https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/darkness-lights-camp-counselor-training

Darkness to Light's Camp Counselor Training empowers counselors in camp settings to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.  Define child sexual...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/summer-camps-abuse-prevention-program

ASAP's abuse-prevention program is being used to ensure healthly physical and behavorial interactions and safety.  It includes a Director's Guide, screening protocol, staff training - animated...

https://www.acacamps.org/membership/facts-about-free-memberships

This program was originally designed to help connect as many frontline staff (or counselors) as possible with their first professional association. This promotion is good only for individuals...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/top-10-things-keep-mind-keep-campers-safe-abuse

This column is from the 2023 May/June Camping Magazine.

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/breakthrough-study-outlines-benefits-camp-experience

Camp provides a unique and important setting that supports mental health, while creating time away from technology, building key skills like resilience and confidence in youth and young adults. To...

https://www.acacamps.org/donate/government-relations-work

Like many industries, the US camp industry was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The American Camp Association (ACA) advocated at an unprecedented level during the pandemic to enact...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/be-prepared-camp-professionals-guide-public-relations

When facing a crisis, an emergency, or another major happening at your camp, do you have a plan in place for communicating with the media? With campers and their families? With the public?

https://www.acacamps.org/research/continuous-improvement

At ACA, we believe in continuous improvement. We believe that our work for young people is not conceptualized in boxes or checklists; instead, we think about our work in a cyclical way—a way that...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/news/summer-fun-youth-all-abilities

With summer approaching, parents and camps alike are making plans for terrific, fun opportunities for young campers to learn new skills and grow in their confidence and abilities. The United States...

https://www.acacamps.org/press-room/camp-trends/family-camps

Summer camps for children, adults, families, and seniors operate under trained professionals and have volunteer or paid staff to work with their special client groups. Camps may be found in rural,...