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/training-social-justice-camp-staff

How do camps incorporate social justice into staff training programs? Five passionate, experienced, and insightful camp leaders discuss their professional and personal development as social justice...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/camp-camper

ACA's #1 Best Selling Course and Book! It is imperative that counselors see themselves as role models for campers and act accordingly. Parents place a great deal of trust in camps...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/horses-wilderness-meeting-needs-youth-risk

The staff at Kamp Kessa, an adventure education and treatment program utilizing horses and the wilderness for youth who are considered at-risk and who have special needs in Frankfort, Kentucky, are...

https://www.acacamps.org/book/risk-crisis-management-planning-workbook-organization-program-administrators-third-edition

Risk and Crisis Management Planning is a tool to help administrators create a plan that will fit the circumstances of managing their organizations and the sites and programs they...

https://www.acacamps.org/book/becoming-camp-leader-making-transition-counselor-camp-leader

Becoming a Camp Leader is full of thought provoking tips and advice for those making the transition from a camp counselor to a program director and beyond. This book also acts as a...

https://www.acacamps.org/book/leadership-development-experts

Features sixteen articles about leadership development issues that have been carefully selected from past editions of Camping Magazine. Articles cover recruitment and retention, employee involvement...

https://www.acacamps.org/book/101-faqs-about-families-camp-professionals-guide-happy-campers-satisfied-families

101 FAQs About Families is full of thoughtful strategies and advice for how camp professionals can work constructively with their campers' families. This book contains helpful tips and...

https://www.acacamps.org/book/101-games-activities-strengthen-families

101 Games and Activities to Strengthen Families provides a treasure trove of easy-to-follow activities that are fun, yet carefully designed to bring out the best in all kinds of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fear-interrupted-reframing-cross-cultural-narratives-camp

Several years ago, when I directed my camp program specifically for African- American teen girls (Camp Butterfly), there were many memorable moments. But one in particular has been etched in the...