scoutmom

I would find out right away when your next district training session is and sign up -- both you and your Cubmaster.

Or contact your district training chair and see if you can get a special training scheduled for your Pack. For a Pack to be Chartered you must have a Committee Chair and two committee members. So for your Cubmaster to tell you you don't have a committee is totally wrong. In our Pack (as I think most Packs) our committee is made up of the Cubmaster, Assistant Cubmasters and the Den LEaders with a few additional Parents to take on the roles of Committe Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. We always invite all the parents to the Committee Meetings in the hopes that we can get some new blood.

And just to be a wise guy (or girl) the abbreviation for Committee Member is MC. CM is for the Cubmaster.

As the Mother of another Webelos Scout with ADHD, let me offer a differing opinion. I was my son's Den Leader for 2 years and he drove me crazy at every meeting. Other kids would have some of the same behavours (den of 14 - 4 with adhd) and I could ignore them, but when it was my son, i went nuts.

Do the parents hold positions in your troop? If not, perhaps it would be better for him if the parents didn't hang around the troop/patrol meetings. I only say this because I have moved from Den Leader to Assistant Cubmaster and my son is doing better in his Den Meetings without me around! Bad for my ego, but great for his! Is there an Assistant Scoutmaster or an older Scout that could act as his "Buddy" and try to keep him on course during the meetings? This method has worked for my son.

As stated before, please don't give up on this boy. Many people don't realize how difficult is can be to work with children with adhd. Many people don't even recognize it as a valid diagnosis. This is a real issue for these children and they (and their parents) need all the supportive help they can get. Perhaps you can speak with a physician or psychologist who has some experience with Attention Disorders and get some advice or insight. There are many books available that offer stratigies for correcting these types of behaviours. I'm sure your local library has many. Check it out, you will not only benefit this particular boy, but every child you deal with in the future.

Good Luck and thanks for your concern. I hope my son will have a Scoutmaster who is as willing to help him as you semm to be to help your Scouts.

Rooster,

That was incredible. And very appropriate for our Cub Scout theme of "Hometown Heroes". I plan on working it into our program for our Pack meeting this month.

Thank you

We have been having some issues with our Pack Committee. Can anyone offer a similar response regarding the Pack Committe Structure/functions?