Find out from the teens what their interests are and then try to choose what can be convenient to everyone. There are many factors that need to be considered. Gather all the information of all the summer camp training for teens that are held, dates, duration, travel arrangements and the fees involved. Then, finding out the interests of the teen, try to convince to choose one good physical activity or sport, one useful mental activity and another activity of the individual’s choice.
Most centers prefer to have the physical activity first thing in the morning to keep the children away from the midday sun. The mental activity could be anything that can be useful like public speaking and a hobby like some electronic or aeronautic project, vegetable carving, sewing, home science project that might be of interest at that age group. Other activities that might be useful would be driving, swimming, martial arts, first aid, basic life support, learning musical instruments, moral instruction, stress management, relationship problems, teen motivational talks, career guidance, type writing, shorthand, etc. But this should be something new and should not be a repeat of what has been taught routinely in schools or during their school days.
Residential camps can be very useful to foster new friendship and to teach them to maintain their room, tent making, trekking and some adventurous sport. But make sure that this summer camp training for teens has adequate supervisors or trained personnel involved in coaching and monitoring the wards activities.
Food is another item that might be of interest at that age. Make sure something of interest is in the menu. Even teens that start to develop food fads can be taught the value of good food habits in these summer camp training for teens when other students are in attendance.
Another factor for choice would be the attendance of some known friends. Most teen would be wary of making new friends in such a short period and would like to hang out with known buddies.
The duration of the summer camp training for teens is also important. When most of the families rely on summer holidays to spend some quality time together, when some children may be away in boarding school or in other higher institutions it is not possible for one teen to be away when the other one is in. It is very important that the families find time to be together.
All said and done it should be useful for the individual and it should be a memorable one that should make them want for more summer camps training for teens and look forward to coming the successive year.