Affordable Portables: A Working Book of Initiative Activities & Problem Solving Elements
CHRIS CAVERT, EDD
 
ISBN: 978-1-885473-40-0
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 182
 
“Experiential education and challenge programming can be one of the most effective pro-social developmental tools available today. Your ideas along with mine and all my contributing friends will create new ways to look at the world and all its wonder.”
Affordable Portables is an essential tool for counselors, educators, trainers, and others interested in beginning or boosting an experiential challenge program at minimal cost. Activity descriptions include instructions for course and activity construction, tips on group facilitating, and suggested discussion questions for processing. Games/demonstrations focus on enhancing inventiveness, resourcefulness, problem-solving techniques, and pro-social skills.
Activities contributed by: Lori Armstrong, Brian Brolin, Jim Cain, Madeline Constantine, Lenny Diamond, Craig Dobkin, Clay Fiske, Jackie Gerstein, Frank Harris, Clifford E. Knapp, Earl LaBlanc, Tom Leahy, Karl Rohnke, Sam Sikes, Tom Smith & Scott Trent.
 
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Facilitation & Processing 
Section One: Initiative Games
Initiative Games Introduction
Birthday Rope
Watch It
Tosser Touch
Three Tarp Activities
Sticky Situation
Going Nuts
Raccoon Circles
It
Name Ball
Moon Ball
Zig-Zag
Cooperative Ricochet
Boundary Ball
Fireball
Flinch
Up in the Air
Sock in the Butt
Objectables
Lily Pads & Islands
Puzzling
Stick-Mobile
Rope Bus
Sticks, Stones & Bones
Pipeline
Islands
Marble Movers
The Great Egg Drop
Electric Amoeba
Tangles
Lap Stack
Waterfall
Corporate Box
Three Noodle Initiatives
Chris-Cross
Leakers
The Tunnel
Hole-in-One
Goodness Cratious
Descend-sion
Overhead Crane
Carpet Maze
The Last Crusade & the Path to Enlightenment©
Bun-G-Box/PVC Bun-G-Box
Lines of Communication
Section Two: Safety First
Safety First Introduction
Spotting
Tennis Ball Walk
Blind Beam
Warning Bells
Mine Field
Trash Collector
Section Three: Initiative Elements
Initiative Elements Introduction
Quad Jam
Box Hop
Box Top
Windmill
Opposites Attract
Mountain Tops
Swamp Walk
Trolleys
Friendship Walk
Electric Portal
The Web
The Cube
Roof Tops
References
Appendix
Resources, Processing & Facilitation
Additional Experiential Resources
Experiential/Adventure-Based Training Companies
Challenge Course Builders
Equipment/Resources Catalogs
Equipment Tricks