https://www.acacamps.org/blog/power-music-has-camp-guests-disabilities

There are numerous benefits to incorporating outdoor music into camp itineraries, especially for guests with disabilities

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/moving-awareness-acceptance

Awareness is important, but acceptance is crucial, because acceptance promotes action while awareness is passive.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/behavior-management-steroids-how-turbocharge-reinforcements-consequences-change-kids-behavior

All of your campers want to behave well. It’s just that some of them haven’t learned how to behave well, in certain ways. That’s where you come in.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hitting-high-notes-camp-courageous

As a group of children with autism play the outdoor musical instruments together in harmony in the Rotary Musical Park at Camp Courageous, a lady with a visual impairment sits holding her ears,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/life-autism-how-camps-can-support-campers-staff-autism-spectrum

Anton, Maya, and James march into camp on opening day with nerves and excitement, just like any other camper or staff. They have brought the items on the camp list, their eyes are wide with...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sankofa-value-meaningful-debrief-end-camp-season

Another camp season is complete. After working overtime to ensure that every session was special, enriching, and fun-filled, we camp professionals are finally able to exhale. We did it! The energy,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/evolution-neurodiversity-interview-steve-silberman

Camping Magazine recently spoke with Steve Silberman, New York Times best-selling author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/enhancing-inclusion-campers-sensory-processing-concerns-through-camp-counselor-training

Summer camps provide children an opportunity for goal achievement, a sense of community, and development of self-concept. Toward that end, goal-directed camp activities revolve around teamwork, as...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/let-me-know-if-you-have-any-questions-change-management-through-equity-lens

How many times have you sat in a large group meeting — at camp, in a conference room, at another place of employment — and the entire leadership team walks in with solemn expressions, causing you to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/safe-space-trauma-informed-trauma-infused-what-know-how-help

Across the land, schools and summer camps have embraced a movement to better understand trauma and how it affects a child’s ability to learn and self-regulate their behavior. As that knowledge...