The document provides information for a Cub Scout breakout session on den and pack discipline. It discusses using proactive measures like setting expectations and positive reinforcement. It recommends praising scouts in public and disciplining away from peers. Several active games and activities are suggested to keep scouts engaged like knot tying, first aid practice, and races. Consequences should follow a clear warning system documented in a den code of conduct. Working with parents of special needs scouts is emphasized. Upcoming district events are noted in the 90-60-30-14-7 format.

1. September 2019
Cub Scout Breakout
Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner: Leanne Bulger
Preferred contact: leanne.bulger@gmail.com
Alternate: 334-520-9910
Den and Pack Discipline

2. Seated Cheers!
You don’t even have to get up!
Cheers can be a great attention getter, or a managed way
to celebrate.
Car Crash
Step on the gas, make hard left and right turns with your imaginary car,
pretend to shift gears, speed up, and then CRASH!
Wake Up Call
Everyone slumps over or lays down and starts snoring, obnoxiously. One
person makes an alarm sound and everyone wakes up surprised.

3. Interest Topic: Den and Pack Behavior and
Discipline
Proactive measures and positive reinforcement are critical tools
for Den Leaders, Cubmasters, and Committee Members.
Have an objective protocol for behavior that includes setting
expectations beforehand, positive reinforcement, warnings, and
consequences. Be consistent, and be confident.
Discipline away from peers, praise in front of peers.

4. Maintaining Control
Kids like to move. Anyone surprised by that statement?
Your gathering activities and main activities can--and should--
support advancement and learning.
Den Leader guides and Pack Meeting Plans all offer
suggestions for activities that keep kids engaged and moving,
and also support the Aims and Methods of Scouting.

5. Hands on
Take a look at your table for some examples of activities that
can be used for gathering or for meetings that will engage your
scouts hands and minds.
*Knot tying (make a chart for scouts to check off when they are able to make
a knot without using the cards. When they have learned 5 knots, offer a
reward!)
*First Aid practice on a doll
*Tent Set up
*Lego Oath/Law
*Ongoing service project (tying blankets for animal shelter)
*Neckerchief slide creation
*Whittling

6. Get moving!
Particularly during meetings, and for younger scouts, movement
is necessary to keep their attention.
*Spider webs with yarn, particularly to show relationships (within family, community,
ecosystems, Leave No Trace, etc)
*Races- divide elements of Oath, Law, Leave No Trace, Outdoor Code at various
points and have scouts run to find them, bring them back and put them in order. Time
them.
*Scouter Says

7. Consequences
Issuing consequences can be intimidating. Leaders sometimes do not feel
that they have permission to discipline a scout.
Den Codes of Conduct are helpful if they are visible (perhaps on a posterboard) each meeting.
When a scout is acting inappropriately, try to pull them to the side (following YPT guidelines). A clear, gentle,
quantitative warning to the scout would sound like “Tim, our Den Code of Conduct says no hitting. If you hit
someone again, you will have to leave the meeting, ok? Can you please repeat to me what I just told you?” And
if that scout misbehaves again, have their parent remove them.
Any Scout who has ever been removed from a meeting for any reason needs to always have a parent present
from that point forward.
If a Scout is presenting consistent, persistent issues for a den and pack that are causing harm and disruption,
and are not changing with intervention, reach out to your COR and UC immediately.

8. Special Needs Scouting- Eric Ruhstorfer
*Do Your Best is the Cub Scout Motto. Accommodations can and should be made.
Inclusion and positive experiences are ultimately more important than perfect
completion of the task.
*Unless there is danger, no Scout is holding a den back. Special needs Scouts are
subjected to a “socially normal” world constantly. When possible, scaling meetings to
meet the needs of your special needs Scout benefits everyone.
*Parents of special needs Scouts are your first and best ally. Listen to them, and be
their teammate. Cub Scouts is not a drop off activity for any Scout, including special
needs Scouts.
*If the parent is willing, review a Scout’s IEP, 504, or suggestions from the Scout’s
team of therapists and physicians. Often the school and medical team will know what
works and can reduce trial and error.

9. Special Needs Scouting- Eric Ruhstorfer
If you feel lost, you have resources! In Occoneechee Council we have a team
dedicated to Special Needs Scouts for all levels of the program. If you feel lost, reach
out to them.
If you have a Scout whose behavior is a danger to themselves or to other scouts, the
parent, Den Leader, Committee Chair, COR, Unit Commissioner and Family Scouting
Executive need to be part of conversations about how to proceed. While Scouting is
for everyone and inclusion is necessary, safety is non-negotiable. Every Scout is
entitled to experiencing Scouting safely.

10. 90-60-30-14-7
90 days: Cool Springs Holiday Parade, Thanksgiving service projects, Recharter
60 days: Camporee (Aiming for Position Specific Training to be available), End of Popcorn
Sales, University of Scouting, Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet
30 days: Popcorn Sales, BALOO Training
14 days: Unit Popcorn Kick Offs
7 days: Pack Kick offs

11. Practical Application
*Bring your program back to its roots and remember the Aims and Methods of Scouting.
*Read through Roundtable Rumors for more insight and information.
*Have Leaders from your pack volunteer to go to open houses at approved schools
*Reach out to Elizabeth Johnston if you have questions about where your pack may recruit.

12. October 3: Joint Roundtable
Lafayette District
Haymount Methodist Church
1700 Fort Bragg Rd