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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!