We want our campers to have a great experience at camp. We also want you to have a great experience as a volunteer. Here are some articles and resources to help meet these goals. Please download and read anything that looks helpful to you as you get ready for camp. If you have lots of questions about a specific topic, you may want to print the articles and bring them with you to camp.
These articles deal specifically with Camper’s development and other Sensitive Issues
- Developmental Characteristics of Campers
- ABC’s of Working with Younger Campers – Meeting their Special Needs
- Behavior Montage
- How to Help Campers and Parents Deal with Homesickness
- Disciplining Campers – Being Fair and Effective
- Discipline is Not a Dirty Word
- Working with Challenging Groups of Girls / Boys
- The Difficult Bunk Meeting
- How to Put a Camper to Bed (and get them to fall asleep)
- Failing Well
- What to Do About Practical Jokes
- Hazing at Camp (and how to prevent it)
- Embarrassing Situations – Preparing Staff for “Other” Wellness Situations
- What to Do if Your Camper Wets the Bed
- Love is in the Air… and in the Trees … and Cabins and Lakes
- Understanding Children’s Grief
- Dimensions of Childhood Grief