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Power Camp Introduction and Sample Lesson
Power Camp is a curriculum that helps children develop, recognize and access their positive personal power, leading to success in developing social skills, academic skills, self-help skills, and real life skills. Children that understand and use positive personal power are able to make good decisions, are responsible and accountable for their behavior and actions, and contribute to the development of a positive environment that promotes group cohesiveness. They are also better equipped emotionally to be resilient during times of stress.
Outcomes and benefits
Through the development of positive personal power, children "build community". They work together in a thoughtful and considerate manner, respecting themselves, each other, and their surroundings. Benefits to the program are:
- Fewer and less serious discipline problems;
- A fun and energizing atmosphere for children and adults;
- An environment that is educationally stimulating and emotionally nurturing.
Key components in building positive personal power
Promoting and building upon the following components help children develop positive personal power, becoming life-long attributes in personally successful adults:
- Positive self-esteem
- Membership in a group
- Communication skills such as listening and the power of language
- Strategies for solving conflicts
- Sharing common values
- Practicing respect and responsibility for ourselves, towards others and our environment
- Positive decision making strategies
- Recognizing, accepting and celebrating diversity
- Commitment to civic responsibility and service learning
Valuing Inclusion and Embracing Diversity are invaluable in helping children develop positive personal power. All children need to be treated with love and respect, and the expectation is that they in turn treat everyone else with love and respect. Adaptations for children with special needs may need to be made to the activities to ensure their success. |
