They are welcome to participate in any training session offered to the trainers, though the majority of their time is usually spent with the camper. PCA's and counselor's roles may overlap. It is important that the PCA develop their responsibilities with the counselor. Working this out together and defining roles initially will prevent misunderstandings later. It may be impossible for the PCA to care for the camper in exactly the same way as they are used to doing.
Counselors are interested in establishing a friendship with all their campers.
If not given opportunities to work with the campers as they usually do, this may be more difficult. Most often cluster leaders are speech-language pathologists. Typically they are not assigned to an individual camper. This facilitation may take on many different forms. They may help trainers learn more about programming, problem solving, and implementing AAC devices.