SOAR Executive Director Offers Insight on How Summer Camps Benefit Children with ADHD

Families across the US are now making plans for their kids to go to summer camp, including families with some of the millions of kids diagnosed with ADHD. John Willson, Executive Director of SOAR is available to discuss how kids with ADHD can thrive at summer camp. Based in the mountains of Western North Carolina, SOAR offers not only summer camps but also an accredited, adventure-based, certified private boarding school educating youth with ADHD and Learning Disabilities in grades 7 through 12, and GAP (Gateway Adventure Program) for high school graduates. For kids with ADHD, research links time having fun outdoors with milder symptoms and greater self-efficacy, resilience, and well-being. John shares why summer camps work for children with ADHD and what to look for in a summer camp, including how staff members are trained to help children with ADHD and LD discover their gifts, strengths, and abilities, camps are structured to help children succeed, build confidence, and overcome challenges, and camp staff help kids manage problem behavior in a positive way through compassionate guidance and a vacation from failure.