1. Are you ready to be a 4-HCamp Counselor?

2. About You • Have you been a counselor before? • Have you had camp counselor training? • What do you recall? • What helped you?

3. What to expect? • Fears or concerns? • What challenges will the kids bring? • What will be their strengths? • What is your goal?

4. Concerns • Bullying • Rejection • Violence they bring from home • Lifestyle and health • Limit setting

5. Understanding children age 9-12 • Break into teams • Two games • Two teams play first • Second two teams play next game

6. Thank Camp! You’re Here!

8. 10 volunteers Nine are campers One of the 9 is a child in distress The 10th person is the counselor Setting: Outside at camp by the horse ring When the slide changes, start acting. Need

9. Scenario • The counselor is in charge of the horseback riding class. A horse gets away with a nine-year old girl. The horse runs around the ring and you know you need to stop it. Start to act.

10. 10 volunteers One is a counselor 8 are campers One plays the role on the next slide. Ready? Go! Need

11. Scenario • It is the first day of camp. Your group of 10 kids is excited and one child is homesick and just wants to hang with you. You want to instill group spirit. • Begin

12. 10 volunteers Setting: late at night at camp. All campers are asleep One volunteer to take the lead for the next slide Need

13. Scenario • All of the counselors had been planning to meet by the pool at 2:00 a.m. on the last night of camp. You know it is not the right thing to do to leave the campers alone.

14. Comments • Other scenarios you want to discuss

15. New Learning Game • Two teams with 3 per team • Need helper section for each team (to help with answers) • Game is like Jeopardy • Must know some facts about adolescents

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17. Jeopardy Define Impulsivity

18. Jeopardy Acting without thinking. Don’t know why they did something. Typical of this age.

19. Jeopardy Are children in the 9-12 age range generally argumentative or not?

20. Jeopardy Yes! Will argue just to practice arguing.

21. Jeopardy How do you counteract argumentativeness?

22. Jeopardy Use open-ended questions. Don’t argue too. Wait until cool down to talk.

23. Jeopardy Give me an open-ended question

24. Jeopardy Cannot be answered yes or no-- Tell me about. Tell me more…, what happened next?

25. Jeopardy Which is more productive in genral for children - competition or cooperation?

26. Jeopardy Cooperative activities- not pitting one child against another…preserves self-esteem

27. Jeopardy What is a way to build a team spirit?

28. Jeopardy Cooperatively-Cooperative game breaks (birthday, height, spaghetti, making something together)

29. Jeopardy What can happen after a hot day of intense activity in children?

30. Jeopardy Tiredness, crankiness, sensitivity to others, disagreements

31. Jeopardy What is a great way to get children to listen to you in a group?

32. Jeopardy Involve them in the decisions, Use the word LOOK! Be prepared with the task and materials

33. Jeopardy What are some signs a child is being bullied?

34. Jeopardy Child frightened to be alone, unwilling to join in group, feigns illness, scrapes or clothes torn, becomes aggressive

35. Jeopardy What are some signs of homesickness?

36. Jeopardy Crying, staying close to a trusted adult, refusing to participate

37. Jeopardy What to do if you have a bedwetter

38. Jeopardy Be discreet, don’t ridicule. Bedwetting is a sign child feels inadequate. Help them learn to feel worthwhile. Camp is a great place to overcome these feelings. Allow them to take part in the clean-up/responsibility. Ask if they need a night light Limit fluids after dinner

39. Jeopardy Name some “toxic” elements of children’s environments that camp helps them get away from

40. Jeopardy Television, video games, junk food, Loud or inappropriate music

41. Jeopardy What do you do with a child who wants to be the center of attention, is not viscious but high energy?

42. Jeopardy Put that energy to work for you! Turn him/her into a leader.

43. Jeopardy Using the term police officer instead of policeman or firefighter instead of fireman is an example of what?

44. Jeopardy Gender sensitivity

45. Jeopardy What is a gender senstive way to say mailman?

46. Jeopardy Mail Carrier

47. Jeopardy What is a gender sensitive way to say man hole cover?

48. Jeopardy Sewer hole cover…just think about the underlying messages when you are not gender sensitive

49. Jeopardy Why do adolescents engage in risky behavior

50. Jeopardy Feelings of invincibility, incomplete brain development- can’t project consequences.