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Camp Lee Mar is a seven-week, co-ed, residential summer program/overnight camp for children and young adults with special needs. It is located in Pike County, Pennsylvania. The campers at Lee Mar are ages 7-21, and come to the camp from all over the world. Facilities at Camp Lee Mar include a private lake, pool, camping grounds, zip line, garden, amphitheater, art rooms, playground, basketball court, tennis courts, gazebo, soccer field, football field, and baseball/softball/kickball field. The camp also has educational areas such as academic classrooms, speech rooms, and a full apartment for functional learning.

Campers at Lee Mar have a variety of diagnoses, including:

Sign at the front of the camp

Camp Lee Mar
Location	Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania
Type	Special Needs
Season	June to August
Established	1953
Website	Camp Lee Mar

• Developmental Challenges
• Learning Disabilities
• Down Syndrome
• Williams Syndrome
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Social Communication Disorder
• Fragile X
• Sensory Processing Disorder
• Prader-Willi Syndrome

The camp's private lake at sunset, with the Pocono Mountains in the background

Activities

Educational

Many of Camp Lee Mar's activities can be part of an Extended School Year (ESY) program:

Speech

Camp Lee Mar's speech program is led by an ASHA-certified speech pathologist who is assisted by speech pathology students. These staff members create individual plans for every camper that are followed during the summer. The program focuses on functional communication including pragmatic language, expressive/receptive language, and articulation. The speech facility has books, games, iPads, and other tools to assist the campers.

Academics

Lee Mar's teachers and teaching students develop personalized plans to help the campers grow as learners and thinkers. Some material is taken from campers' schools, while other material is provided by Camp Lee Mar.

One of the camp's air conditioned bunks

Vocational and Occupational Job Training

Many campers hold jobs at camp, with coaching and support from the academic staff.

Occupational Therapy

Lee Mar has a professional occupational therapist that leads exercises and games with a focus on performing daily tasks such as using writing utensils, getting dressed, and eating a meal.

Daily Living

Here, Lee Mar campers cook food, clean a house, wash a car, and do other activities that are done in everyday life.

Physical Therapy Skills

Campers work on gross motor skills, core strength, and coordination. These skills can then be practiced and generalized at other camp activities such as tennis, paddle boating, and hockey.

Other Activities

Camp Lee Mar's pool

There are many activities at Lee Mar that could be found in traditional camps including:

Adventure	Sports	The Arts	Water
Camping	Baseball	Arts and Crafts	Free Play Swim
Gardening	Basketball	Drama	Instructional Swim
Hiking	Football	Music and Movement	Fishing
Horseback Riding	Hockey	Photography	Paddle Boating
Science and Nature	Kickball
Science	Soccer
Ziplining	Tennis

L.I.F.E. Program

The L.I.F.E. program is a transition program offered to veteran Lee Mar campers. Participants in the L.I.F.E. program live in small, private cabins (each sleeping up to 3 campers and 1 counselor) providing age appropriate grouping with the least restrictive structure. The L.I.F.E. program also has a full apartment with a large kitchen, washer and dryer, two bathrooms, a living room, and bedroom that are used for functional education and to build experience. <ref> "Camp Lee Mar L.I.F.E. Program (Living Independently Functional Education)". Lackawaxen, PA: Cleversteam. 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2019.