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Your staff need support!
Do you ever find yourself repeatedly asking your staff to set up their programming? To use common sense with their campers? To follow the protocols you so carefully explained during staff training? Do you find yourself wishing your staff would just DO something?
If so, this training is for you.
Generations Z and Alpha report higher rates of anxiety than previous generations, especially at work. They also approach their work from a different perspective than Millennials and Gen X. Both of these factors can create conflict throughout the summer. Conflict, in turn, increases staff’s anxiety and activates the stress response system.
When the stress response system is activated for too long, it can shut down parts of the brain responsible for executive functioning, creativity, and problem solving… all important skills for doing well at camp!
Of course they’re struggling to do their jobs; parts of their brains are switched off! How do we switch their brains back on?
Supervisors need to start providing support for staff’s nervous systems.
Using evidence-based occupational therapy techniques, this workshop teaches supervisors and organizational leadership how to support their staff’s nervous systems and bring out the best in them, all summer long. Participants will learn how the stress response system works, how it uniquely impacts this summer’s staff, and will begin to make an action plan for how to maintain support for their staff throughout the summer.
Hi, I’m Haley Pogachefsky, OTD, OTR/L
As a longtime camper and staff member at Hidden Valley Camp, I am a strong believer in the powerful development that happens for kids and young adult staff in a summer camp setting. As I entered into my graduate degree in occupational therapy in 2021, I saw changes in how staff were engaging with their camp experience. I was curious to learn more.
I believe thinking like an occupational therapist is a superpower. As my OT doctoral research, I developed a series of workshops to help camp employers and supervisors think like OTs to support their young adult staff’s critical thinking, well-being, and professional development throughout the summer. This project has evolved to become Hummingbird OT Solutions, providing workshops, staff trainings, and direct one-to-one OT services.
Outside of my work as an occupational therapist, I love playing with my dog, singing, and exploring the beautiful state of Maine, where I live with my husband (who I met at camp!)
When: Monday, May 5, 2025 from 1:00 to 2:30pm (eastern)
Where: Online. Participants will receive a Zoom link no later than 24 hours prior to the event
Cost: $10 for Members, $15 for non-Members
Registrations are non-refundable but may be transferred to another person from your organization.
Questions: Reach out Gillian Gold, Events & Logistics Coordinator at gillian@acanewengland.org or 781-541-6080 ext. 106.
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