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https://www.acacamps.org/resources/bed-bugs-what-every-camp-needs-know

Bed Bugs - What Every Camp Needs to Know

Every year, the American Camp Association Camp Crisis Hotline receives calls from camps that have questions about bed bugs. 

https://www.acacamps.org/parents-families/planning-camp/preparing-camp/my-child-has-special-needs

My Child Has Special Needs

Articles Camp for All: A Special Place for Special People Camp Greentop's Adventure Camp Children...

https://www.acacamps.org/download/briefing-paper-campers-serious-illness

Briefing Paper - Campers wIth Serious Illness

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/west-nile-virus-what-every-camp-needs-know

West Nile Virus - What Every Camp Needs to Know

West Nile virus (WNV) is a potentially serious illness. Here are some tips and resources for camps.

https://www.acacamps.org/press-room

ACA Press Room

If we may help you with a story, arrange an interview with an ACA spokesperson, or provide access to an article reprint, photo, or public service announcement, please contact Public Relations at pr@...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/medical-marijuana-camps

Medical Marijuana and Camps

So what is a camp to do if a staff applicant or camper wants to bring and use their medical marijuana prescription at camp? 

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/transgender-staff-anti-discrimination

Transgender Staff and Anti-Discrimination

The subject of transgender staff at camps is one that is getting a lot of play lately. For those camps that have not yet dealt with a current staff member transitioning or a new...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/big-eight-other-culinary-menaces-camper-society

The Big Eight . . . and Other Culinary Menaces to Camper Society

“The gluten-free cinnamon rolls are amazing!” Those emphatic words are emblazoned in my brain, stamped into my memory. As tears began to well in her eyes, Annalise, one of our counselors, looked...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/moving-mainstreaming-outsourcing-what-everyone-can-learn-working-different-needs

Moving from Mainstreaming to Outsourcing: What Everyone Can Learn from Working with Different Needs

I run two different camps for kids with different needs, including a resident camp for kids with autism. A concerned parent called to talk about how she wanted her son to be “mainstreamed” in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/transgender-youth-role-camps-might-play

Transgender Youth — The Role Camps Might Play

You may be asking yourself, "What does a discussion about transgender individuals have to do with me? Why am I reading this in Camping Magazine?" We've had the conversation about the LGBTQ community...