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2025 CAMp asl Schedule

May 16-18, 2025


weekend PROGRAM

2025 CampASL Handbook (PDF)





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Detailed camp schedule for May 16th-18th. The schedule is organized by day (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) and lists times and activities. Activities include arrival/registration, welcome activities, workshops, dinner, night activities, lunch, and bonfire/indoor games. Workshops and activities have descriptions and include specific topics like "ASL Icebreakers," "Deaf Culture Jeopardy," "Enhance your ASL," "Visual Vernacular," and "Rethinking Education." RID CEUs and ASL hours are noted for many activities. The schedule also features breaks, a group picture, and a showcase. The header indicates the camp is organized by the MRID organization with a logo. The information is presented in a table format with clear headings. A logo featuring an accented 'R' and 'D' within a circle is visible in the bottom right, along with the acronym ACET. The background is a gradient of blues.  Workshops and Activities: The text is organized into numbered sections, each highlighting a different workshop or activity. **Workshop 1: Enhance Your ASL** (facilitated by Dack Virnic) focuses on developing ASL expressive and receptive skills through classifiers, non-manual markers, fingerspelling, and ASL grammar. It is suitable for those looking to improve basic skills or challenge themselves by reviewing fundamentals. **Workshop 2: Rethinking Education: Meeting the Needs of Deafblind K-12 Students** (facilitated by Riss Leitzke) examines creating inclusive educational environments. The session explores current educational models, identifies barriers to Deafblind students' full engagement (e.g., ProTactile communication, multimodal methods), and emphasizes the importance of collaboration among educators, families, and specialists to develop comprehensive support systems. **Workshop 3: Deafblind Adults & Connection: Addressing Boundaries, Trust, and Inclusion** (facilitated by Riss Leitzke) delves into the complexities of connection and social interaction for Deafblind adults. It focuses on the importance of boundaries, trust, and inclusive practices, exploring how to navigate personal and professional relationships while respecting autonomy and communication preferences. Participants will learn to foster deeper connections through ProTactile language and interactive activities, emphasizing the importance of consent, emotional safety, and cultural competence.   Workshops and Activities: The text is organized into numbered sections, each highlighting a different workshop or activity. **Workshop 4: Visual Vernacular (Dack Virnig)** This workshop focuses on developing participants' ability to understand and use body movements and visual indicators in American Sign Language (ASL), including the differences between conversational ASL and performance-based ASL. **Workshop 5: Bridging Minds & Hands: Mental Health in the Deaf Community (Lisa Wasilowsk)** This workshop addresses the unique mental health challenges faced by Deaf individuals (children and adults), emphasizing communication barriers, accessibility issues, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights culturally responsive interpreting and teaching strategies to support Deaf students and adults in mental health and educational settings. **Workshop 6: Camp ASL Icebreakers (Laura Skyquest & Deaf Mentors)** This is a welcome to Camp ASL, highlighting icebreaker activities for improved comprehension and confidence building for ASL skills. Participants can meet new people and communicate in a supportive ASL environment. **Workshop 7: Deaf Culture Jeopardy (Laura Skyquest & Deaf Mentors)** This interactive game-style activity challenges participants' knowledge of Deaf culture, including Deaf history, ASL linguistics, cultural norms, Deaf figures, and more.  Workshops and Activities: The text is organized into numbered sections, each highlighting a different workshop or activity. ***Workshop 8, titled "DID YOU CATCH THAT?", focuses on improving AS comprehension skills with deaf mentors presenting numbers, words, and phrases. ***Workshop 9, "ASL-RICH SIGNS & IDIOMS", emphasizes ASL skills improvement through games, including interactive activities involving signs, idioms, and fingerspelling. ***Workshop 10, "CAMP ASL SHOWCASE", highlights celebrating creativity and talent of mentors and participants through sharing ASL stories and performances. A large group photo of numerous people, mainly young adults, is prominently displayed at the bottom of the image. Underneath the group photo, the text "MRID CAMP ASL 2024"  


what to bring?

A list titled "WHAT TO BRING" outlines items to pack for a trip. The list is divided into sections for Cabin Supplies, Clothing, and Miscellaneous. **Cabin Supplies:** Includes sheets, blankets, pillows, a sleeping bag (additional padding for the bed is suggested, especially for a top bunk on a twin-size bed), whatever else is needed for sleep (e.g., earplugs, fans, white noise machines, medical devices), and all toiletries and a towel (note that cabins share bathrooms). **Clothing:** The list emphasizes layered, comfortable clothing and shoes due to unpredictable weather. There will be significant walking between different areas of the location. **Miscellaneous:** Items include a phone charger, flashlight (or phone use), a water bottle or travel mug, and optional items like a notebook and pen for activities, snacks and non-alcoholic drinks, board games/card games, and an umbrella.

FAQS

FAQ for Camp ASL. The text-heavy image provides information about a Camp ASL program. It's organized into sections with clear headings like "WHO IS CAMP ASL FOR?", "WHAT IS THE CANCELLATION POLICY?", "WHAT ABOUT ACCOMMODATIONS?", "CAN I COME FOR THE DAY?", "WHAT DOES MY REGISTRATION INCLUDE?", and "IS CAMP ASL FOR KIDS TOO?". The content of the FAQ section covers aspects like the target audience (students, teachers, ASL professionals, Deaf community), cancellation policy (a 5% processing fee before a certain date), accommodation requests (ASL-only environment, request by a specific email), possibility of attending for only a part of the time (single day or workshop attendance is not offered). Details on what is included in the program's registration fee (three days/two nights lodging in shared cabins, five meals, snacks, and CEUs/ASL hours for professional development) and age restrictions (18 years or older) are also included. The overall text style suggests it is for a flyer or online information page. Contact information for further questions is given last with an email address.

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