https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/integrating-duty-care-your-organizational-camp-culture
Integrating Duty of Care into Your Organizational Camp CultureA child is injured by a falling rock during a climbing lesson. A volunteer is paralyzed when a horse they are leading kicks out. During unstructured time, a camper falls off the top bunk while...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/your-mesh-professional-making-decisions-success
Your MESH Professional: Making Decisions for SuccessWondering what type of mental health professional might be a good fit for your camp’s needs? Interested in knowing what this professional needs to be successful? Concerned about having a mental...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/managing-your-aquatic-program
Managing Your Aquatic ProgramManaging aquatics can be one of the most challenging jobs at camp. Creating and maintaining a fun environment is only part of the challenge. The real challenge is how to provide that fun safely....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2011
ACA Camp Crisis Hotline - Annual Review 2011Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Another Year with the Hotline Since 1985, the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline has helped thousands of camps in times of crisis. The Hotline serves as outside...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2013
ACA Camp Crisis Hotline — Annual Review 2013Hotline Phone Number: 800-573-9019 “Hello. We have a young female camper who has been ill and just revealed to our nurse that two days before she came to camp she had an abortion without her...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2012
ACA Camp Crisis Hotline - Annual Review 2012Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Another Busy Year with the Hotline What would you do if . . . Your disgruntled nurse leaves camp with all of the campers’ medications — and she is...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/out-about-creating-safe-environment-lgbtq-campers-staff
Out and About: Creating a Safe Environment for LGBTQ Campers and StaffIt was June 2006. I had been conducting staff training at a coed camp in the Northeast. I had already spoken to the entire staff about the “real work” of camp, which I see as helping campers use the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/camps-crisis-acas-annual-review-camp-crisis-hotline
Camps in Crisis: ACA's Annual Review of the Camp Crisis HotlineImagine — . . . You discover that one of your campers has been pretending to be someone else — under the direction of her parents. . . . Guests of a rental group on your...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-improve-your-time-management
How to Improve Your Time ManagementThese time management tips will help increase your efficiency and productivity at work.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/assessing-summer-health-outcomes
Assessing Summer Health OutcomesHow did it go? After 2020's "different" summer, we stepped into 2021 with hope. More camps opened, some staff were COVID-19 immunized, and protective behaviors — such as masks, physical distancing,...