants Cicis Pizza, Poppys IV, McDonalds,
  Mall food court

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Guest Speakers Included 3 adults that are
visually impaired, a veterinarian, and a police
officer
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Camp Rose 2007 Safari ECC

• Assistive Technology oriented to computers,
  practiced typing on computers and electronic
  note-takers, accessed websites, learned
  vocabulary related to internet
• Career Education spoke about different jobs we
  saw performed within the community, conducted
  mock interviews, discussed how to get/keep a job,
  veterinarian guest speaker
• Compensatory Skills / Functional Academics read
  about safari animals, learned about African
  countries, wrote stories about experiences, using
  functional math within community
• Recreational / Leisure Skills swimming, board
  games, movie, webkinz, learned the Cha-Cha Slide,
  learned about staying physically fit, Animal
  Kingdom

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ECC Continued

• Orientation Mobility Skills walked in familiar
  and unfamiliar environments and crossed streets,
  read tactile/large print maps, learned about
  guide dogs, discussed basic OM
  skills/vocabulary, discussed personal safety with
  police officer
• Social Skills discussed how to make a friend,
  how to keep a friend, got to know other students
  at the camp, discussed how to interact with
  people in the community, practiced phone skills,
  practiced table manners, given free time to
  socialize
• Self-Advocacy Self-determination Skills
  discussed and practiced soliciting assistance,
  made choices such as what to eat for lunch
• Visual Efficiency Skills used low vision devices
  within the community, practiced skills on
  scavenger hunt in the mall
• Independent Living Skills learned money folding
  system, cooked and cleaned, discussed personal
  hygiene, received
• grooming kit

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Annual Concluding Activities

• Final Celebration with parents
• Memory book (with Braille as needed)
• Individualized report generated about each
  students activities this summercopies given to
  parents, DBS and students TVIs for the following
  school year
• Slide show reviewing the camp

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Projections for Year 4Camp Rose 2008 Olympic
Summer

• Sponsors DBS, Lighthouse for the Blind, and
  Hillsborough County Schools with 2 DBS
  counselors, 4 TVIs, 1 coach and volunteers
• Participants 25-30 students
• Two simultaneous programs 6-12 year old will
  attend the camp (5 weeks) and 13-22 year olds
  will be Junior Counselors through a work
  experience (6 weeks)
• Location public middle school
• Transportation rented vans driven by camp staff
• Planning camp staff

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Contact Information

• Mireya Hernandez, DBS Counselor
• Email Mireya.Hernandez_at_dbs.fldoe.org
• Phone [phone] (cell)
• Kathy Kremplewski, TVI
• Email kathryn.kremplewski_at_sdhc.k12.fl.us
• Phone [phone] (cell)