Anti-Bullying ProgramsAnti-Bullying Programs for Camps
Sports Camps, Specialty Camps and Teen Programs Too!
 Dr.
Joel Haber, The Bully Coach™, is the American Camp Association’s (ACA) official
bullying consultant. He helped set the anticipated standard for anti-bullying prevention for all accredited
summer camps that will take effect within ACA in 2012. He is a featured national speaker in
the camping world, and has provided the web-based material on bullying for the ACA website.
He is an ACA’s e-Institute expert on bullying, providing course material for Camp Staff and
Leadership teams around the country, ensuring every camper feels safe and supported each summer.
Dr. Haber also provides video and educational material for Expert Online Training
on the topics of Relational Aggression, Cyberbullying and Sportsmanship.
Click here to see what Expert Online Training
is all about.
As an additional resource, camps can purchase training DVD’s by Dr. Haber, published by
Healthy Learning that can be found on this website covering many bullying topics. Please
contact me if you have questions about these products.
Each summer, Joel travels to camps and personally trains up to 2000 camp
staff and leadership
teams to reduce bullying issues.
From before the summer starts, through final farewells—and even in the off-season!—The
Respect U Camp Program helps camp personnel identify potential bullies in their staff or
campers and "hot-spots" where bullying occurs. His program provides the specific tools needed
to reduce bullying including: bunk pranks, hurtful gossip and relational aggression, sports
bullying and on and off-season cyber-bullying.
Results of his research on staff bullying have revealed how staff behavior plays an important
role in creating a camp bullying culture. You can read more about this research in Camping Magazine
as well as a series of articles on bullying used by camps for staff training each summer.
A Real-World Approach
The staff training is engaging, entertaining and geared toward the real world. Training exercises,
discussions and role plays are all based on true incidents—things that staff can relate to,
including:
- Hidden bullying in your camp
- Social Laddering and why bullying occurs
- The kid who “doesn’t quite fit in”
- Popular bullies within campers and staff
- Differences between boy bullying and girl bullying
- Bullying of counselors by kids—and kids by counselors
- Sports bullying
- Providing kids with the skills they need to fend off bullying
- Turning the “helpless” bystander into an Upstander
- How to screen staff to avoid bullying issues
- On and Off-season cyber-bullying
- Increasing camper loyalty
A Proven-Effective Solution Just For Summer
The Respect U Camp Program is designed specifically for your summer camp and is targeted
to resident camps, day camps, sports camps, specialty camps and teen program directors and staff.
The goal is to create a summer environment that is virtually bully-proof where:
- Leadership team, counselors and camp staff are well-trained to identify all forms of
bullying and know what to do when they see it.
- Kids feel comfortable reporting bullying behavior in confidential ways
- Campers and staff can safety intervene to help targets
- Learn successful strategies to modify the bullies’ behavior
- Directors are well-equipped to handle parent concerns and repeated bullying behavior
- Children and staff are treated with respect, feel supported and have fun!
I can train your team between the summer seasons, or meet with leadership teams to ensure
that you are “Bully-proofed” before the summer begins.
FOR MORE COMPLETE PROGRAM DETAILS AND OPTIONS
CLICK HERE
Personalized Consultation
Services for
Parents/Families:
There are times when specific coaching sessions are
not enough to resolve more complicated issues.
Dr. Haber is available to work with you and/or family
based on the needs of your own situation. His parent coaching and anti-bully
expertise has a long and distinguished record in overcoming difficult family
dynamics or specific problem situations you may be experiencing. This may involve phone
consultations or face to face meetings.
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