Diabetes Training Camp Teen Athlete Boot Camp - Manheim, PA

If you are a teen athlete with T1D currently in high school or you are the parent of a high-school aged athlete with T1D, this is a wonderfully unique opportunity to learn clinical, mental skills and fitness strategies not only to manage T1D while exercising and training but to take a training regime to the next level. WHEN: 3pm Friday, Sept. 15 to 4:30pm Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017 WHO: Run by DTC founder and president, Dr. Matthew Corcoran and his team of experts WHAT: An intensive weekend at Spooky Nook Sports in Lancaster, PA, including lectures and workouts geared for teens only, parents only and full family. A highly qualified team of experts, including paediatric and adult diabetes specialists, an exercise physiologist, registered dieticians and CDE’s, a mental skills coach, clinicians and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker will deliver the immersive and intensive program to facilitate open and healthy communication between teens and their parents/support systems, and vice versa, in order to set the teenager up to work toward and meet their health and performance goals. Workouts will be challenging, informational and geared toward practicing strategies for diabetes management to help athletes excel. Parents will have the opportunity to share, learn and support their teen in parent only lectures and family lectures, as well as on the field. And, teens will be surrounded by peers who are struggling with the same challenges and questions creating a community and bond that will last long after camp wraps up.