EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZING SUMMER RECREATION FOR TEENAGERS IN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN CAMPS

Abstract

The study of recreational activities of European and North American countries in organizing summer holidays for teenagers in profile camps, which programs are focused on sports improvement of pupils, formation of their leadership qualities, active recreation, creative self-realization is carried out. The rehabilitation programs of the camps presuppose careful monitoring of the health status, medical education, security (round-the-clock watch of instructors and rescuers) in combination with spiritual and moral perfection, sports games and competitions, mastering of scenic and decorative arts and crafts, complemented by hippotherapy technologies, and art therapy. Organizers of summer holidays are focused on providing comprehensive pedagogical support to campers, so they closely interact with parents, identifying individual characteristics and needs of adolescents. The experience of organizing the leisure activities of the most popular international camps in Europe and North America is considered. Comparative analysis of methodological approaches to the organization of summer recreation for adolescents is extremely important for the development of theory and technology of social and cultural activities, as the foreign experience of recreational activities with adolescents contributes to the development of appropriate projects and programs for organizing leisure.