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Meetings
Handouts (PDF)
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13 Things You Should Know About 13 Reasons Why
$10.00Concerns about self-harm and suicide contagion peaked when this show debuted. And although 13 Reasons Why has waned in popularity, adults’ concerns about the media young people consume will persist….
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5 Things to Tell Camp Families This Week
$10.00Handouts are available a la carte for $10 apiece, but you could save $800 by purchasing the entire Thurber Handout Portfolio for $199.
Thinking about an All-Camp Prep4Camp membership or an…
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A Positive Psychology Primer
$10.00Capitalize on each team member’s signature strengths to promote authentic happiness and curb problematic behavior. This handout provides a conceptual map of positive psychology and a list of terrific camp-…
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Activities to Boost your Multicultural IQ: Promoting Student Adjustment with Non-Confrontational Challenges
$10.00Embracing diversity in all its forms requires a special kind of understanding called “cross-cultural agility.” Unfortunately, many so-called “diversity workshops” fall flat because they lack fun ways to explore our…
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Activity Audit: Running Superior Activity Periods
$10.00Key questions on this worksheet promote reflection about memorable activities, the ingredients for success, failed activities, and the factors that contributed to failure. Use to support any staff training workshop…
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Appreciative Inquiry
$10.00Organizations such as are full of problems to be solved, right? Wrong. If you think this way, you’ll stagnate. This handout introduces the technique of Appreciative Inquiry and will reset…
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Appreciative Inquiry: Assessment Exercise
$10.00The two versions of this assessment of mood and creativity is the ideal pre-post measure of how attitudes influence motivation to change. Give alternate versions to each half of your…
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Assess Your Emotional Leadership Style (ELS)
$10.00This intriguing questionnaire, based on emotional intelligence and parenting research, will help your staff get a rapid glance at their emotional leadership style. Questions are customized to a youth population…
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Assessing Suicidality
$10.00Suicidal thoughts, emotions and behaviors are difficult to predict and uncomfortable to discuss. However, because completed suicides are permanent and devastating, youth leaders share a responsibility to assess risk and…
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Assistant Division Head (ADH) Mid-Summer or End-of-Summer Evaluation
$10.00Handouts are available a la carte for $10 apiece, but you could save $800 by purchasing the entire Thurber Handout Portfolio for $199.
Thinking about an All-Camp Prep4Camp membership or an…
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Breakthrough Advising Techniques: New Pathways from Awful to Optimal
$10.00Advising–by boarding staff or dorm faculty–is the relational foundation of student well-being. This handout provides conceptual and practical guidance for adults at all levels who share an investment in the…
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Bullies & Targets, Part II: Intervention
$10.00Zero-Tolerance Policies don’t work and nearly all young people mistreat their peers at some point. Therefore, all schools and camps must train their staff to recognize and respond to unkind…
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Case Studies of Boundary Crossings
$10.00This handout of boundary case studies complements the Professional Boundaries handout with more than thirty realistic examples. Also included are sophisticated questions that stimulate discussion in small groups and push…
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Case Studies of Language and Culture
$10.00Are your staff ready to respond when campers casually drop words like “gay” or “fag” or “wife beater”? The four provocative case studies on this handout push staff to create…
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Comprehensive Abuse Prevention: Ten Ways to Safeguard Children and Staff
$10.00Every year, we train our staff to recognize and respond to signs of physical and sexual abuse. But when is the last time you reviewed your policies and practices for…
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Cooperative & Proactive Solutions – Camper: Overcoming Skills Deficits to Durably Prevent Problem Behavior
$10.00Extend your leadership skills beyond the standard problem-solving rubric of identification and brainstorming. Learn how to assesses others’ needs and their skills deficits to help solve problems durably by getting…
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Cooperative & Proactive Solutions – Student: Overcoming Skills Deficits to Durably Prevent Problem Behavior
$10.00Extend your leadership skills beyond the standard problem-solving rubric of identification and brainstorming. Learn how to assesses others’ needs and their skills deficits to help solve problems durably by getting…
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Coping with Loss: A Guide for Staff who are Supporting Young People in Youth Programs
$0.00When a young participant in a program dies, staff are put in the painful and complex position of grieving the loss themselves and simultaneously helping the surviving youngsters cope. This…
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Coping with the Death of a Young Participant: A Guide for Owners and Directors of Youth Programs
$0.00It’s hard to imagine a more tragic or difficult event than the death of a child. This detailed resource assists top management in planning for the unthinkable and will help…
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Cutting at Camp: Understanding the “Bright Red Scream”
$10.00The best resource available on the What, Who, and Why of self-harm at camps. Ten principles of care will serve as the foundation for your policy on responding compassionately and…
