https://www.acacamps.org/parent-blog
Parent BlogWelcome to ACA's Parents Place blog! The Parents Place blog features tips, information, and advice from ACA, as well as other guest bloggers, on child and youth development, health and safety, and,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/yourcamptoo
#yourcamptoo?Sexual abuse. Sexual misconduct. Child pornography. Your camp's nightmare. These events represent the majority of crises we respond to on behalf of summer camps, schools, and youth-centric...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/jcc-association-announces-commitment-aca-accreditation
JCC Association Announces Commitment to ACA AccreditationMartinsville, IN (January 14, 2019) – Communities nourish camps, and camps change lives. In an effort to strengthen community-camp bonds nationwide, American Camp Association (ACA)—a...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/initial-priorities-strategic-plan-january-2020
Initial Priorities for the Strategic Plan — January 2020We are thrilled about the enthusiastic reception that our Strategic Plan received this past fall. We believe that the field of organized camp is at an inflection point with...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/where-are-their-adult-pants-tools-catchphrases-understanding-choosing-todays-staff-members
Where Are Their Adult Pants? Tools, Catchphrases, and Understanding for Choosing Today's Staff MembersIt started with a camp director’s speech. You know, one of those impassioned, are-you-ready-for-this; get-your-stoke-on; you-can-do-it; don’t-be-scared-but-it’s-OK-to- be-nervous speeches the night...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/aligning-emerging-field-youth-protection-higher-education
Aligning with the Emerging Field of Youth Protection in Higher EducationLindsay Meyer Bond, Youth Program Consultant | The Ohio State University and Executive Director | Higher Education Protection Network James Herten, Graduate Student | Cleveland State...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/revised-ada-requirements-what-do-they-mean-you
Revised ADA Requirements: What Do They Mean to You?Though the idea of working to include disabled people in all facets of life is an old idea, it has relatively recent regulatory roots. Beyond being a good idea, that concept has been the proverbial “...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-become-servant-leader
How to Become a Servant LeaderI strongly believe that an organization is not defined by its products or its glitzy marketing. The people who work for the organization are its true assets. A leader who takes care of their people...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/shaping-unselfie-kids
Shaping "Unselfie" KidsAn Interview with Michele Borba, EdD A former classroom and special education teacher, Michele Borba, EdD, is an internationally renowned educator, award-winning author, and parenting/ child...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/mindsets-matter
Mindsets MatterAn Interview with David Yeager, PhD David Yeager, PhD, is an experimental development psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin. He researches and works to find solutions for adolescent...