Community Care
Take a look at our schedule of events and resources listed below to learn about community care programs. For assistance with community care, please reach out to Maryn Gordon, Program Manager – community care by emailing maryn.gordon@jewishcamp.org.
Calendar of Events
3/24 OR 3/26: Mental Health Community of Practice
A time for Camp mental health professionals and those focusing on MESSH at camp to gather and discuss different topics, get to know each other and provide support for one another.
Yedid Nefesh mental health professionals only need to attend 1 of the 2 options.
3/24 at 12-1:30pm ET
3/26 at 1-2:30pm ET
3/28 1-2:30pm ET: Mental Health at Camp Training
Mental Health at Camp: Anxiety – Addressing Parents/Families and Summer Crises
Join Tricia Stern, LCSW, MPH (VP, Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Network for Jewish Human Service Agencies) to discuss how to address parents/family and summer crises at camp.
3/30 12-1:30pm ET: Inclusion Community of Practice
Doing the Work: Take what you’ve learned in training 2 and directly put it into action. This COP will take camps through their own needs assessments and allow camps to begin to think about the modifications and adaptations to be made while setting the groundwork for an implementation plan.
4/4 4-5pm ET: Strengths-Based Staff Curriculum Walk Thru Webinar
Each of us has character strengths that we can leverage to strengthen ourselves, other people, and the world. These sessions are designed to help seasonal staff understand their own strengths, and begin to see how other people’s strengths, which may be different from their own, can be used to make camp a kinder and more nurturing place. This staff curriculum leverages the VIA Character Strengths tool and includes three sessions with additional resources – created by In The City Camps with Dr. Betsy Stone and Ellen Rank.
4/19 12-1:30pm ET: Inclusion Training with Keshet
The Things They Don’t Tell You About Inclusion At Camp. Hear from inclusion camp professionals on the real-life trials and tribulations about building and managing inclusive communities at camp. Discussion will center on the delicate balance of working with neuro and physically typical campers as well those with diverse needs to ensure inclusion in camps.
All inclusion and community care professionals are invited
4/26 12-1:30pm ET: Inclusion Community of Practice
The final COP of the year will allow camp professionals at any stage of their inclusion journey to chat about their lingering questions before going into the summer of anticipated and the unexpected reality of the work. Get tips and tricks for how to handle the most mundane and most difficult situations.
4/28 OR 4/30: Mental Health Community of Practice
A time for Camp mental health professionals and those focusing on MESSH at camp to gather and discuss different topics, get to know each other and provide support for one another.
Yedid Nefesh mental health professionals only need to attend 1 of the 2 options.
4/28 at 12-1:30pm ET
4/30 at 1-2:30pm ET
5/18 12pm – 5pm ET: Youth Mental Health First Aid
5/31 12pm – 5pm ET: Youth Mental Health First Aid
6/6 12pm – 5pm ET: Youth Mental Health First Aid
6/8 12pm – 5pm ET: Youth Mental Health First Aid
Summer - Ongoing: Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) with BeWell
Teen Mental Health First Aid is a training aimed at helping teens identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use among their peers. It focuses on red flags to look out for, how they can respond and support their peers as well as when to ask an adult for help. For more information about how to bring this to your camp (day or overnight!) contact Beth Lipshutz at Be Well: beth.lipschutz@jewishfederations.org.
Download Info Fliers:
Day Camp – Teen MHFA_Day Camps.pdf
Overnight Camp – Teen MHFA_Overnight Camps.pdf
Resources, Training and Community Organizations
Resources
Strengths-Based Staff Curriculum
Wellness Assessment Guidebook
Building Upon YMHFA: Continuing Ed
Mussar Minutes breathing exercises
Camper Check-in Resource Guide
Mental Health Job Board: Open Positions: Mental Health – Foundation for Jewish Camp
Disabilities and Inclusion Community Organizations
Shutaf: Inclusion Guide – Shutaf
Keshet: Keshet – An Organization for Individuals with Special Needs and Disabilities
Franki Bagdadi: Franki Bagdade M. Ed. LLMSW, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-Focused Services: My mission through FAAB Consulting and Franki Bagdade Therapy is to ensure that education, parent support, mental health services, coaching, camp and recreation programs are accessible for those who are neurodivergent