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Lessons from the Summer Season. In the Trenches.
Ditter, Bob – Camping Magazine, 2001
A judgment checklist can be presented to camp counselors through brainstorming sessions in which actual or imagined situations are reviewed. Camper and counselor behavior results from choices they make. Talking to children about their behavior is easier when adult jargon like "inappropriate behavior" is replaced with child-friendly…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Camping, Change Strategies, Child Behavior
Using Sound Judgment. In the Trenches.
Ditter, Bob – Camping Magazine, 2001
In supervising children, camp counselors should be aware of certain truths about working with campers that can affect their safety: the tendency for campers to become overstimulated, the effect campers can have on adults known as regressive pull, and the situation known as player-umpire. A counselor judgement checklist is offered that will help…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adult Child Relationship, Camping, Child Behavior