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Most Missed Standards
HW-6 - Health Exams—Comments indicate
that this standard is most often missed
for philosophical and/or economical reasons
and is the choice of the camp.
HW-11B - Health Care—This is the standard that requires a registered nurse
be on site at the camp daily. Comments again indicate that it is
typically the choice of the camp and is often missed due to location of the camp
and or shortage of willing and available RN’s in the area.
SF-20 – Refrigeration—This
standard was typically missed due to a
missed chart on a stray refrigerator (i.e.,
staff area or health center units).
OM-10 - Personal
Property Regulations—Typically
missed because not all of the items listed
in the standard are included in writing
for campers and/or staff.
HW-12- Treatment
Procedures—This
standard is often scored “no” because
the camp has not updated treatment procedures or had them reviewed by a licensed
physician.
Top 5 Missed Mandatory Standards
HR-4A - Staff Screening (see below for “Most
Misunderstood and Questions Standards”)
PA-21 - Watercraft
Rescue Skills—Staff
either neglected to document the skills
verification or totally skipped this standard
because they thought the lifeguard certifications
converted to demonstrated skills and proficiency.
HW-2 - Health Histories—Typically,
a component required on the form was missing.
PA-15 - Swim Lifeguard
Skills—Skills
not checked and/or documented.
PC-15 - Protective
Headgear—Camp
was not using appropriate helmets.
Most Misunderstood and “Questioned” Standards
HR-4A - Staff Screening
The mandatory portion of this standard
requires camps to check all staff—paid,
volunteer, and contracted against the National
Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR) AND
to have a signed Voluntary Disclosure statement
from these same staff. Checking your
state or local sex offender public registry
DOES NOT meet this standard. Only
FBI fingerprint-based background checks
would meet this standard, other than actually
checking the NSOPR itself (this is a free,
online tool).
HW-17 - Availability of an AED
The standard asks if the camp has done
an assessment as to where and if they feel
they might need an AED. The follow
up to this would be to create a plan based
on the assessment. This standard does not
require the camp to have an AED on site.
PA-8 - Impaired Mobility Procedures
This standard is not intended just for
individuals in wheelchairs but for all
those persons that may have impaired mobility
or levels of independence (someone on crutches,
etc.). The purpose of this standard is
for camps to think in a broader sense and
to have written safety procedures designed
for the specific types of mobility impairment
of the campers served.
OM-1- Review of Foundational Practices
The Foundational Practices is a stand-alone
document that precedes the standards in
the Accreditation
Process Guide. These Foundational Practices
are specific processes and practices that
have been associated over time with quality
camp management. Most of the practices
are former standards that have become commonly
accepted by camp professionals and/or the
public.
Written evidence may be dated check marks
and notations in the document related to
the Foundational Practices or other notations
regarding the review process of this body
of knowledge. The ACA-Accreditation
Standards Resource CD-ROM contains a review
sheet listing the Foundational Practices.
HR-9A- Camper Supervision Ratios
The intent of this standard is to confirm
that campers are supervised in a ratio
that meets their social and developmental
needs and the breakdown of supervision
is easily visible by age groups. It is
also intended that those ratios involve
only those staff that have the responsibility,
authority, and training to supervise campers—NOT
all staff on property!
A special note: Many of the ACA summer Hotline
calls involved situations of camper behavior
and supervision. Many of these situations
develop at times when campers are in less
structured or unstructured activities with
minimal or no staff supervision. The intent
of HR-9 in total is to help camps think through
their supervision policies for the protection
of both camper and staff.
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