https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hitting-high-notes-camp-courageous
Hitting the High Notes at Camp CourageousAs 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/newsletter/volunteer-voices-interview-shanelle-rauh-dave-thoensen
Volunteer Voices — Interview with Shanelle Rauh and Dave ThoensenI recently had the chance to speak with Shanelle Rauh and Dave Thoensen, who are the co-chairs of this year’s National Conference committee. Bekah Carmichael: Thanks for taking...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/camp-research/history
History of Camp ResearchView all our past research initiatives.
https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/camp-program-quality-initiative
2020-2022 Camp Program Quality InitiativeFunded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc., ACA began a special project to explore and develop systems that support camp professionals in promoting positive youth development through camp experiences.
https://www.acacamps.org/research/continuous-improvement
Tools for Continuous ImprovementAt ACA, we believe in continuous improvement. We believe that our work for young people is not conceptualized in boxes or checklists; instead, we think about our work in a cyclical way—a way that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/mitigating-long-term-bereavement-risks-addressing-family-grief
Mitigating Long-Term Bereavement Risks — Addressing Family GriefBereavement camps for children are now commonplace around the United States (McClatchey & Wimmer, 2018). Some of these are recreational, and others are more clinically focused. Most do not...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-run-teen-program-summer-camp-wary-teenagers
How to Run a Teen Program at a Summer Camp Wary of TeenagersSome camps welcome teens, but others do not — perhaps because they find normative adolescent behaviors intolerable. Why should we care? Because the summer camp experience is uniquely...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/seasonal-staff-development-leveraging-educational-supervision-recruitment-retention
Seasonal Staff Development: Leveraging Educational Supervision for Recruitment and Retention — And Because It's the Right Thing to DoThe average seasonal staff member will clock approximately 840 work hours over an 8-week period. This means we camp professionals are squeezing a regular employee workload of 21 weeks into just 8!...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-creates-communities-belonging-greater-well-being-lives-well-lived
Camp Creates Communities of Belonging for Greater Well-Being and Lives Well LivedPresident/CEO Tom Rosenberg's latest Camping Magazine column.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/soul-soul-communication
Soul to Soul CommunicationYear after year, I’m amazed at the breadth of knowledge camp professionals bring and share with each other at the...