Home 
About Dr. Thurber Sitemap
About Dr. Thurber Sitemap Sitemap
- Home
- About Dr. Thurber
- Camp Directors
- Workshop Possibilities
- Leadership
- But We’ve Always Done That! Transforming Hazing into Healthy Bonding
- Defusing Emotional Bombs: Secrets of Effective Communication
- Do You Want a Spanking?!...and Other Stupid Questions Grown-Ups Ask
- Head, Heart, or Hybrid? Refining Your Emotional Leadership Style
- Get the HINT: High-Impact Nominally-Taxing Leadership
- Internal Leadership Development I: Designing High-Yield ILD Programs
- Internal Leadership Development II: Designing a Successful CIT / LIT Program
- Internal Leadership Development III: Effective Mentoring of Junior Leaders
- Internal Leadership Development IV: Principles of Hiring, Evaluation, and Promotion
- "Male" Call: How to Promote Healthy Male Leadership at Camp
- Mid-Season Motivator: Executive Coaching to Achieve Your Staff’s Goals
- Pinnacles and Pitfalls: The All-Time Best Staff Training Foundations
- Positive Peer Pressure: Understanding Your Behavior in Groups
- Professionalism is Learned: How to Exude Positive Leadership in the Workplace
- Situational Leadership: Respond to Any Leadership Challenge with Confidence
- Youth Development
- Becoming a Youth Development Professional: Making the Transition from ME to KIDS
- Clingy or Crazy? Understanding Human Attachment and Separation Anxiety
- Cracking Kids’ Secret Code: Hear the Subtext and Read Campers’ Minds
- Dragons to Darlings: Transform Any "Problem Child" Camper
- I’ll Knock Your Teeth Out! Understanding and Preventing Bullying
- Kids Today: Essentials of Child and Adolescent Development
- Samson and Delilah’s Missed Opportunity: Avoiding Gender Role Stereotypes
- Tolerance and Diversity: The Fabric of Camp
- Why on Earth? Understanding and Predicting Children’s Behavior
- You’re Not Crazy, But Kids Think You Are! Untwisting Children’s Mistaken Beliefs
- Mental Health & Behavior
- All Over the Place: Helping Campers with ADD/ADHD
- Classic Problem Solving: Using Options and Evaluation to Promote Group Consensus
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Coping with the Death of a Camper
- Homesickness Treatment I: Evidence-Based Practices for Campers and Staff
- Homesickness Treatment II: The Ethics and Logistics of Shortened Stays
- I’ll Knock Your Teeth Out: Understanding and Preventing Bullying
- Listening to the Bright Red Scream: Understanding and Preventing Cutting
- No More S’mores: Understanding and Preventing Disordered Eating
- Out of the Shell: Helping the Anxious or Hypersensitive Child
- Skillful Discipline: Creative Behavior Management and Alternatives to Punishment
- Stop Yelling: Get the HINT
- The Power of Positive Psychology: Authentic Happiness for Campers and Staff
- Camp Management
- Comprehensive Homesickness Prevention Programs
- Coping with the Death of a Camper (Crisis Management for Directors)
- Data Don’t Lie: Designing Assessment Tools for Your Camp
- Ma'am, Put Down the Phone and Step Away from the Child! How to Soothe Parental Anxiety
- Preventing Staff and Director Burn-Out: Best Practices for Stress Management
- Program Perfection: Keys to Running Superior Activity Periods
- Providing Feedback: Improving Performance and Maintaining Connections
- Putting Camp Jobs on Your Resume: A Primer for Camp Staff (mini-workshop)
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Camps
- Values in Action: The Intentional Business of Practicing What You Preach
- Wise Use of Time Off
- Technology
- Safety
- Leadership
- Leadership Essentials
- Parents
- Campers
- Journalists
- Conferences
- Publications
- Online Articles
- Newspaper Articles
- Radio Broadcasts
- Television Appearances
- The Summer Camp Handbook
- The Secret Ingredients DVD-CD Set
- Purchase Handouts
- Academic Book Chapters
- Academic Journal Articles
- Magazine Articles
- Magazine Articles
- Academic Journal Articles
- Academic Book Chapters
- Television Appearances
- Radio Broadcasts
- Newspaper Articles
- Online Articles
- Camp Industry Professionalism
- Is Your Camp’s Health Center the Center of Health? - 2007
- WebCams at Summer Camp - An Investigation - 2007
- E-xcellent Mail - 2007
- Can I Trust My Child’s Camp Counselor? - 2007
- Picking the Best Specialty Camp for Your Child - 2006
- Summer Camp Arts and Crafts - 2006
- Spirituality and Camp - 2006
- Open Your Mouth and Say "Ahhh" - 2006
- Single-Sex or Coed? - 2006
- Dress Codes Undone - 2006
- Bullying at Camp is an Opportunity - 2006
- "Not My Kid" : Understanding Camp's Special Power to Transform Children - 2005
- Healthy Competition - It's Not an Oxymoron! - 2005
- The Great News About Homesickness - 2005
- Sponsors
- Contact Dr. Thurber