Healthcare at the Summer Villages
Our health service practices are shaped by regulations and/or guidelines from entities such as Minnesota’s Nurse Practice Act, the Minnesota Department of Health, standards of the American Camp Association, the Standards of Camp Nursing Practice and our insurance companies. Please contact Health Services at: (800) 450-2214 [direct line: (218) 586-8771] if you have questions about information in this section.
Healthcare Plan
- Is Your Child Ready for a Language Villages Experience?
- Health Forms
- About the Villages and Your Child's Health
- Healthcare Personnel
- Healthcare Facilities
- Responsibility to Villagers
- Scope of Service
- Communicating with Parents about a Child's Health Status
- Treatment of Chronic Health Concerns
- Asthma, Diabetes, Anaphylaxis Forms
- Reviewing Health Forms
Medication
- What is a “Medication” at the Language Villages?
- If You Are Sending Medication with Your Villager
- Prescription Medication
- Over-the-Counter-Medication
- Stocked Medication
- Methods for Treating Common Problems
- Allergy Injections
- Insulin and Other Injections
- Immunizations
- Communicable Disease
- Head Lice or Nits
- Nutrition Information
Health and Safety Vision Statement
The safety and well-being of villagers is our highest priority. Toward that end, our staff members receive training about the developmental needs of children. In addition, staff members are supervised by seasoned leadership staff. Our youth supervision practices include the following:
- At least two counselors live in each cabin with their villagers.
- Staff members are present when villagers wake up, go to bed, and during rest hour.
- Staff members are dispersed among the villagers during meal times to provide oversight as well as to keep language skills developing.
- Staff members are trained in a dual role, to provide instruction and supervision of villagers throughout the 24 hour Village day.
- There are transitional times during the daily schedule– such as going to and from the Village store and when villagers are changing for a swim – when staff members may not be immediately present for supervision. Villagers are told how to get their help should need arise.
- Because our mission focuses on skills of global citizenship, we work so villagers do not merely tolerate diversity but become comfortable with it. Bullying is not tolerated. We tell villagers to bring inter-personal concerns to their counselor’s attention or involve another adult including the dean, nurse or leadership staff.
