Chapter 4 & 5

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

• What are the program features that help create the kind of positive environment where youth development opportunities flourish?

12 steps in program development

• What are they?

Program Design

• What is the difference in centralized and decentralized?

• Which do most camps use?

• Note p. 64 illustration 5.2

Elements of Program Organization

• Schedule

• Pacing and flow – what is important about this?– Age group considerations?

– Consideration of ratios

– What is social recreation and why is it needed?

Operating Procedures for Program

• Should include what info?

Chapter 4 & 5

Chapter 4

Determining the Target Population

1. Camp market

2. Camp enrollment

3. Camp diversity

4. Camp competition

5. Data analysis

6. Information assessment

7. Reevaluation

Developmental Needs

• Let’s chat about illustration 4.2…starts on p. 40

• What varying conditions can alter age appropriate developmental characteristics?– In what way may they alter?

Illustration 4.3

• What are the basic competencies or attributes essential to the healthy development of young people?

– How do camps use this information?

Camp for Persons with Disabilities

• Clear understanding of specific disabilities• Consider ADA guidelines

– Is anyone exempt from meeting ADA guidelines? If so, when, if not why not?

• What is the goal when integrating a camper with a disability?

• Education is the KEY!

Behavior Management & Discipline

• When is appropriate and inappropriate camp behavior established?– By who?

• What are some positive ways to establish good behavior?

• Should you have a long list of rules immediately upon the arrival at camp? – Why or why not?

• Before discipline becomes an issue, what are some considerations that need to be understood and accepted by anyone dealing with children?

Discipline

• What are the guidelines for discipline?

• Examples of suggested processes on p.47?

Medical or Psychological Conditions & Inappropriate Behavior

• According to Ditter, what are the four major concerns counselors face?

Abuse

• When, where, and by whom?

• Symptoms for:– Physical– Psychological– Sexual

• What should you do?

• Are you legally obligated to report?

ADHD

• What is it• What gender is more likely to have it?• What are these children like?

• What is required of the counselor?

• Some kids are on meds….some are taken off in the summer….what does this mean to the counselor?

Aggression & Violence

• What are the behaviors that could indicate a youth’s potential to harm himself or others?

AIDS

• What are the issues counselors may face?

Eating Disorders

• What are the 3 most common?

• What gender is most likely to face these issues?

• Closely associated with what?

• What should the counselor do?

Encopresis

• Uncommon, but if it happens…What should the counselor do?– Avoid embarrising or humiliating the child– Set up regular bathroom time or reminding the

youngster to go…

Enuresis

• Not a behavior problem!

• Avoid embarrassing or humiliation in front of peers

• Have a plan/procedure for handling the bedding and clothes to deal with quietly and sensitively without punishing the camper.

• What can the counselor do to help limit occurrence?– Limit fluid intake after dinner– Encourage bathroom before bed– Wake children in the night to go…

Homesickness

• 95% of children have homesickness.

• How is it characterized?

• Best preventive measures?

Sexual Behavior

• What can happen, why, and how do you deal with it?

Stealing

• How do you handle it?

Substance Abuse

• Does it happen?

• How do you prepare as a director for this?

• What should you do if it happens?

Suicidal Behavior

• 3rd leading cause of death of young ppl between ages 15 – 24

• Counselors need to know the signs of depression and types of symptoms that often precede suicidal behavior– What are they?

– What should you do?

Vandalism

• How do you deal with it?

Preparation of Participants

• What does this entail?

• What goes in the information packet?

• Always assume the people you are writing to know nothing about the camp!