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The goal at Wellspring is to help campers change their lifestyle for success at camp and continued success at home. This lifestyle change is led by the clinical team. Learn more about how this works by reading our clinical blog from Dr. Kristina Kelly.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
It’s a family thing….
Today has been great; a fantastic last full day at camp. Not only did we have many campers smash their timed miles (one guy by 33 minutes!) but we have also had the most wonderful group of parents in camp.
Not only did they all get up bright and early for morning walk, they also participated in the mile run, sat through lots of lectures all day and then even hung around for a super, if very sweaty, game of speedball in the evening.
It has just been magical to see how engaged all our parents are and how willing they are to make this change for the whole family. Having them here for the workshop makes me feel happier that the campers are returning to supportive homes, that whilst they have only been with us for a few days, at least they understand a little of the changes that the campers have already made to their lives.
The willingness of many parents to completely change their own habits and be 100% supportive of their camper is wonderful and I look forward to spending more time in the workshops with them tomorrow morning.
We said goodbye to a few faces today and there was much crying. Campers never believe me when I tell them they’ll cry when they arrive and cry even more when the leave but the tears that flowed today made them think perhaps I wasn’t so wrong. We’ll have the Kleenex ready for the flood tomorrow.
Otherwise the Dolphins had their special outing and others mixed exercise and group activities with packing up and sorting out their belongings. I am excited for all the missing iPods that will be found in the final clean up tomorrow!
Jude.
Not only did they all get up bright and early for morning walk, they also participated in the mile run, sat through lots of lectures all day and then even hung around for a super, if very sweaty, game of speedball in the evening.
It has just been magical to see how engaged all our parents are and how willing they are to make this change for the whole family. Having them here for the workshop makes me feel happier that the campers are returning to supportive homes, that whilst they have only been with us for a few days, at least they understand a little of the changes that the campers have already made to their lives.
The willingness of many parents to completely change their own habits and be 100% supportive of their camper is wonderful and I look forward to spending more time in the workshops with them tomorrow morning.
We said goodbye to a few faces today and there was much crying. Campers never believe me when I tell them they’ll cry when they arrive and cry even more when the leave but the tears that flowed today made them think perhaps I wasn’t so wrong. We’ll have the Kleenex ready for the flood tomorrow.
Otherwise the Dolphins had their special outing and others mixed exercise and group activities with packing up and sorting out their belongings. I am excited for all the missing iPods that will be found in the final clean up tomorrow!
Jude.
Labels: lifestyle change, parent workshop, speedball
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