Trainings

Trainings, Workshops & Keynote Presentations with Dr. Chris Cavert

Each of the following topics can be offered as staff training programs lasting several hours to several days depending on your particular needs. They can also be capsulized into shorter workshop sessions for inservice trainings or conference events. 
Contact Dr. Chris Cavert for current availability and fee schedule.

CUP IT UP: Team Building with Cups 

  • Buy the BOOK, learn the activities hands-on.
  • Explore a wide variety of team building activities using this versatile prop. 
  • Discover a wide range of front loading scenarios. 
  • Work through a variety of variations for each activity.
  • Adapt and change activities to meet accessibility needs. 
  • Access and explore an extensive list of processing questions. 
  • Engage in the "CUPtivities" community. 

Adventure-Based Activities

  • Beginning to Advanced activity trainings. 
  • Learn the activities from a particular book written by Dr. Cavert.
  • Learn a wide variety of adventure-based team building activities.
  • "Versitize" (expand) the activities and equipment you already have. 
  • Blend activities into your existing curriculum - enhance what you have. 

Processing Activity Experiences

  • Beginning to Advanced processing tools and methods.  
  • Draw participants into discovering the leanings within experiences. 
  • "To process or not to process?" - this is a good question. 
  • Understand differences between: Debriefing, Reflecting, and Processing. 
  • Learn prop-based and traditional processing techniques. 

Facilitating Adventure-Based Experiences

  • Beginning to Advanced facilitation methods. 
  • Understand the difference between facilitation and recreation. 
  • Learn the role of the facilitator, teacher, and instructor. 
  • Discover how guiding leads to learning - allowing self-discovery.
  • Explore programming concepts and practices - powerful progressions. 
  • Learn about "leading an activity" - what to do when. 

Adventure-Based Curriculum Development

  • Explore the opportunities of adventure-based programming. 
  • Where and how does adventure education fit into your curriculum.
  • Discover what adventure-based education can do for your community. 
  • Integrate adventure-based education into your curriculum. 
  • Enhance and expand the curriculum you already have in place. 

Keynote Presentation

"Exploring the Dynamic Power of Adventure-Based Education"
This is an active - experiential - participatory presentation that demonstrates the power of adventure-based education. Through social interaction and engaging emotions we can learn more about ourselves and others, and come to know one another on a more profound level. "The more we know about one another, the less likely we are to hurt one another."  How far can this idea go at changing the world around us?  (One to three hours of experience.)
Contact Dr. Chris Cavert for current availability and fee schedule. .