Burn camps and community aspects of burn care

Burn injuries can have a profound effect on the personality development and emotional stability of children, particularly those children who had preexisting pathologic conditions at the time of injury. Integration of an altered sense of self and reentry into the social arena are two challenges that children with burn injuries must face. Creative psychosocial services are of critical importance in providing support to children as they meet these challenges. School reentry programs and burn camps are presented as two services that are currently provided to facilitate the adaptation and reentry process for these children.