“Dear Dr. Thurber, I am a new camp counselor at Camp Rockmont, and I have been watching your video modules as part of my pre-arrival training. I wanted to say thank you for your work and for all the details you placed in these videos. I think they really helped me figure out exactly the kind of counselor I want to be this summer! Keep up the good work.”
Aaron Wells
Camp Rockmont
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Cindy Ziobrowski has devoted nearly 30 years working with children and adults with developmental disabilities. She received her Master of Science in Special Education from SUNY Albany and has participated in advanced training at the Autism Institute and the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities. Cindy currently serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) in Maine.
Cindy’s extensive educational experience led to her founding Camp CARD New England, a nonprofit outdoor program for children on the autism spectrum. Under Cindy’s direction, Camp CARD-NE has touched the lives of hundreds of children and families. By focusing on teaching social skills and educating communities in the practice of inclusion, Camp CARD-NE helps developmentally disabled children and their parents “bridge the gap.”
Cindy is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Autism Society of America, and holds professional certifications in special education, reading, and educational consulting. Using a new curricula she developed on autism etiology and treatment, Cindy teaches gradate education courses at Plymouth State University and the University of Southern Maine. Recently, Cindy served on the training task force for Autism Respite and Resource Outreach.
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辛迪•焦布罗夫斯基与发育障碍的儿童和成人工作了将近三十年。她在纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校获得了她的特殊教育硕士的学位，她参与了自闭症研究所和自闭症及相关功能障碍研究中心高级培训。辛迪现在是缅因州自闭症及相关功能障碍研究中心的行政主管。
辛迪丰富的教育经验让她找到了新英格兰的CARD露营，一个服务于自闭症儿童的的非盈利户外项目。在辛迪的帮助下，新英格兰的CARD露营接触到了数百个儿童和家庭。通过致力于教授社交技能和对社区的包容性实践的教育，新英格兰CARD露营在发展障碍的儿童和他们的家长之间架起了桥梁。
辛迪是美国自闭症协会等多个专业机构的成员，并且持有在特殊教育阅读和教育咨询方面的专业证书。通过使用她在自闭症病因学和治疗方面的新课程，辛迪在普利茅斯州立大学和南缅因大学授课。辛迪最近为自闭症缓解和资源拓展中心提供专门小组培训。
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Brad Wiggins RN, BSN, is the Clinical Nurse Coordinator and Burn Camp Director for the University of Utah Health Care Burn Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. During his twenty years as the Burn Camp Director, Brad has established river trip camps for teens and adults, as well as traditional camps for children that have served as the model for many other programs across the country.
Brad was a founding member of the International Association of Burn Camps in 2001 and served as chairperson of the organization from 2007 to 2012, helping to increase professional Burn Camp practices internationally. Brad’s passion is teaching youth programs to develop psychosocial programming and integrate it into their daily schedule. He is an active member of the American Burn Association, having served on the ABA Program Committee, Organization and Delivery of Burn Care Committee, and Burn Camp Special Interest Group over his 22 years in burn care. Brad has received many accolades, including being recognized as a Utah Business Magazine “Health Care Hero” in 2002 (his Burn Camp was recognized again for the honor in 2011), and as a “Pay It Forward” recipient from KUTV in 2012. Brad frequently speaks to medical facilities and care organizations, most recently spending two weeks in September 2012 in China, where he was invited to share his expertise with medical professionals in the city of Xining.
When Brad is not at camp, he lives with his wife Necia, and two Kids Kaelyn (13) and Lance (8) in Layton, Utah. Brad enjoys river rafting, camping, and fly-fishing, and he is a huge football fan of the University of Utah and the Denver Broncos.
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布拉德•维金斯RN,护理学学士，是犹他州盐湖城犹他大学烧伤医学中心的临床护士和烧伤露营主管。在他二十年的烧伤露营主管生涯中，巴拉德为青少年和成年人建立了河流之旅露营，以及被全国许多其他项目视作榜样的传统儿童露营。
2001年，布拉德是国际烧伤露营协会的创始成员并且在2007年到2012年间担任机构主席，在国际范围内帮助提高专业烧伤露营的实践。布拉德热爱通过青少年教育项目提升社会心理学方面的安排并且将它融合到他们每天的日常安排中。他是美国烧伤协会的活跃的一员，在22年的烧伤护理生涯中，他在美国烧伤协会项目委员会，烧伤护理项目委员会和露营专门兴趣小组进行过服务。布拉德获得过许多嘉奖，包括在2012年被《犹他商业杂志》评为“医护英雄”（在2011年他的烧伤露营再次获得嘉奖），并且在2012年作为KUTV“让爱传出去”的接受人。布拉德经常和医疗设备公司和医疗保健机构进行对话，最近他在2012年九月在中国西宁花了两周的时间分享他在医学专业方面的经验。
当布拉德不在营地的时候，他和他的妻子内西娅以及两个孩子凯琳和兰斯一起生活在犹他州莱顿。布拉德喜欢漂流，露营和钓鱼，他是犹他大学和丹佛野马队的忠实粉丝。
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Dr. Edward Walton earned his BA in biology from Middlebury College and his MD from Dartmouth Medical School. He then went on to complete Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics residencies at the University of California, San Diego. He is Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and practices Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Ascension – St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit Michigan. He is board certified in Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Walton has been involved in camping and camp health research for twenty years, and his scholarly articles concerning camp health issues have appeared in major medical journals. He is Medical Director of North Star Reach, the newest member camp of the SeriousFun Children’s Network of camps. He also consults on camp health issues for the American Academy of Pediatrics and served as a member of the National Board of the American Camp Association. Dr. Walton has shared his youth development and camp expertise at medical and other professional conferences, in broadcast and print media, and on the Internet.
