Applied Behavioral Analysis (A.B.A.) Therapy  Behavioral analysis is the scientific examination of the relationship between human behavior and the environments in which specific behaviors occur.  ABA is an objective discipline and focuses on the reliable measurement and objective evaluation of observable behavior. ABA uses methods of analysis that yield convincing, reproducible, and conceptually sensible demonstrations of how to accomplish specific behavior changes (Baer & Risley, 1987).

Psychotherapy is a set of techniques intended to improve mental health, emotional or behavioral issues of individuals, group, or family climates.  Mental health problems can include psychological, social and somatic dimensions, which often make it hard for people to manage their lives and achieve their goals.  Psychotherapy is aimed at these problems, and attempts to help people to solve them via a number of different approaches and technique.

Nutrition - nutrition services are essential components of comprehensive care for infants, children, and adults with developmental disabilities and special health care needs.  Nutrition services should be provided throughout the life cycle in health care, educational, and vocational programs in a manner that is interdisciplinary, family centered, community based, and culturally competent.

Special Education Teacher(s) - use various techniques to promote learning.  Depending on the disability, teaching methods can include individualized instruction, problem-problem solving assignments, and small-group work.  All of our therapists including our ABA therapists will work with the special educational providerse of our campers.   These teachers work in partnership with our ABA therapist(s) and parents or caregivers to incorporate activities that Camp Camelot recommends into the current create an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for each student.  The IEP sets personalized goals or "desired outcomes" for each student and is tailored to the student's individual needs and ability.  The goals will be both academic and non-academic in nature to include all areas of development.

Occupational Therapy - Occupational therapists are healthcare workers who work with anyone who has a permanent or temporary impairment in their physical or mental functioning.  The aim of occupational therapy is to help the client to perform daily tasks in their living and working environments, and to assist them to develop the skills to live independent, satisfying, and productive lives.


Interventions used by occupational therapists to achieve greater independence by clients include rehabilitation of neuropsychological deficits (memory, attention, complex reasoning), motor function, sensory funtiocn (vision, perception of touch), interpersonal skills (e.g. social skills). The medium of treatment usually involves the use of purposeful activities, which have some meaning and relevance to clients' lifestyle (these are also called 'occupations' and include routine behaviros associated with work, leisure, and self care).