FREE Webinar for Camp Leaders:
The Top 5 Things Every Camp Leader Needs to Know About Supporting Neurodiverse Campers
Friday, April 12, 2024 | 11:30am - 12:45pm
Presented by Mike Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Art Therapist, Neurodiversity Consultant, Author, & Social Skills Whisperer
Are you ready to create the ideal accepting & supportive culture for neurodiverse campers? To better handle difficult moments?
Click the links above and below to register for the event .
Read on to learn how to transform your life, and the lives of your campers!
Explore frontline staff's biggest challenges and most frequent questions about helping campers with autism, ADHD, and learning differences.
Learn the biggest drivers of disruptive, impulsive, shutdown, angry, and conflictual behavior among ND youth.
Discover proactive measures counselors and activity specialists can do to structure the bunk and activities for success.
Explore how Mike's A.R.C.H. social skills training approach stops Ableism in its tracks and conveys acceptance and appreciation for the ND child. And, find out how A.R.C.H. empowers staff to create ultra-positive cycles that motivate ALL campers to practice new positive social skills and offer compassionate social coaching for social miscues and conflicts.
And finally, you'll learn About Emotional GPS, a four-level framework for levels of frustration and anger - and how to support children properly at each level of intensity without triggering full scale meltdowns.
As we discuss these, you’ll discover that the culture of positivity and social skills development is for EVERYONE! Join us, won't you, so we can create the most inclusive and supportive environment possible - for the benefit of your neurodiverse campers - and your entire camp community.
Testimonials from Mike’s Prior Trainees
"I employed Mike's Arch System thinking about two autistic students, but my entire class benefitted from the positivity it brought to the classroom."
- Jodie, classroom teacher"We invested in Mike's trainings for our entire staff and...our students are kinder to each other and work out their problems much more independently, and...visits to the guidance counselor decreased.”
-Nicole, head of lower school at a religious school
"[Mike's program] was the first and only place I ever felt like I could be completely myself."
-Evan, a former Camp Pegasus camper with autism
"Wow, Mike explained neurodiverse kids' needs more clearly than I'd ever heard before."
-Jaylin, day camp director
"These structure ideas are so doable without too much demand on cost or time for staff to prep them."
-Leah, overnight camp assistant director
"This is game changing. I'm going to look into playing at least one of Mike's training videos for my team during staff training."
-Thomas, day camp owner
About the Instructor:
Mike Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC is a board-certified art therapist, licensed professional counselor, entrepreneur, and author with over two decades of clinical experience. Mike is an expert in treatment and advocacy for neurodiverse children with autism, ADHD and learning differences and also treats a wide range of childhood emotional-behavioral challenges at his private group therapy practice in Philadelphia, the Child and Family Art Therapy Center. Mike’s work is supercharged by heartfelt faith that every person has the innate capacity to heal, grow, and progress towards their vast personal potential. Camp is instrumental in that growth! Mike’s love for neurodiverse children propelled him to develop the comprehensive Art of Friendship Social-Coping Program® and curriculum, found Camp Pegasus, a therapeutic social skills day camp, and publish “The Social-Emotional Guidebook: Motivate Children with Social Challenges to Master Social & Emotional Coping Skills”. Mike passionately preaches that social skills are for everyone and that they represent the key to creating a compassionate, kind, and peaceful world. Let’s create a BetterWorld together!