Gersh Academy @ WHDC encourages positive social interaction with peers, mentors, and role models. Campers learn how to properly interact with others in an organic, safe, and loving environment.

The friendships made at Gersh Academy @ WHDC last a lifetime. Through shared experience, struggle, and achievement, bonds are formed between campers and counselors that help shape each campers character.

Whether it is conquering a fear of heights on a rock climb or working together in a team sport, campers learn social skills that teach them to navigate the challenges of life through cooperation and teamwork. One of the most important lessons any child can learn is how to communicate their needs to others and work as a group to achieve common goals.

The level of direct communication with our director is unparalleled by any camp. As our director always says: “Our staff is here for your kids, I’m here for YOU”. Spend your summers with the reassurance of knowing exactly what your child is doing and learning, how they are growing each day, and that they are under the care and guidance of experts in the field of special needs education. Our campers are not just campers- they’re our family.

After campers have gone through our program, Gersh Academy @ WHDC sets them up to be future leaders, role models, and managers. The counselor-in-training program teaches job and leadership skills such as time management, task execution, teamwork, and delegation. There are few quicker ways to instill maturity, pride, and a sense of confidence in a child than putting them in a position of responsibility and showing them they have the inherent skills to succeed at it.