Aerie’s programs provide unique experiences that integrate and promote the overall individual treatment plan of each camper.
2026 Summer Schedule
Paddle Trek:
June 8 – June 14, 2026
Expressive Arts and Adventure Camp:
June 16 – June 22, 2026
Horse Farm Camp
June 30 – July 6, 2026
July 12 – July 18, 2026
Aerie Adults Lake House Vacation
July 26 – August 1, 2026
Scroll down for more information about each camp.
Aerie coordinates directly with parents, practitioners and educators providing ongoing services in order to prepare each camper for the wilderness journey and to offer follow-up regarding the camper’s response to the summer camp experience. All summer sleep away camps include:
- 2:1 Student-to-Staff ratio
- Treatment team consultation with involved practitioners and schools
- Discharge summary and consultation
- Option for a pre-camp in home visit (GA and NC) for registrations received before 4/1 to familiarize the camper and parents with our staff and the trip. We find this helps reduce anxiety for both our campers and parents.
Click here for 2026 Aerie Program Application
Horse Adventure: Spend the week with us at Hand Hoof and Heart Horse. Hand Hoof and Heart: Where therapeutic horseback riding, animal assisted learning, and farm education come together for transformative experiences. Work with, groom, care for, ride and grow through time with our horses. Get twenty hugs or more each day from the kids, staff and animals. Work the animal farm, caring for a pig, goats, sheep, chickens and bunny rabbits. Limit of 12 campers ages 8+ Learn more.
Aerie Adult Lake House A supported individual adult experience with adult freedoms and responsibilities for our alumni and other young adults age 17 and older. Come fish and swim from the dock at our fully equipped house on Lake Sinclair. This week also features our woodshop run by our vocational specialist, Papa Joe. Enjoy all of our usual Aerie antics in an environment designed to meet the developmental needs of young adults’ drive towards independence, autonomy and agency. Learn more.
Coastal Expedition: Campers will explore the forested uplands, the vast salt marshes and the complex beach and dunes systems – as well as play a lot of camp games and learn to surf cast. Campers will also paddle, fish, create arts & crafts and explore the possibilities of self within the possibilities of the wild. Limit 12 campers, ages 10+. Learn more
Paddle Trek: Campers at the Paddle Camp will explore the waters of North Georgia. The adventure starts with a day of flat-water instruction. From there, campers progress to guided white water adventures. Together we will scout the rapids, fish, sing, swim, and play while celebrating our adventures, individual strengths and new friendships. No previous paddling experience is needed or expected for this trip. This camp expedition is designed so that beginner paddlers can have high adventure in a protected, fun and loving environment.
Course area specifics will be determined by group skill, physical ability and current river flows and conditions. Limit 12 campers, ages 12+. Learn more.
email: mdweneta@aerieexperiences.com
phone: 404-285-0467