Camper Care
If a camper is weight bearing, but uses a mobility aid, this is the transfer you will most likely be using
Pivot transfer
What are the three Monday Morning rituals?
Give an example of something we may see in a camper that is hyposensitive in the tactile sense
Touching hair/skin, loves dirt/mud/sensory play, touching themselves, rubbing "Fun" fabrics/textures, exploring nature textures, playing with food, etc.
The concept that our brains can be "rewired" and can cognitively alter our pathways
Neuroplasticity
The word we need to ALWAYS use when giving campers instructions/directions
Please!
Three things to keep in mind when feeding a camper
Full attention on them, angle of the spoon/fork, waiting until they swallow/are ready, amount of food on spoon/fork...(more)
Name three special all-camp events that you may see this summer
Scavenger hunts, BYO, Ugly Counselor Contest, Junkyard Wars, Minnow Races, STUMP, etc.
Olfactory, oral, auditory, visual, tactile, proprioceptive, vestibular
The four key principles of Love & Logic?
Shared control, empathy & consequence, shared thinking, self-concept
A strategy we can use to "cue" campers' brains that something is about to happen and avoid them starting while we are still giving instruction
IAMNY
Where we would find an incident/accident report & how long we have to turn it in
The TLC! 24 hours
The first instruction you should give your campers at archery
Put on their arm guard
Something we can replace head-banging behavior with
Deep pressure (joint compressions, squeezes, beanbag/exercise ball squishes, weighted items, head pushes), bag of ice throwing, heavy work!
Feelings of hopelessness, fear, worry, etc. Anxiety, depression, PTSD (nightmares, flashbacks, irritability, etc.) Lasting health issues (heart problems, etc.). Lack of self-worth/confidence
Name three important things we should keep in mind when leading the "little ones"
giving them terrific titles, telling them they are terrific in a specific way, bigger is better/biggest is best, over the top everything! Make everything musical, interpret their success, more!!
What AAC stands for and is utilized for
Augmentative and Alternative Communication...forms of communication other than oral speech that support the expression of thoughts, needs, wants, etc.
Where would you find a hammock?
The bottom shelf of the TLC!
The two senses that may be at play if a child avoids or gets overstimulated by zip lining, boating and the giant swing
Visual and vestibular
Four things we can do to help with healthy emotion regulation
Encouraging/modeling positive self-talk, breathing technique, using emotion words/labeling the feeling, reminding them they are in control of their emotions and actions, future orientation, regulating your own emotions (STAR), modeling regulation (acting as a road map)! Reframing!
What WESTI stands for
Warm eyes, eye contact, stoop to their level, tell them how you feel, introduce them to others
Proper etiquette/things to keep in mind when working with campers who use wheelchairs (name three)
Getting down to their level, not using their wheelchair to hold your things, asking before you move them, etc.
Please list four safety rules we need to keep in mind at waterfront
Lifejackets on past the chain/sign, walking feet on dock, stay within sight of the lifeguard, stay seated, try to have a counselor at the back of the boat to steer, etc.
If a camper is jumping up and down, what two senses could this be stimulating?
Vestibular and proprioceptive
The thing we should always be asking first when a behavior is happening
What does this camper need? What is the need this behavior is trying to satisfy?
The four steps to "telling a camper a secret"
1. get down 2. look over one shoulder 3. look over the other shoulder 4. get down lower