YOUTH PROGRAM WORKSHOPS

CHECK UP FROM THE NECK UP! -- All Audiences and Age Groups
Get rid of that Stinkin' Thinkin'! Attitude awareness, healthy self-esteem, positive communications, successful goal setting and enthusiasm maintenance are essential for any successful program. Do you and your Staff have them? If not, you need this workshop!

YOU HIRED 'EM NOW WHAT? -- Supervisory, all Age Groups
Your program's success depends on the quality of your Staff. Are you doing everything you can to bring out their best? This workshop will help make Staff orientation and motivation easy by using games and activities that encourage teamwork, enthusiasm, positive communication skills, and healthy self-esteem.

WOW, WHAT A GREAT IDEA! -- SAC Program Directors/Site Leaders
An incredible collection of ideas and activities that are guaranteed to make your job easier and more enjoyable. Topics include: Programming, Staffing, Scheduling, Storage, Accountability, Safety, Communications, Goal Setting, Orientation, and Having FUN!

DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP-- Lead Staff, All Age Groups
Get your Lead Staff the training they need to be the Dynamic Leaders they're capable of becoming. This energetic, activity-based session focuses on learning and implementing effective communication and goal setting skills.

The FUNdamentals of LEARNING! -- SAC Directors/Leaders/Specialists
We all know that children live what they learn, but what are they being taught? You'll learn to teach your kids Leadership and Special Interest Skills while playing with nine (9) different Activity Bags from the dynamic H-A-P-P-Y!!! S.A.C.K.

FUN ON THE RUN -- SAC & Teen Program Providers, Jr. version for Pre-School
A "Bag of Tricks" full of activities, games, and ALL the equipment needed to fill those intolerable "Hurry Up and Wait!" periods that care providers experience every day. A multitude of ideas that easily fit in your shoulder bag and your brain!

CHOOSE TO OFFER A CHOICE -- SAC & Teen Program Directors
Has your program gotten a little stale? Are you losing kids, staff, or your sanity? Maybe you need to make a change in your format. Everything you need to start a system that will keep you, your staff, and most importantly, your kids, H-A-P-P-Y!!!

SANITY IN THE SUMMER! -- SAC & Teen Program Directors
Wouldn't you like to provide a Summer program that features choices for the kids, variety for your Staff, and positive fiscal management for you? Sure you would. If you are not H-A-P-P-Y!!! with what you have been getting, maybe it's time to reconsider what you've been giving. A complete model for a program that guarantees all of the above.

GAMES THAT EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE! -- All audiences and Ages
An energetic and enlightening collection of games and activities that require little, if any equipment. Use them to get your point across, to introduce a topic, to encourage group input, to initiate action and to entertain. Happiness is a state of mind, and it's a great state to live in. This Workshop will make you a permanent and active resident!

SPORTS FOR THE FUN OF IT! -- SAC & Teen Program Providers
Having troubles teaching team sports? It's not hard as most of us make it. By using fun and easy activities you can teach children how to play a sport and actually enjoy it! Sports covered are Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, and Volleyball.

KID KLUBS THAT WORK! -- SAC & Teen Program Providers
Keep your Program fresh and fun. This active, participatory presentation explores a multitude of Staff and Kid led Interest Clubs. Participants will learn what it takes to provide kids with opportunities to explore their aspirations to the max!

C.I.T. OR P.I.B? -- Teens & SAC Program Directors
Older kids can drive you crazy. Perhaps the best way to work with them is to get them to work for you! A complete program and system for turning your Pain In the Butts into Counselors In Training, making your life easier, your programs better, and most of all, turning your young adults into productive and beneficial youth counselors.

PRODUCING the PLAY LEADERS of TOMORROW! -- Teens
Learn to teach "Play Leaders of Tomorrow" how to conduct games with younger children. Game selection, trouble shooting, and direction techniques will give your "Young Adults" the skills/confidence needed to become outstanding Play Leaders.

PARENTING/FAMILY WORKSHOPS

Do as I Do
Adults often send mixed messages to kids because of their failure to "Practice What They Preach." A dynamic, interactive session of personal evaluation and discovery designed to demonstrate how our actions speak sooooo much louder than our words.

Because I Said So!
Power struggles between adults and children leave everyone involved, frustrated, and unsatisfied. Learning to recognize the challenge before it becomes a problem is key to an equable resolution. Positive Communications and Successful Goal Setting are the focus in this entertaining and enlightening session.

Why Can't We Be Friends?
Children choose their friends for many reasons. Why would they choose any adult, including their parents, to be a "friend"? This Games and Activities session offers practical opportunities for adults and to "make friends" with children.

Understanding Generation Why?
The older children get, the less they look to adults for leadership and direction. Understanding "their world" and the way they think, is paramount to maintaining their admiration and respect. Lively group discussion and interactive activities are the tools utilized to build the foundation of this mind and eye-opening session.

GENERATION WHY? PROGRAM

Jim has been working in Youth Programs since 1983 and conducts trainings for the people who work in Youth Programs since 1986. So many years later, I'm amazed to say there still remains a huge void in Programming designed for the 13 to 16 year old child-teen-young adult. Jim recently hung out with some of these "early teen" folks and discussed at length their feelings towards adults in general. Here are his results:

Lament of Generation WHY?

From an Early-teen to a Later-adult
In response to your questions
WHY? I can't - WHY? I don't
Trying being me in the world you've created
Playing your game by rules you've instated
Too old to cry - Too young to shout
Too old for bedtime - Too young to go out
Too old for an allowance - Too young for a job
Too old for Bobby - Too young for Bob
Too old for puppy love - Too young for Cupid
Too young to be wise - Too old to act stupid
Too young to have my own style - Too old to be chosen for
Too old to share a room - Too young to lock the door
Too old to be a kid - Too young to be an adult
Please tell me - Let me know
WHAT AM I THE RIGHT AGE FOR?

We know all kinds of kids that fit this profile. They've grown up in our Programs, but now they're "too old" to be a participant but "too young" to be a part of the Staff. Jim, and they, don't think that is right. He's been advising Staff for years to start a Counselor In Training Program if they do not already have one. He's heard the "moans and groans" about how hard these "kids" are to work with, how "immature" they act, how much the "require more attention than the little kids." Jim thinks it is time we stopped whining and started Making It Work. His father always told him to either Lead, Follow, or get the Hell Out of the Way! With that thought in mind, if you're SERIOUS about providing your talented young adults with the opportunity to enhance your Programs while discovering their unlimited potential, CONTACT US today and we'll get you started on the way to Understanding Generation Why?!