NE Independent Schools Auxiliary & Summer Programs Workshop 3/25/20
DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown, Manchester, NH Visit Website
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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Exploring Behavioral Challenges
We have been hearing that auxiliary and summer programs have seen increases in behavioral challenges of campers and mental, social, and emotional health of campers and staff in recent years. Join us for a day designed to explore multiple strategies, processes, and approaches to this work: from programs and systems to legal considerations.
This year’s program will include:
- Building for Behavior: Ground-Level Considerations for Supporting Behavioral Needs at Camp workshop, led by Elise Wulff, Program Manager for Child Services at MGH Aspire. In the push for inclusion there’s a newfound importance for honest self-reflection about a program’s current systems and whether or not they can support ‘all campers.’ This presentation will provide an overview of recommendations for policies, procedures, and protocols foundational for balancing camper and program needs. We will also suggest practical program components, such as scheduling and space, to consider if you intentionally or inadvertently need to support greater camper behavior needs.
- a working lunch, A New Way to Think About Challenging Behavior, facilitated by Maggie Magner, Director of Summer Fenn & Auxiliary Programs. Kids with challenging behavior are a significant source of counselor/staff turnover, teacher burnout, and therapeutic referrals. Maggie will share her experience in using the Collaborative Problem Solving Model™ (developed at the Think:Kids center of MGH’s Department of Psychiatry). Explore the revolutionary mindset shift to “skills, not will” that will make you rethink challenging kids. Maggie will review tangible tools and participants will have a chance to practice.
- time to explore legal considerations related to behavior and mental health such as ADA, what information you can ask/require staff and campers/parents to disclose, restraint policies, and other thinks you should be thinking about, led by Samantha Halem, Partner at Marshall Halem LLC and legal counsel for The Brimmer and May School.