Inclusion
If a camper doesn't want to play a group game because they feel like they aren't physically fit enough for it, how should your response be?
What is "You have no choice?"
Build up their confidence to try and engage with the activity and give any additional support needed.
A child reports they were hit by a family member last night. Do you go straight to Melissa to report this?
What is "Yes, also I will make sure to hand in all my incident reports to her as well"
Use your chain of command first so that there is an understanding of what is going on.
Who can report Sexual Harassment?
Bullies usually want two main things. What are they?
What is "Fortnite and Monster Energy Drinks?"
(Power and Control)
What is the best way to approach a kid trying to hold your hand?
What is "Keep your little hands to yourself?"
Remind the camper to keep their campers to themselves.
First day of camp, you get information how there are some individuals who don't identify as male or female. When talking to the group what are good ways to address the group as a whole?
What is "Ladies and Gentlemen"
Get the groups attention by saying "Campers, everyone, y'all, group, camp name, group name"
You have a child at camp that reports to you that they feel unsafe at home. How should you respond to this?
What is "There is no monster in your closet?"
Gather as much information as your can but also make sure they know they are safe with you.
You catch Adam (Who everyone likes) makes a comment about how he is the best kisser out there. What should you do?
What is "Ask Adam about if he is referring to Hershey Kisses?"
Bring Adam aside and tell him those types of comments are no go's.
Amber kicks Kim's eyebrow. What do type of reporting should you do?
What is "Behavior Report for Amber and Incident Report for Kim's eyebrow?"
What is the best way to avoid a hug from a camper?
What is "Japanese knuckle sandwich"?
(Side Hug)
Tiantian is a happy young girl at camp this is very friendly with the counselors but doesn't seem to be engaging with her peers. When talking to her about this she says how she feels the other campers don't seem to like her because she is Chinese and she grew up with a different culture.
Where is "China?"
Rather than getting the group together and teach everyone about China's culture. Play inclusive games that could be centered around getting to know each other as well as educating each other about what they know on their culture.
Todd was grounded because he was stealing his sisters Twizzlers. Todd had his PS5 taken away and when he came to camp he told people that he is being mistreated at home and his parents aren't reasonable. How do you respond to this?
What is "Talk to Todd parents about selling you his PS5"
Redirect Todd from this conversation with other campers and inform Todd how this isn't a form of abuse.
Amanda is the lifeguard on duty. When she gets switched off duty and goes swimming with the kids, she takes of her red lifeguard shirt and is wearing a camo bikini. You ask her if she can put on a shirt or something because that is not uniform expectations. Amanda says how she doesn't want to get it wet and how everything will be fine. What should you do now?
What is "Amanda is cute and she doesn't need to follow expectations"
Go up the chain of command and let them know that Amanda isn't following the uniform standards.
Rob, Tyler and Kobie are bullying Ben by calling him names and taking his toy boat. Ben doesn't tell anyone about this, what should you do.
Who is "Ben seems fine since he hasn't spoken up?"
Approach Ben about what is going on and follow up with the three about bullying.
Your camp is traveling to Los Angeles for a field trip, what is the proper way to ensure transportation safety.
Where is "don't bring the camp to Los Angeles on a Friday"
Spread the counselors among the bus in a zig zag pattern.
Shumar the counselor is playing dodgeball with the camp. He is coming up with the idea of splitting teams with you. He suggest that we should play boys Vs. girls. What are some alternatives ways to divide up the group and why?
What is "Two captain's take turns picking"
NO! Try to make things even among the teams such as counselor random pick campers or have everyone get a partner in a line and have one partner go to one side and other partner go on other side. This is good because it will avoid teams picking on other teams as well as making sure it is balanced and inclusive on both sides.
Hank has been coming to camp for years. This year of camp, it is noticed that Hank's lunch has been fairly small and his food has been mostly unhealthy meals such as Lunchables and Oreos. Hank also smells like a dirty McDonalds waste bin. What are ways for you to support Hank in this situation? Why is Hank living like this?
Where is "Give hank a ride to the YMCA so he can shower and bring him to Hannaford and buy him all the vegetables?"
Address this appropriately with your supervisor and come up with a plan to support Hank.
Various possible reasons. Hanks parents may be having trouble financially and need extra support so they can support Hank with a healthy diet.
You are monitoring the bathroom while some of the campers are changing into their bathing suit. One of the boys (Dan) pulls down his pants fast enough for his peers to see but you the counselor did not see anything. It was later reported to you by a different camper how he saw Dan pull his pants down. When having a follow up with the campers who saw, they confess that Dan has been doing this every day. What is your plan of action?
What is "Tell Dan to stop?"
Find out all the information you can, report appropriately and follow up if needed.
Jacoby has challenges with controlling his anger. When he gets angry, his peers will make fun of him for it which will make Jacoby even more upset. What do you do?
Talk to Jacoby away from his peers and work on deescalating his emotions.
Spread out through the playground making sure you can see the blind spots.
Wes has been a positive campers this summer however when he told some of his guy friends that he was gay, his friends no longer wanted to hangout with him and would make fun of him and call him names. Wes was very hurt by this and started to be more quiet at camp. It was finally noticed by the counselors how Wes has been more quiet and changed his demeanor. What should you do to support Wes about this situation and how do you address this with his friends?
What is "Play more camp games?"
Games are great but you will need to make sure Wes feels supports and knows what his friends were doing is not right.
Talk to his friends about bullying and talk to them about inclusiveness. Will need to follow up with a report.
Dory normally is outgoing about being at camp and enjoys socializing with her peers. Staff like her and all the campers get along with her. Dory came to camp today and has been mega silent. She didn't want to play the games or do any of the art activities. When camp counselors asked her how she was doing she said fine and didn't spill any beans about what was going on. At this point, what do you do to best support Dory. What are some reasons that lead up to this behavior?
Who is "Dory from Finding Dory?"
Talk to director and come up with a plan to support Dory. Get information about Dory. (Camp hack, gain rapport with the campers and you can get more respect/communication about them in cases like this; Firm Friend).
Could be low income, drug usage, lack of parenting skills, home stress (financial, relationship, spiritual), past childhood experience for the parents.
Oscar has been obviously hanging out with a couple of the campers more so than any other campers. It has gotten to the point where Oscar favors these two new campers over the rest of the camp. You now notice that Oscar has been seen holding the campers hands. You are about to go report Oscar. On your way of confronting Oscar, another camper comes up to you saying that Jenny tripped down some steps and hurt themselves a lot.
What should you do first? How do you handle this situation?
What is "Super hero mode activated"
Michele and Sarah are making fun of Sophie. Sophie gets very emotional when people make fun of her. Sophie says she doesn't feel confident sticking up for herself.
Part I. What do you do to help Sophie?
Part II. You confront Michele and Sarah. They lie to your face. Now what do you do?
Part I. Teach Sophie ways to deescalate bully comments and how what they say to her doesn't matter.
Part II. Give Michele and Sarah the good ol' "Looks like I will be talking to your parents" speech.
You get notified by a parent that their child reported that they were inappropriately touched by another camper.
What could of been done to prevent this?
How do you address this problem with your camp?
What do you do now to ensure something like this doesn't happen again?
What is "I'll handle it professionally?"