https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-standards-crisis-planning

ACA accreditation standards have always provided guidance in identifying steps critical to crisis planning. The events of 9/11 may have generated new concerns that need to be added to camps’ plans...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/staying-camp-out-courthouse

The primary purpose of a risk management plan is not the avoidance of legal liability. Its purpose is the maintenance of a quality program; that is, one which deals reasonably and fairly with its...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/airport-arrivals

Since September 11th, 2001, national security concerns have been expressed most dramatically in security changes in air travel. This has tremendous potential for impact on summer camp operations....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/research-reveals-outdoor-industrys-safety-practices-concerns

According to the results of a recent survey of outdoor adventure program directors and risk managers, more outdoor education and adventure-based recreation programs are concerned about transportation...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/ada-title-iii-what-does-it-mean-camp-programs

A teen who is hearing impaired and her parents e-mail an application, seeking admission into a summer adventure camp. There are only a few weeks before the application deadline. The camp director has...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/finding-certified-waterfront-staff

It’s that time when camp directors ask themselves "where am I going to find enough certified waterfront staff, specifically boating staff?" Standard PA-20, a mandatory standard, states that camps (...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/bats-camp

Most camps view bats in their environment as beneficial — eating large numbers of mosquitos and often providing important lessons for campers on relationships in the natural world. However, within...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/training-staff-child-protection-issues

Perhaps no issue receives more attention in today’s society than child protection. Since ACA began providing a crisis hotline, calls regarding sexual abuse allegations have dominated requests for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/ethics-twenty-first-century

A counselor asked for a private meeting with the camp director. She placed a plastic bag on the table and told the director that it fell out of a camper’s backpack. The bag contained photographs of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/if-only-they-had-known-seven-timely-reminders-staff-training

Standards numbers updated to match 2012 standards Last-minute registrations and staff agreements are coming in. Food and T-shirts have been ordered. Staff manual revisions are nearly...