2. Are you ready to be a 4-H Camp Counselor?

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

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

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

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

7. Thank Camp! You’re Here!

9. Need 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.

10. 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.

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

12. 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

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

14. 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.

15. Comments Other scenarios you want to discuss

16. 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

17. 1 6 11 16 21 3 8 13 18 23 2 7 12 17 22 4 9 14 19 24 5 10 15 20 25

18. Jeopardy Define Impulsivity

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

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

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

22. Jeopardy How do you counteract argumentativeness ?

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

24. Jeopardy Give me an open- ended question

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. Jeopardy What are some signs of homesickness?

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

38. Jeopardy What to do if you have a bedwetter

39. 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

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

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

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

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

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

45. Jeopardy Gender sensitivity

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

47. Jeopardy Mail Carrier

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

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

50. Jeopardy Why do adolescents engage in risky behavior

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

52. Jeopardy How do all people learn best?

53. Jeopardy Through relationships --with the teacher, with the material, with the environment- through connections and interactions

54. Jeopardy What health concern is growing by epidemic proportions in the U.S.?

55. Jeopardy Childhood overweight and obesity

56. Jeopardy Why do kids age 9-12 seem so argumentative?

57. Jeopardy They are growing fast cognitively and they begin to question adult authority.

58. Jeopardy When children can’t sit still and complete a task what can you do instead?

59. Jeopardy Change the task, go outside, become active then return to the task.

60. Jeopardy What is Cyber- bullying?

61. Jeopardy When kids bully kids on the internet posting hurtful things about them or in their name

62. Jeopardy How do children show their identity- who they are?

63. Jeopardy Through their appearance, clothing, actions, who they hang out with

64. Jeopardy About how long is attention span of these campers?

65. Deal or No Deal 15-20 minutes without changing tasks or venues

66. Jeopardy One more

67. Jeopardy Correct! Bonus

69. Final Jeopardy James Garbarino

70. Last Deal The researcher who studied children who are violent and shoot in schools amd bullying.