Dr. Walton has received a variety of honors and recognitions for excellence in education, service, and patient care. The Michigan College of Emergency Physicians named him “Emergency Physician of the Year” in 2007. Dr. Walton is a longtime member of the American Camp Association
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爱德华•沃顿博士在明德学院获得了他的生物学学士学位并在达特茅斯医学院获得了医学博士学位。然后他在位于圣地亚哥的加利福尼亚大学完成了他的急诊和儿科实习。他是奥克兰大学威廉姆•博蒙特医学院急诊和儿科的教授，并且在圣约翰医院和密歇根底特律医疗中心做成人急诊和儿科医生。他获得了儿科，急诊和儿科急诊理事会的认证.
沃顿博士从事露营和露营健康研究二十年，他关于露营健康问题的学术文章刊登在各大主要医学杂志上，他是触及北极星露营地医疗主管，真趣儿童露营网络的最新露营成员。他在美国美国儿科研究会从事咨询工作并且作是美国露营协会全国委员会的成员。沃顿博士已经将他在青少年发展和露营的专业经验分享在医学会议和其他的专业会议上，以及广播、印刷媒体和网络上。沃顿博士在教育、服务和医患护理方面荣誉等身。密歇根学员急诊医生组织认定他为2007年“年度急诊医生”。沃顿博士是美国露营协会的长期成员。
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西尔维娅•凡•米尔岑在华盛顿州奥林匹亚的常青大学获得了她的文学学士学位，并在佛蒙特州联合研究所获得了她的咨询心理学硕士学位。她的专长是泛自闭症障碍并在她的专业生涯中致力于为相关人士提供更多的机会。作为密歇根州安娜堡的居民，西尔维娅最近和斯考特•阿里萨拉共同建立了一个叫做“追逐夏天”的非营利性组织。他们一起帮助有泛自闭症儿童的经典夏令营和娱乐项目。
除了她在“追逐夏天”的工作之外，西尔维娅还成功地在蜻蜓森林、大树露营和YMCA佛斯特山谷为有自闭症障碍的儿童们举办了过夜露营。她分享各种信息并且日常地把适应于自闭症人群的各种经典编排和实用策略工作坊带给老师、护士和青少年发展专业人士。作为一个热心的体育粉丝，西尔维娅将她用她有限的休息时间观看比赛，并且打篮球和踢足球还有武术。她有两个孩子和一个很有耐心的丈夫。西尔维娅相信夏令营深刻地以一种良好的方式影响了她的职业道德和幽默感。
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Sylvia van Meerten earned her BA in Liberal Arts from the Evergreen State College in Olympia WA, and her master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from The Union Institute in Vermont. She specializes in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and has dedicated her professional career to creating opportunities for people on the spectrum. A resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sylvia has recently co-founded a non-profit called Chasing Summer with Scott Arizala. Together they help typical summer camps and recreation programs include more children on the autism spectrum.
In addition to her work with Chasing Summer, Sylvia has constructed and implemented successful overnight camp programs for young people with ASD at Dragonfly Forest, Camp Tall Tree and Frost Valley YMCA. She is committed to sharing information and routinely delivers workshops to teachers, nurses and youth development professionals about practical strategies for including people with ASD in typical programming. An avid sports fan, Sylvia spends her limited free time watching and playing basketball, football, and martial arts. She has two kids and a very patient husband. Sylvia believes that summer camp has profoundly influenced both her work ethic and sense of humor for the better.
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Dr. Chris Thurber is a board-certified clinical psychologist and father. He earned his BA in psychology from Harvard University and his PhD in clinical child psychology from UCLA. During the academic year, Chris serves as a teacher and school psychologist at Phillips Exeter Academy, a coeducational boarding high school in New Hampshire. He also volunteers on the American Camp Association’s research committee.
In addition to numerous scholarly articles and book chapters on homesickness and children’s mental health, Chris is the co-author, with Dr. Jon Malinowski, of the best-selling Summer Camp Handbook and the host of ACA’s homesickness prevention program, entitled The Secret Ingredients of Summer Camp Success.
Chris has traveled extensively throughout North America and South America to provide consultations and training workshops to camps, schools, and other organizations. He is the founder, with Evan Heltay, of ExpertOnlineTraining.com, the premier online resource for youth development professionals.
All of Chris’s work is guided by the principles of leadership-by-example and social connection. Since 1980, he has returned each summer to the camp where he grew up to serve as Waterfront Director and a member of the senior staff. Chris and his wife Simonida, a chemist, have two boys: Dacha, born in 2002, and Sava, born in 2004.
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