Enhance the Quality of the Camp Experience
Research & Tools
- ACA Youth Outcomes Battery: Tools for Measuring Camp Outcomes [1]
- "Youth Outcomes Battery" - questionnaires that measure different youth life skill outcomes, available for both younger and older campers
- "Creating Positive Youth Outcomes"- workbook and online course for training staff how to target youth outcomes; a 8-step process for program evaluation (workbook includes CD).
- Camper Growth Index [2]- overview of the instrumentation used in the ACA National Outcomes study
- Books through Healthy Learning [3]
- Related PowerPoint Presentations [4]
ACA National Research Reports for Professionals
- Outcomes of the Camp Experience [5] (Directions)
- Developmental Supports and Opportunities of Youths' Experiences at Camp [6] (Inspirations)
- Improving Youth Experiences in Summer Programs [7] (Innovations)
- Quick-Fact Flyer: Directions, Innovations, and Inspirations [8] (PDF) - Quick overview of ACA's National Studies