Inclusion and Belonging

Learn how to have an inclusive summer camp by providing physical inclusion, functional inclusion, and social inclusion.

An Interview with Sonya Whitaker, EdD Sonya Whitaker, EdD, knows education inside and out. She’s held jobs as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, central office...

Camp Includes Me Series This feature article is part of an ongoing series of articles in Camping Magazine that will focus on inclusion, diversity, and cross-cultural agility to...

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2016), 8.5 percent of school-aged children are receiving specialized education services, not including those students...

In 2005, the American Camp Association (ACA) published the first large-scale national research project assessing the youth development outcomes of children who attend day and...

Spending time in nature is often therapeutic and provides many benefits, such as improving cognitive functioning (Berman, Jonides, & Kaplan, 2008) and improving memory (Berto, 2005...

My mother crochets. Over tea in restaurants. In line at the airport. At the movies. If you can breathe there, my mom can crochet there. She crochets for friends, family, and...

You thought about working at camp, applied, got hired, and now you’re looking forward to creating positive relationships with campers all summer. We all know (and research shows) that positive youth-adult relationships are incredibly important building blocks for young people’s development.