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Join a small group of dedicated professionals for Directors' Camp 2012, featuring Scott Arizala, Steve Magure, and Dr. Chris Thurber.  Register here
 
Another amazing season for Expert Online Training!  50 videos to choose from (17 new)!  More than 300,000 staff online.  Learn More or call us for a demo (877) 237-3931.
 
Chris's homesickness prevention research, published in the journal Pediatrics, received tremendous international coverage, including the Today Show, BBC News, Good Morning America, Ireland News Radio, NPR, and CNN Headline News.  Read Press Release
 
Chris's DVD-CD for new camper families was featured on The Martha Stewart Show.  Watch for the near-miss on the closing handshake.  View Clip.
 
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Treating Homesickness at Camps
Podcasts & Radio Broadcasts Print E-mail

Enjoy a fascinating series of podcasts that Chris created for AMSkier as well as a few humorous, touching, and informative radio interviews for NPR, KQED, WLUP, and others. Just click to listen.  (Recommended Browser: Firefox)

If you have trouble getting these MP3 files to play, simply right-click on the title and "Save As" to your desktop.  Once the file has downloaded, adjust the volume on your computer, double-click on the file icon and enjoy!

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Preserving Professional Teacher-Student Boundaries Print E-mail
Professional educators have a unique responsibility to put their students’ needs first. And yet both students and teachers can enter a grey area in which personal information is over-shared, physical touch becomes inappropriate, and emotional connections creep beyond what’s comfortable. In Part I of this powerful double workshop, participants will learn: their fiduciary responsibility, aspects of development that affect boundaries, the surprising range of boundary violations, the consequences of a violation, and the multitude of ways professional boundaries and reputations can be preserved. In Part II, participants will examine provocative case studies of boundary crossings and boundary violations. Only by working through difficult—and sometimes ambiguous material—will participants gain confidence in working on their own and others’ boundary issues.
 
Online Leadership-By-Example: Internet Best Practices for Staff Print E-mail
The Internet is public space. How staff behave in that space—like all other behavior—should set a sterling example for young people to follow. This focused workshop gives staff practical skills for creating an online persona that everyone—parents, grandparents, and directors—can be proud of. This workshop is the ideal complement to the longer workshop on Internet policy development.
 
Psychotropic Medications: Drug Holidays, Side Effects, and Other Pharmacological Nightmares Print E-mail
Psychiatric medication management presents unique challenges at camp. Participants in this intriguing workshop will get facts about how common psych meds work, what their side effects are, how to effectively communicate with parents and prescribers, and which policies work for medication administration. A must-see session for anyone with campers on psychotropic medications, such as stimulants, anti-depressants, and mood stabilizers.
 
Motivation: Why We Do What We Do Print E-mail

For any leader, educator, or supervisor who has wondered how to get more horsepower out of their students, campers, or colleagues, this is the workshop to ground and inspire radical new approaches. Forget carrots on sticks and start thinking about instilling intrinsic motivation by igniting the human needs for connection, autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Theory and research buttress the applied, practical strategies in this transformative workshop.

 
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