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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/empowering-camp-conversations-mastering-difficult-dialogues
Empowering Camp Conversations: Mastering "Difficult" DialoguesThis is a webinar designed to equip summer camp staff with essential skills for navigating challenging interactions. Participants delve into effective communication strategies, conflict resolution...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/family-camp-impacts-family-functioning
Family Camp Impacts on Family FunctioningIntroduction Families are a foundational structure of society that play a critical role in the health and well-being of communities. Every aspect of the American family is experiencing change,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/good-bad-ugly-issues-camp-providers-face-when-providing-family-camp-programs
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Issues Camp Providers Face When Providing Family Camp ProgramsFamily camps have become increasingly prevalent over the past several years. The number of camps offering family programs has exploded since the early 90s; reports of increases in family camps range...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/serving-our-nations-young-heroes-how-camp-impacting-lives-military-children
Serving Our Nation's Young Heroes - How Camp Is Impacting the Lives of Military ChildrenSince September 11, the world in which American military children grow up has changed dramatically due to unprecedented levels of deployment and the increased reliance on Reserve and National Guard...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/therapeutic-camps-respite-care-providers-benefits-families-children-disabilities
Therapeutic Camps as Respite Care Providers: Benefits for Families of Children with DisabilitiesIntroduction We know that attending camp has considerable benefits for children with disabilities, but what about the advantages to their parents? With advances in medical care over the past...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preparing-pushback-when-instituting-lgbtq-inclusive-policies
Preparing for Pushback When Instituting LGBTQ+ Inclusive PoliciesHere are seven steps to help camps manage these conversations with parents and caregivers.
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/camping-magazine/internship-test-prep-or-camp-summer-planning-amid-noise-haste
Internship, Test Prep — or Camp? Summer Planning amid the Noise and Haste"Go placidly amid the noise and haste" marks the beginning of a 1927 prose poem, "Desiderata," by American writer Max Ehrmann. A copy of this well-known piece, the Latin translation of which is "...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/indigenous-instructional-programming-camp-professionals
Indigenous Instructional Programming for Camp ProfessionalsCamp professionals are taking a greater interest in the concept of allyship, a process of unlearning and re-evaluating whereby those in positions of privilege attempt to adopt a stance...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/expanding-impact-camp-individual-lives-societal-change
Expanding the Impact of Camp: From Individual Lives to Societal ChangeThis article is part of Camping Magazine’s series on inclusion, identifying and exploring both big picture and on-the-ground actionable pathways for application through participant...