- Dates
- 1978-06-26 – 1978-09-13
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityeducationrecreationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The newspaper reports a summer camp near the old Beaver Head Lighthouse for developmentally disabled adults, combining practical skills, recreation, and community-building activities.
Evidence and limits
This is a published program account, not a participant register, clinical file, or independent outcome evaluation.
Sources
- Publishes Sue Miller’s account of a camp sponsored by Northern Michigan Community Mental Health Services Board, with two four-week sessions, 10–15 developmentally disabled adults, camp construction, carpentry, cooking, recreation, communication, and interdependent-relationship goals. It is a published program account, not a participant register, clinical record, or outcome evaluation. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1978-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page combined August–September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the camp report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Developmental camp operates near the old Beaver Head Lighthouse, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-handicapped-camp-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August–September 1978, “Camp for Handicapped.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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