Is Your Child Ready?
Is your child ready for a Concordia Language Villages immersion program?
Below are some helpful guidelines from Linda Ebner Erceg, RN, MS, PHN, our associate director for health and risk management. She also serves as the executive director of the Association of Camp Nurses. Linda has worked at Concordia Language Villages for more than 25 years, and she is happy to share her insights with parents of prospective villagers.
“Is my child ready for the Concordia Language Villages experience?“ That’s an important question. Given the Language Villages’ mission, and the program that has been designed to support that mission, in order to be a happy, successful villager, your child should be able to:
- Meet his or her own personal needs, such as getting dressed, showering, and eating;
- Move independently from place to place; and
- Effectively interact in our group-based and community-living environment.
These developmental markers — especially the third one — are critical to the Language Villages experience . Your child will share a bedroom with several other people and will be expected to effectively interact with others to accomplish all kinds of quests — from establishing cabin rules to creating skits to maintaining emotional resilience in our language immersion setting.
Please contact our Summer Programs or Health Services Offices if you have questions or concerns that you would like to discuss with us. We are especially concerned about youth with a mental health diagnosis. Our program may not be a good fit for some of these children.
Health Services
8630 Thorsonveien NE
Bemidji, MN 56601
Direct Line: 1.218.586.8771
Fax: 1.218.586.8770
E-Mail: health@cord.edu
Main Office: 1.800.450.2214
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