Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical offers a week long residential camp for children within the state of Maryland with asthma. The ages of the children are 7 1/2 to 12 years of age. Each group will have a medical professional as a group leader with one to two additional medical staff per group. Each group size is between 12 to 15 kids with four to five counselors. During the day the kids will participate in a variety of traditional camp activities including: arts and crafts, swimming, playground, confidence building, team building, nature activities, karate, fishing, etc... Along with all of the traditional camp activities they will participate in a daily session of Asthma Education taught by the medical professionals. By the end of the week the kids will have a better knowledge of their asthma, better self confidence, and feeling more confident that they are not alone.
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