Summer Camps for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

The following list identifies camps, family learning vacations, and remedial clinics for deaf and hard of hearing children. Some programs are designed for the entire family. Most camp programs require a small application fee to accompany the completed application. Contact the camp sponsor directly for more information about their program. Some camps are directed toward children who use sign language, others who use spoken language and a few for children who use cued speech. There are some listings of camp experiences for children with typical hearing who have a track record for adapting/accommodating for the needs of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

For the Volta Voices Apr-Jun 2017 issue on How to Navigate Summer Camp with Hearing Loss read here for the magazine.

Sending your DHH child to a non-DHH camp offers great opportunities for independence, socialization, and confidence building. Many students forge great relationships with other campers that last for years. Preparing for the camp experience requires proactive preparation in the areas of communication, access, technology, and safety.  Here are some tips:

1. Evaluate Communication Access
2. Protect Equipment
3. Ensure Safety and Emergency Protocols
4. Educate the Counselors and Campers
5. Advocate with Local Organizations

The Statewide Outreach Center in Texas offers a Tip Sheet for parents sending their children to summer camps.

Gallaudet offers a comprehensive list of summer camps for deaf children.

The National Deaf Center also offers “Stories from Summer Camp” with tales told from Deaf adults about their experiences at summer camp.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Camp SHARP 2014
High School Youth Programs and Sports Camps

FLORIDA

Camp Challenge
Camp Endeavor
Camp Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
Camp Indian Springs
Deaf Spiritual Leadership Camp

GEORGIA

Camp DOVE
Camp Juliena
High Meadows Camp

ILLINOIS

Camp Chi-Cue-Go
Camp Lions of Illinois
Career Exploration Camp
Illinois School for the Deaf Summer Camps
International Creative Arts Camp (ICAC)
Stan Mikita Hockey School for the Hearing Impaired
Summer Hockey Camp

INDIANA

Camp Crosley
Camp Willard
Deaf Children’s Camp
Happiness Bag
The St. Joseph SERTOMA Clubs Summer Camp for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Happy Hands Camp

NEW JERSEY

Signs of Fun

NEVADA

Camp SignShine

NEW MEXICO

Apache Creek Deaf and Youth Ranch

NEW YORK

Camp Mark 7
Camped Up
Camp Sisol
(RocCity Signers LLC and JCC Camp Sisol partnering this summer on day camp)
Cradle Beach Camp
Cue Camp New York
NTID Explore Your Future
Steps to Success Program
TechGirlz Camp(RIT/NTID)
TechBoyz Camp(RIT/NTID)

NORTH CAROLINA

CampUS: Positively Influencing Transition for Teens with Hearing Loss 2-day camp in June
Camp Woodbine
Cue Camp Cheerio
Sertoma Deaf Camp

OHIO

Daybreak Summer ESY Program
Nature and Art An ASL Immersion Day Camp
Ohio School for the Deaf
OYO Camp, Ohio’s Camp for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids
St Augustine’s Rainbow Camp

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma School for the Deaf Summer Camp

OREGON

Camp Taloali
Meadowood Springs Speech & Hearing Camp
The Northwest Christian Camp for the Deaf (NWCCD)
Youth Leadership Camp

VERMONT

Austine Green Mountain Lions Camp

VIRGINIA

Brethern Woods Summer Camp
Camp Loud and Clear
Cue Camp Virginia

WASHINGTON DC

Summer Youth Programs (Gallaudet Univ)

WASHINGTON

Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing
Camp “Hands Up”
Washington State Association of the Deaf-Deaf Teen Leadership

WISCONSIN

Wisconsin Lions Camp
Wisconsin School for the Deaf

OTHER RESOURCES

Choice Camps
Find A Camp!
KidsCamp.com
Camp Spirit
Communication Connections

This list was compiled from lists provided by Gallaudet University and the AG Bell Association.

Fidelity of hyperlink connections to specific websites cannot be guaranteed.

Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss https://successforkidswithhearingloss.com Updated July
2017. If you know of any other summer camps or needed changes to this list please email questions@success4kidswhl.com.