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Yerkes, Rita – Camping Magazine, 1987
For over 50 years Catherine Hammett has dedicated her life to the development of organized camping. She started at the ground level as a Girl Scout camper, became a counselor, joined the Girl Scout National Staff, became a camp director, author, and an American Camping Association president. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Camping, Citizenship Education, Feminism
Jackson, Donnie – Camping Magazine, 1997
Describes strategies for disciplining campers: establishing a caring atmosphere; using praise; modeling positive behavior; using time-outs; keeping campers busy; using conflict resolution; and improving communication with campers by using words they understand, getting on their level, establishing eye contact, using I-messages, and using humor…
Descriptors: Camping, Caregiver Child Relationship, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution
Wallace, Stephen G. – Camping Magazine, 1987
Counselors and campers at Cape Cod Sea Camps in Brewster, Massachusetts, banded together to combat the problem of drinking and driving by forming the first camp-based chapter of Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD). The chapter's success shows that SADD can be an asset to camp programs. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Administrator Role, Behavior Standards, Camping
Carpenter, Gaylene M.; Orford, Gale B. – Camping Magazine, 1987
Discusses sex role stereotyping in camping and in society. Suggests ways camp administrators and counselors can use activity programs, group living, housekeeping, and management functions to encourage development of androgynous traits and lifestyles free from culturally imposed definitions of masculinity and femininity. (LFL)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Behavior Change, Camping, Child Development