Parent Handbook - MWR Fort Leonard Wood

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Minimize parental lost duty time related to youth misconduct. Promote positive attitudes and reinforce Army core values. CYS is a proud partner with BGCA. As such, we promote the BGCA Core Beliefs that all children should have: A safe place to learn and grow. On-going relationships with caring, adult professionals. Life-enhancing programs and character development experiences. Hope and opportunity. The goal of the BGCA Sports, Fitness, and Recreation Core Program Area is to develop fitness, positive use of leisure time, skills for stress management, appreciation for the environment and social skills. BILL OF RIGHTS FOR YOUNG ATHLETES The right to participate in sports. The right to participate at a level commensurate with each child’s developmental level. The right to have qualified adult leadership. The right to participate in safe and healthy environments. The right of children to share in the leadership and decision-making of their sport participation. The right to play as a child and not as an adult. The right to proper preparation for participation sports. The right to be treated with dignity. The right to have fun in sports. The right to an equal opportunity to strive for success. WHY HAVE A YSF PROGRAM? We all know that America’s future lies in our youth. In providing the lessons of life, so readily adaptable from the sports playing field, we can compliment the work of the home, the community, and the school in molding young people and adding meaning to their lives. Providing a strong adult image in the person of the team coach for your child to emulate does this. At the same time, we create a climate for peer group development under optimum conditions. 52
Sports teams present to each adult connected with the program a unique opportunity to share in the molding of America’s youth. As practiced, on and off the playing field, the game ideally teaches the rewards of hard work, develops respect for discipline and provides an outlet for simply “letting off steam.” Self-discipline, properly taught on the playing field by a coach, can be a major factor in turning a child’s life from mindless self-indulgence, to meaningful self-respect for the rights of others and respect for the law. Watching the older participants in the program discipline themselves teaches other youngsters that it isn’t sissy to refrain from smoking, get good grades, eat a proper diet, practice good sportsmanship, and keep themselves physically fit. All this takes place in the context of youngsters playing a game that they know and love. Sports also enable our youth to develop a sense of pride in the community and to acquire useful skills. Moreover, he or she is participating in a wholesome and competitive activity. Competent coaching, adequate equipment, and sufficient medical precautions combine to establish a sound youth program. WHERE DOES WINNING FIT IN? In going about our jobs as volunteers in a sports program, we must pause for a moment to reflect upon the long-term importance of our work. Victory recorded by a game score is a shortterm accomplishment and soon forgotten. Lessons contributing to character development learned on the playing field, can serve as valuable guidelines for living, in the home, in the school, and in the community. These are the long-term values. It is obvious that winning games is not our primary job, but the facts bear repeating every season, for every sport, because we are all prone to forget the long-term objective by concentrating too much on the short-term prospects of a good season on the scoreboard. We are preparing young people for life. For this reason, the YSF does not promote giving individual trophies such as “Most Valuable Player” or “Most Points Scored”. Each participant will receive a pin, medallion, patch, or memento at the end of the event or season. PARENT’S ROLE The old saying “children should be seen and not heard” is given a new twist in YSF programs-where the parents are seen and not heard-at least not too loudly and never on the playing field. <strong>Parent</strong>s are encouraged to attend all program activities at all times. Any negative comments given to individuals, teams, or coaches are never appropriate. Therefore, spectators displaying any inappropriate actions will be asked to leave the field or gymnasium for the remainder of the game. The same behavior expected from the players is expected from the spectators. <strong>Parent</strong>s are essential to the success of any youth program and they will be better supporters if they understand what the coaches are trying to do. The coach has the responsibility of educating the player in the skills of the sport, providing a safety environment, and building the self-image of every player. Unless a parent is an approved volunteer of CYS they should remain in the spectator’s position at both games and practices. The best way to ask questions of a coach is in private, away from the players and after the game. 53
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Page 3 and 4: Welcome From the Chief of Child and
Page 5 and 6: ORGANIZATION AND SERVICES/CYS MISSI
Page 7 and 8: Registration packets are completed
Page 9 and 10: Registration Fee. The registration
Page 11 and 12: Part Day Preschool. A flat rate is
Page 13 and 14: CYS TEAM The various team players r
Page 15 and 16: PROGRAM OPTIONS Child Development C
Page 17 and 18: strict health and safety regulation
Page 19 and 20: went, visit and observe your child
Page 21 and 22: IMMUNIZATIONS For your child’s pr
Page 23 and 24: ILLNESS We take all reasonable prec
Page 25 and 26: The parent must submit a statement
Page 27 and 28: introduced to. It is essential that
Page 29 and 30: crossing the street; holding a chil
Page 31 and 32: include anticipation and redirectio
Page 33 and 34: supplies. Label all your child’s
Page 35 and 36: child and change him or her prior t
Page 37 and 38: in the home while greeting you and
Page 39 and 40: Literacy skills are becoming pronou
Page 41 and 42: literacy skills of discrimination.
Page 43 and 44: Open Recreation. All patrons are of
Page 45 and 46: The core program is based on a yout
Page 47 and 48: A-Addressing issues with youth regi
Page 49 and 50: The co-op submits required monthly
Page 51: If it is necessary to withdraw your
Page 55 and 56: I will read the National Youth Spor
Page 57 and 58: Coaches will be required to sign a
Page 59 and 60: CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR COACH If you ha
Page 61 and 62: Why do I have to include my housing
Page 63 and 64: ACRONYMS USED IN THE HANDBOOK ACE-A

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