https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-camp-staff-can-do-help-children-excerpt-homesick-happy
What Camp Staff Can Do to Help Children: An Excerpt from Homesick and HappyDear Colleagues, When I sat down to write my new book, Homesick and Happy: How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow, I wanted to answer three questions: 1) Why is it...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-not-school-no-tests-judgment-or-evaluation-excerpt-homesick-happy
Camp Is Not School (No Tests, Judgment, or Evaluation): An Excerpt from Homesick and HappyDear Colleagues, For the past thirty years, I have consulted to independent and public schools all over the United States, as well as to international schools. My work has given me a...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-speak-so-others-listen
How to Speak So Others ListenWhen you speak, do people listen? More importantly, do they remember what you’ve said? Or, do you feel others simply tolerate or ignore you? If you’ve found yourself repeating messages or fighting to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-health-center-log-rich-source-risk-management-data
Risk Management: The Health Center Log — Rich Source of Risk Management DataAs camp professionals become more effective risk managers, the need to periodically review camper and staff injury and illness events is a given. One of the best sources of this information is a...
https://www.acacamps.org/press-room/how-to-choose-camp/homesickness
How to Choose a Camp: HomesicknessHow to Prevent Helping with Homesickness What is it? Homesickness is, above all, a normal feeling. It is the natural result of separating from home and loved...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/get-involved-camp-research
Get Involved in Camp ResearchThe ACA research team considers itself a hub that connects researchers and youth development professionals from a wide variety of organizations. We are small but mighty! Read more about the...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2026-january-february-camping-magazine
2026 January/February Camping Magazine2026 ACA National Conference preview issue.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/character-culture-community-creating-powerful-staff-recruitment-retention-tools
Character, Culture, and Community: Creating Powerful Staff Recruitment and Retention ToolsTogether, character, culture, and community set camps up for strong staff recruitment and retention success — two things many camps struggle with. The Cs provide a solid foundation and become part of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campfire-kitchen-table-communication-builds-trust
From Campfire to Kitchen Table: Communication That Builds TrustTrust doesn’t just happen — it’s built, word by word, conversation by conversation, long before the first camper ever steps onto the property. Why Communication Matters We’ve all had those...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fitting-belonging-help-campers-staff-thrive-together
From Fitting in to Belonging: Help Campers and Staff Thrive Together"When you go out into the woods and you look at trees . . . you appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that . . . That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning...