The Essential Pocket Guide for Day Camp Counselors

By Bob Ditter

From morning drop-offs to managing group meetings, day camp counselors juggle many responsibilities throughout the day. The Essential Pocket Guide for Day Camp Counselors is a concise guide and toolbox that fits right in your back pocket. It's great to have at the ready to refer to for quick strategies to handle tricky situations and for tips to celebrate all the wins that happen at camp.

Day camp counselors will learn how to

work more effectively and confidently with your campers; interact with campers in healthy and nurturing ways; and handle challenging behaviors and situations, such as homesickness, intimidation, and defiance.

New in this edition, you'll also find sections on behaviors to immediately report to your supervisor and how to help campers build character.

What Others Are Saying

"I run a camp and bought this before staff training. It's a great resource that is quick and easy to use."-purchaser of previous edition

Previous editions of this work were published as Bob Ditter's Pocket Guide for Day Camp Counselors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1969759119
• ISBN13: 9781969759116
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Trellis Press
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 4.0" x 6.0"