Disabilities Inclusion Training Series 2025

Please register for trainings by April 22nd, 2025 11:59am ET

If you have any questions about the training series, please contact lawrence.wagner@jewishcamp.org


Welcome!


Foundation for Jewish Camp is excited to present the 2025 Disabilities Inclusion Training Series for seasonal staff.

This series will take place over four one-hour long sessions from 2-3 pm EST on the following dates:

  • April 24th: How to Empower Self Advocacy for Campers with Disabilities (with Charlie Kramer)
  • May 1st: Inclusive Camp Spaces: Maximizing the Environment for All Campers (with Lisa Handelman)
  • May 5th: The Why Behind Perplexing Camper Behaviors (with Franki Bagdade, LMSW, M.Ed.)
  • May 8th: From Camp to Career: Building Job Skills & Inclusive Futures (Vocational Ed with Sarah Parkes)

Though this series is intended for seasonal staff at Jewish day and overnight camps, all are welcome to join. 


Seasonal staff members who attend at least three of four sessions are eligible to receive a $100 Visa gift card.

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FJC aims to create a culture of belonging and commits to being welcoming and affirming to participants representing the fullness of our communities with diversity in gender, race, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, and Jewish background/practice. The following demographic questions are intended to assess how we are doing at engaging members of various identities in our programming. Your responses will be kept fully confidential and will help us make decisions about our outreach, engagement, and programming efforts to ensure we are effectively serving our diverse community. 


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Waivers & Releases

General Waiver

I understand that part of this experience involves activities and group interactions that may be new to me and that they come with uncertainties beyond what I may be used to dealing with at home. I am aware of these risks, and I am assuming them on my behalf. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I shall release, indemnify, and hold harmless the Foundation for Jewish Camp, its agents and employees from and against any claims, damages, losses or expenses arising out of or resulting from my participation in this seminar.


I understand that the Foundation for Jewish Camp may share my contact information with organizations partnering with FJC now and in the future for the sake of sharing exciting opportunities or other contexts they believe will be beneficial.


Anti Harassment Policy

Foundation for Jewish Camp is committed to creating a respectful, harassment-free environment for all participants, including staff, speakers/facilitators, coaches, and camp professionals. Just as Jewish camps should model safe and healthy communities, Jewish communal gatherings (whether in person or virtual) should be respectful ones in which sexual misconduct and/or violence, sexism, and gender discrimination are not tolerated. 

  

This Code of Conduct has been established in order to promote safety and respect throughout the Disabilities Inclusion Training Series program. FJC expects all participants to abide by this policy at all venues, including ancillary events and unofficial social gatherings. By signing this Agreement, I agree to adhere to this Code of Conduct. 

  

The following behaviors are not permitted during the Disabilities Inclusion Training Series:

  • Demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech;
  • Sexual misconduct of any kind, including unwelcome sexual attention and inappropriate physical contact; 
  • Harassment that discriminates against a specific group of people based on age, race, sex, ethnicity, national origin, religion, language, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, health conditions, socioeconomic status, marital status, domestic status, or parental status; 
  • Abuse of power (including abuses related to position, wealth, race, or gender). 

 

If, while participating in this program, you have been involved in or have witnessed an incident that violates this Code of Conduct, please contact Liz Buetow (liz.buetow@jewishcamp.org). All reports will be treated as confidential and investigated, and appropriate action will be taken which could include being barred from all program activities or if necessary, referred to the authorities. Thank you for helping to make the Disabilities Inclusion Training Series a welcoming space for all. 

 

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I do hereby give the Foundation for Jewish Camp, its third-party sponsors and partners (collectively, the "Foundation for Jewish Camp Parties") the irrevocable right to use the picture(s), portrait(s), photograph(s), video(s), and/or likeness(es) (collectively, the "images" and "videos") of myself in all forms and in all media (including, without limitation, third-party media) and in all manners, including composite or distorted representations, for any other lawful purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, I expressly agree that the rights granted in this paragraph shall include the right of the Foundation for Jewish Camp Parties to authorize third-party newspapers, magazines, websites, and other media to publish the images and videos. I waive any right to inspect or approve the finished version(s), including copies that may be created in connection therewith. I further agree that I have no right, title, and/or interest in any of the images and videos.