CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS

  1. Two members of your cabin do not want to participate in camp activities and prefer to spend their time lounging in the cabin. They say they paid to come to camp and should get to do what they want. What would you do?
  1. Children in your cabin are making fun of and complaining about a camper who needs to pay better attention to personal hygiene. How would you handle the situation?
  1. Campers have been asked to refrain from going to their cabins during sessions and special programs. A group of campers sneaks off and you discover them in the cabin. What would you do?
  1. As a counselor, you notice one of your youngest campers is not adjusting well to camp. He does not participate in camp activities and keeps asking to go home. After lights out, you notice he is crying. How do you handle this camper?
  1. You are a counselor at camp and have acquired a new shadow. This camper has become fond of you and no longer wants to associate with other campers or their own group. The camper is skipping their group sessions to follow you. What would you do?
  1. One of the campers in your cabin has been accused of repeatedly picking on other campers and rough-housing when a counselor is not in the cabin. How would you handle this camper?
  1. You are with group and over hear one of the other counselors using profanity around the campers. How do you handle the situation?
  1. One of the counselors from your group is interested in a counselor from another group. He/she is constantly ditching your group sessions to spend time with the other. What would you do?
  1. Your group comes in last place during one of the water carnival activities. Campers in your group are picking on the individual that participated. What should you do?

  1. You are a CIT and the counselor in your cabin is leaving to meet other counselors in the chairs for the last night. What should you do?
  1. One of the campers in your group continuously complains about your group activities and sessions. How would you handle the situation?
  1. A counselor in your group is “dictating” what the group should do for all skits and campfire activities. What would you do?
  1. During your group meeting times, a small cluster of campers keep talking and distracting the entire group. What should you do?
  1. It is 2:00 AM in your cabin, and a group of campers is still not settling down and getting to sleep. They are disturbing others who are trying to sleep. How would you handle the situation.
  1. You catch two campers in the woods drinking alcohol. What should you do?