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13 Things You Should Know About 13 Reasons Why
Concerns 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
Handouts are available a la carte for $10 apiece, but you could save $800 by purchasing the entire Thurber Handout Portfolio for $199.
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A Positive Psychology Primer
Capitalize 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
Embracing 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
Key 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
Organizations 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
The 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)
This 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
Suicidal 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
Handouts 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
Advising–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
Zero-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
This 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
Are 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
Every 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
Extend 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
Extend 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
When 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
It’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”
The 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…
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