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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/developmental-decathlon-benefits-exercise-activity-neurodivergent-campers
Developmental Decathlon: The Benefits of Exercise and Activity for Neurodivergent CampersEarly in my career I was given an opportunity to speak to a group of families of children with special needs about how the organization I worked for was totally inclusive because we let all children...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/virtually-simultaneously-reaching-campers-varying-abilities
Virtually — and Simultaneously — Reaching Campers with Varying AbilitiesChildren’s Association for Maximum Potential’s (CAMP) mission is to strengthen and inspire individuals with special needs — and those who care for them — through recreation, respite, and education....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/capturing-inclusive-camp-experiences-teens-without-disabilities-through-photography-dialogue
Capturing the Inclusive Camp Experiences of Teens with and without Disabilities through Photography and DialogueAcross the country, summer camps are an integral part of children’s traditional summer experiences. Unfortunately, the same may not be true for children with disabilities. Representing only 3 percent...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/future-camp-research
The Future of Camp ResearchIn this blog, Jessie Dickerson describes how camp researchers and camp professionals came together at the 2019 ACA National Conference to envision a future for camp research.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/expect-more-your-leadership-team-encourage-them-expect-more-you
Expect More from Your Leadership Team (and Encourage Them to Expect More from You)This blog post in support of Project Real Job discusses why you should expect more from your summer camp leadership team and how to encourage them to expect more from you.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-practices-inclusive-camping-roundtable-discussion-programming
Best Practices in Inclusive Camping: A Roundtable Discussion on ProgrammingLearn how to have an inclusive summer camp by providing physical inclusion, functional inclusion, and social inclusion.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/what-you-dont-know-cant-help-you-value-asking-your-staff
What You Don’t Know Can’t Help You: The Value of Asking Your StaffStaff feedback is vital to running a successful summer camp. Your staff are the only ones with the answers to these questions, so if you want to know the answers . . . ask them.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/empowering-communities
Empowering CommunitiesNashville, Tennessee, is home to country music, hot chicken, Johnny Cash, and the upcoming 2019 ACA National Conference, "Empowering Communities."
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/summer-camp-moving-along-continuum-inclusion
Summer Camp: Moving along the Continuum of InclusionAccording to the National Center for Education Statistics (2016), 8.5 percent of school-aged children are receiving specialized education services, not including those students with specific learning...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/program-outcomes-resident-camp-youth-serious-illnesses-disabilities-life-challenges
Program Outcomes at a Resident Camp for Youth with Serious Illnesses, Disabilities, and Life ChallengesIn 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 resident camps in the...