https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/powerful-programming-how-build-great-character-qualities-outstanding-program-planning-leadership

Join bestselling author and educator Michael Brandwein for a practical, high-impact virtual session focused on building character through intentional program design and leadership. Packed with ready-...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/foundations-character-courage-humility

Many camp leaders face the challenge of helping campers bounce back from setbacks and show true empathy, skills that build resilience and character for life. In this recorded webinar, Angus Fletcher...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/quirky-kids-what-we-can-do-when-kid-doesnt-fit

Every cabin/group has a Quirky Kid or two… these are campers who tend to act, do, and socialize differently from their peer.  Quirky kids often don’t pick up social cues, or else alienate...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/trauma-informed-care-camp

In ACA’s 2017 Emerging Issues Report, the top issue facing camps is campers’ Mental, Emotional, and Social Health (Browne, Bialeschki & Wilson, 2017). Considering national statistics of childhood...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/medical-disability-camps-kindred-conversations

Join us bimonthly for conversation and sharing.  April 9, 2026 - 3:00 p.m. eastern -...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/practical-tools-addressing-mesh-needs-camp

Camp participants and staff experience a range of emotions throughout camp. Some emotional responses are the normal reaction to a new situation while others struggle from a diagnosed condition. Camps...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/mental-health-camp-frontline-staff

Mental Health at Camp for Frontline Staff Course will prepare frontline staff to support campers and themselves around Mental Health and Well-Being at Camp. It is a 75+ minute self-paced...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/camps-operation-purple-military-families

As funding has been cut to support the children of military families, the opportunities for your camp to support those children through the ...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lost-boys-finding-their-way-summer-camp

Are boys in crisis? Popular literature (Raising Cain, Lost Boys, Boys and Sex) and theater (Dear Evan Hansen) seem to suggest so. Terms such as “boy code” and “toxic masculinity” further paint a path...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/safe-space-trauma-informed-trauma-infused-what-know-how-help

Across the land, schools and summer camps have embraced a movement to better understand trauma and how it affects a child’s ability to learn and self-regulate their behavior. As that knowledge...