INITIATIVES

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The Behavioral Support Section are the educational representatives for some of the Eckerd Camp Screening Committees. Referrals for children and youth which are completed by public school personnel are sent to the DPI representatives to be presented at the monthly screening and referral committee meetings.

There are four Eckerd Wilderness Camps in North Carolina. The objective of the camping program is to aid children and youth in developing appropriate social relationship skills, problem-solving skills, and personal values which can be transferred to their home, school, and community setting. The Eckerd Wilderness Educational System provides a psycho-educational experience through utilization of a unique therapeutic community. In the midst of a wilderness setting, the youth live in a small, ongoing, self-sufficient group facilitated by committed, participating staff. These components structure a natural therapeutic milieu, where problems may be discussed as they arise. The program is client-centered, with mutually agreed upon participation from the youth and family. Goal orientation is stressed with periodic evaluation and revision. While the child is involved in the program, similar goal-oriented services are provided to the family with emphasis on successful parenting techniques.

The following camps have closed.

WESTERN CAMP

Camp E-TOH-KALU, Hendersonville, NC

NORTH CAMP

Camp E-MUN-TALEE, Lowgap, North Carolina

EAST CAMP

Camp E-MA-HENWU, Newport, North Carolina

The Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has mitigated the effects caused by these closures by creating the four new catchments listed below (South Central, Southeast, Northeast and Northwest camps).

SOUTH CENTRAL CAMP, Co-Ed Camp

Camp E-KU-SUMEE, Candor, North Carolina
Screening Committee Meetings are held the 4th Friday each month.

Representatives
Renee Bynum Banks, DPI Representative
919.807.3295
Department of Public Instruction
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356

Tina Kissell, LEA Representative
910.947.2976
Moore County Schools
P.O. Box 1180
Carthage, NC 28327

Counties served:
Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly, Union

SOUTHEAST CAMP, Boys Camp

Camp E-TIK-ETU, Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Screening Committee Meetings are held the 3rd Friday each month.

Teresa Dais, DPI Representative
919.807.3598
Department of Public Instruction
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356

Counties served:
Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Wayne

NORTHEAST CAMP, Boys Camp

Camp E-TEN-ETU, Manson, North Carolina
Screening Committee Meetings are held the 1st Tuesday each month.

Lisa Taylor, DPI Representative
919.738.7978
Wayne County Schools
801 North Lionel Street
Goldsboro, NC 27530

Counties served:
Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Halifax, Herford, Hyde, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Person, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wilson

NORTHWEST CAMP, Co-Ed Camp

Camp E-MA-ETU, Boomer, NC
Screening Committee Meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Felicia Goodgion, DPI Representative
828.225.5293
Buncombe County Schools
175 Bingham Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Counties served:
Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Davie, Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rockingham, Rutherford, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Yancey

Eckard Camps and Regions in North Carolina
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