AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT

Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources strives to make its programs, services, and activities accessible to qualified individuals with disabilities. The County will make reasonable modifications to the programs, services, and activities within the department to ensure accessibility to such individuals. View the complete policy at www.scgov.net/ADA.

Bullying

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who arebullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.

In orderto be considered bullying, thebehavior must be aggressiveand include:

An Imbalance of Power: Kidswho bullyuse theirpower such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if theyinvolve thesame people.

Repetition: Bullying behaviorshappen more thanonce or have thepotentialto happen more thanonce.

Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excludingsomeone from group on purpose.

We are committedto providing a caring,friendly, and safe environment for all our campparticipantsthat allowsthemto interact ina relaxedand secure environment. The Sarasota County PRNR camp program will not tolerate bullying behavior in our camps. If bullying does occur, all campers should be able to tell staff and know that incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively. Anyone who knows that bullying is occurring is expectedto tella staffmember.

We are committed to addressing concerns that fall under bullying immediately and fairly, informing parents about bullying and disciplinary policies and stressing to all camp participants the importance of choosing respect when interacting with one another.