Self-Reliance - Camp Fire USA - Camp Adahi Council

Self-confidence and responsibility is what Camp Fire USA's self-reliance courses are all about. Exciting programs teach young people how to handle threats to their safety and security, take care of themselves in different situations and provide service to their communities. Each year youth participate in Camp Fire USA self-reliance and discover an empowering sense of self-confidence and responsibility for their actions. The self-reliance courses offer a sampling of the life skills taught in club and small group experiences.
All self-reliance courses are led by trained instructors using national curricula. These courses, among the fastest growing Camp Fire programs nationwide, include:


	I'm Safe and Sure teaches kindergartners and first-graders self-help skills, home and personal safety and family responsibility. It helps them recognize and avoid potentially harmful situations and develop good citizenship skills. Count On Me Kids is an alcohol and drug prevention course for youth in kindergarten through second grade. Exciting learning activities geared for young children motivate them to take responsibility for their own healthy lifestyles. The course builds self-reliance skills that help young children develop positive self images.




		I Can Do It! teaches second- and third-graders the importance of eating and selecting nutritious food, how to handle unsafe situations away from home, and fire, bicycle and weather safety. Children also explore and practice techniques to communicate effectively to handle conflict. The newly revised I'm Peer-Proof course offers hands-on activities that teach third-, fourth- and fifth-graders skills to act more assertively and maintain positive friendships while resisting negative peer pressure. This program can help reduce issues of violence facing today's youth. I'm Taking Care teaches good baby-sitting skills to fifth- and sixth-graders. Through a combination of mini¬lectures, demonstrations and hands-on experiences, baby-sitters learn basic care skills, safety measures, ways of playing with children, and job ethics.

This course is designed to handle the sensitive and often taboo subject of teen suicide. Offered for middle and high school youth, Silence Is Not Golden introduces the seriousness of teen suicide as a national problem. It presents youth with facts, myths and danger signals, and discusses ways to appropriately intervene using friends, family and school personnel.

Camp Fire USA Adahi Council also offers self-reliance lessons including:

• Small World	A program that highlights global awareness and cultural competency.
• Ranger	An outdoor course incorporating self-reliance skills.
• Endangered World	A program about endangered species, natural resources and our environment.
• Celebrate America	All about the USA and what youth can do to support the red, white and blue.
• Go For The Gold	The Olympics: history, events and a mini-Olympic format that may be created by youth.