All 2012 summer camps include:

• Treatment team consultation with involved practitioners and schools.
• Discharge summary and consultation.
• Option for a pre-camp in home visit (Ga and NC) to familiarize the camper and parents with our staff and the trip.

We find this helps reduce anxiety for both our campers and parents Aeries programs provide unique experiences that integrate and promote the overall individual treatment plan of each client. Aerie coordinates directly with parents, practitioners and educators providing ongoing services in order to prepare each client for the wilderness journey and to offer follow-up regarding client response to the experience.

2012 Summer Equine Expedition Camp June 2-9, 2012

Our Equine Expedition includes four days living Cedar Creek Cattle ranch, a working cattle ranch, followed by three days exploring the trails of Big South Fork National Park on horseback. On the ranch, campers will live the life of a ranch hand, residing in yurts and developing a relationship with their own individual horse. Campers will feed, brush, ride and care for the horse they will ride on the trail. Campers will also develop a sense of community through group living, adventure based counseling activities, day hikes and group games. While on the ranch, campers will visit the natural bridges and rock formations of the Cumberland Plateau. Throughout the week, campers will become the heroes of their own stories while learning new skills like primitive fire building, camp craft and outdoor cooking.

• No equine experience needed. Limit 12 campers Ages 13 years +

2012 Summer Wilderness Expedition Camp June 16-23, 2012

Our Mountain Wilderness Expedition will provide campers with the opportunity to explore the beautiful scenic wilderness of North Georgia and North Carolina while exploring the possibility of self. Campers will paddle the waters of North Carolina, climb and rappel granite outcroppings in North Georgia, and hike and camp in the forests of North Georgia. Campers will! Experience the intense satisfaction of accomplishing new feats in the safe, nurturing and developmentally-sound environment fostered by Aerie Experiences.

• Limit 12 Campers Ages 13 years +

2012 Summer Coastal Expedition Camp July 1-8, 2012

Our Coastal Expedition includes three nights of beach camping on Sapelo Island, where campers will explore the forested uplands, the vast salt marshes and the complex beach and dunes systems as well as play a lot of camp games and learn to surf cast. Campers will experience a two-day paddle down the Satilla river, where they can fish for bass and sun fish, and explore the possibilities of self within the possibilities of the wild. A one-day protected inlet and tidal marsh paddle will provide opportunities for finding treasures like ancient shark teeth and shells. Our coastal expedition is a beautiful and fun setting for exploration and development of friendship, self-awareness and social emotional growth under the guidance of Aeries experienced and professional staff.

• Limit 12 campers Ages 13 years +

2012 Summer Llama Expedition Camp July 15-21, 2012

Our Llama Expedition features llamas as pack animals, trail companions and therapeutic assistants. The journey takes place in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina under special use permits in partnership with Challenge Adventures. Campers lead, feed and care for their own llama and the llamas, in turn, carry equipment and food, provide unconditional acceptance, and demonstrate, along with the herd, how to be part of a cooperative team/community. The llamas form a protective relationship toward their human partners, which gives participants a sense of security and invites campers to be part of the team. This expedition also includes opportunities for adventure based counseling, group games, camp craft and primitive skills for those who want to learn.

• Ages 8 -13 Limit 7 campers.

2012 Summer Equine Expedition Camp June 2-9, 2012

2012 Summer Wilderness Expedition Camp June 16-23, 2012

2012 Summer Coastal Expedition Camp July 1-8, 2012

2012 Summer Llama Expedition Camp July 15-21, 2012

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