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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/5-tips-surviving-your-childs-first-overnight-camp-experience
5 Tips for Surviving Your Child’s First Overnight Camp ExperienceYour child’s at summer camp? That’s so exciting! And hard. For some of you, an internal “WA HOO!” went off as the bus filled with excited campers and their duffle bags pulled away. But for...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/program-quality-matters-youth-development
Program Quality Matters for Youth DevelopmentGreetings camp evaluators! Congratulations on making it to the end (or very nearly the end) of your summer season. I am so excited to present the following guest post for this week’s Research 360...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-happening-phase-3-camp-impact-study
What's Happening in Phase 3 of the Camp Impact StudyIn this Research 360 blog post, Victoria Povilaitis discusses what's going on in phase three of the summer camp impact study.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/learnings-gaps-identified-through-camp-program-quality-initiative
Learnings and Gaps Identified through the Camp Program Quality InitiativeHere are some recent learnings and identified gaps related to the Camp Program Quality Initiative.
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/new-camp-school-partnership-provides-children-summer-camp-opportunity
New Camp-School Partnership Provides Children with Summer Camp OpportunitySummer Program Will Help Students from Underresourced Communities Recover Emotionally from COVID-19 & Prevent Summer Slide
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/summer-camps-give-ukrainian-kids-home-away-home
Summer Camps Give Ukrainian Kids a Home Away from HomeThe US Department of State and the American Camp Association (ACA) are providing young Ukrainian exchange students and campers a sense of normalcy and childhood through summer camp experiences and...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/update-camp-program-quality-initiative-spotlight-assessment-development-working-group
Update on the Camp Program Quality Initiative: Spotlight on the Assessment Development Working GroupTo continue with our blog series spotlighting the work our Community of Practice has been doing, I’m...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/continuous-improvement-camp
Continuous Improvement at CampCamp Twin Lakes (CTL) serves campers who have medical illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges at two year-round camp locations in Georgia. CTL operates as a partner model camp, serving...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/american-camp-association-partners-child-abuse-prevention-initiative
American Camp Association Partners on Child Abuse Prevention InitiativeThe Five Days of Action initiative empowers organizations to protect children from sexual abuse. Martinsville, Indiana — (April 11, 2022) — The American Camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-360-quality-vs-outcomes-smackdown
Research 360: The Quality vs. Outcomes SmackdownIf you've been following this blog you know that the Research 360 goal is to build camp evaluation capacity. Thus far I've described what...