Shriver Transitions and Sports Camp

Shriver Transitions and Sports Camp is a day-camp designed for young adults with developmental disabilities between the age of 16 and 25.

a young man with down syndrome plays kickball

Education and Self-Empowerment Through Sports

Shriver Transitions and Sports Camp was developed specifically for young people with developmental disabilities by some of the field's top research and clinical professionals.

The camp offers tools to guide campers toward:

Self-empowerment
Realization of life goals
Real techniques to achieve a full and independent life

The camp takes place at the University School of Nashville and also at job sites on the Vanderbilt Campus.

Application Details

Dates: TBA

Campers: Young adults with developmental disabilities, ages 16 - 25.

Cost: $1100 (scholarships available)

Contact

Gretchen Herbert, Coordinator, Camp Shriver, (615) 343-7046

Media

Expressions Through Color
Each summer, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center provides camps for children and adolescents with disabilities and their peers. In 2008, students in the Camp Shriver Transitions and Sports Camp participated in art workshops to learn how to express themselves using color. Outreach art educators from the Frist Center for the Visual Arts helped the campers learn to mix colors and to understand color theory. The final week of the lessons included a trip to the Frist Center, after which each camper created a large, abstract color expression on canvas. These are the paintings on view in this exhibit.