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Campingly Yours
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Price: $15.95
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Seamlessly woven with wisdom and wit, Thomas C. Adler's heartfelt memoir blends forty-five years of summer camp with a lifetime of love. A tribute to family, friendship, and the coming of age, Campingly Yours reflects on childhood in a bygone era-adventure, tradition and the timeless bond between idyllic parents and a devoted son.
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Gossip, Backbiting, and Drama: Preventing Relational Aggression at Camp
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Price: $49.95
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Takes a fresh look at what you think a bully is, especially in girls. Can you tell the difference between relationship drama and emotional violence? The DVD enables you to come away with a clear understanding of the definitions of bullying and relational aggression (RA).
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Creating a Camp Culture Where the Truth Can Always Be Heard
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Price: $49.95
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Details how to identify barriers in your leadership style and in your organization that prevent staff and campers from coming forward with information that needs to be heard. The DVD also discusses techniques concerning how to create a culture where the "elephants in the room" of diversity, gossip, cliques, time-off behavior, etc. are openly, honestly, and sensitively addressed.
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Cultural Competency: Understanding Total Diversity
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Price: $49.95
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Enables you to broaden your view of culture, and learn how to better meet the needs of the populations you (or you would like to) serve. The DVD examines how to assess your personal and organizational level of competence. The DVD also discusses methods and activities that can help enhance your personal level of cultural competency and, ultimately, that of your organization.
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Closing Circle: An Activity for Sharing and Debriefing
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Price: $49.95
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Provides an overview of an activity that is designed to get campers or staff to share and debrief with one another after a major trip, significant experience, or at the end of camp itself. The DVD details specific steps for setting up and executing the "closing circle" exercise. The DVD also explains why this journal exercise is an exceptional tool for individuals who are working with children in groups, particularly those groups that don't have much experience using journals.
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Can You Hear Me Now? Working Effectively With Camp Parents: Vol. #1—Skills
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Price: $49.95
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Offers insights and communication-related suggestions for camp professionals that can help them improve and enhance their interactions with the parents of campers. The DVD explains just what it means for staff to be a "professional" in their work with parents. The DVD also features specific techniques, including "how to come up for A.I.R.," that camp professionals can employ to make their efforts with camper parents more effective.
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Can You Hear Me Now? Working Effectively With Camp Parents: Vol. #2—Strategies
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Price: $49.95
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Presents strategies that camp professionals can adopt to make their on-going work with parents more effective and more satisfying. The DVD addresses a wide array of key topics, including seven ways that parents can help their first-time campers get ready for camp. Collectively, the series is designed to help camp professionals "power up" their reputation with parents and to position themselves as true professionals and experts in the eyes of their camp parents.
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Fundamental Counseling Skills: Getting Kids to Act!
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Price: $49.95
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Provides a powerful set of tools and language that any camp counselor, new or experienced, can put to immediate use in their work with campers. The DVD features various skills and strategies that counselors can use to get kids to do the things they either don't like to do or traditionally need a lot of prodding to get done. The DVD also details how counselors can build momentum in a group of campers and how they can transition from being the campers' "friend" to being "the boss!"
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Crisis Communications Weathering the Storm: A Handbook for Camps and Other Youth Programs
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Price: $39.95
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A well-conceived crisis-response communications plan will ensure that everyone has the most up-to-date information to support the varied needs of campers, staff, families, and the larger community. Within Crisis Communications Weathering the Storm, you will find resources to create your own customized crisis-response communications plan, as well as suggestions and templates for a complete crisis plan.
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Circle of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (Feeling Respect, Independence, Encouragement, Nourishment, Determination & Sisterhood)
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Price: $95.00
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A program for developing social skills in girls ages eight to fourteen. This guide includes 65 small group activities to help girls learn skills in five key areas: positive self-image, healthy friendships, conflict resolution and communication, emotional strength, and stress management.
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