Description

Intended for any camping program, How to Be a Great Camp Counselor isn’t stuffed with useless puff and theory. It’s an easy-to-read, easy-to-follow, practical book that fully equips even novice counselors to professionally handle everyday camp problems.

You’ll learn how to:

• Handle homesickness––without giving in.
• Make friends with campers––on the first day.
• Discipline––without yelling, torture, or ridicule.
• Enforce “problem preventing” cabin rules––without being a bully.
• Be a friend––without sacrificing authority.
• Get kids to “open up” in a discussion––and exactly what to do when you can’t get a discussion going.
• Stop after-dark bathroom visits––without creating a problem.
• Get campers to sleep in about 15 minutes––every night.
• Stop a bully in his tracks––without being one yourself.
• Conduct a successful story time––without being boring.
• Have manners in camp––38 “for examples.”
• Measure success––using a 16-point checklist.
• Set goals and why they work.
• Work like part of a team.
• Have a safe and successful cookout.
• Recognize the different camper personality types.
• File campers using birth order, family, and culture.
• Make the last night of camp a “night to remember.”
• Follow up on campers.

Plus, you’ll get insight in a variety of situations with practical advice on exactly what to say:

• To a homesick camper––and what not to say.
• To make a camper feel “at home.”
• To get kids excited about their coming week at camp.
• When you want to find out where the camper is coming from––20 specific questions to ask.

Moreover, you’ll learn what to do:

• About child abuse––including 10 common symptoms of sexual abuse.
• When you’re abused by a camper.
• When a counselor falls in love at camp.
• About practical jokes.
• During registration time.
• With the camper who insists on calling home.

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