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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/handling-sensitive-issues-campers-bring-you

Handling the Sensitive Issues Campers Bring to You

When You've Earned Your Campers' Trust, You May Get More Than You Bargained For You are out on an overnight hiking trip, sitting around the campfire with your campers and co-counselors, enjoying...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/brain-development-teens

Brain Development and Teens

School had never been a successful place for 13-year-old Manuel. He never felt smart enough or capable enough or emotionally safe enough to do well in school. For one thing, the "neck up" learning...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/its-complicated-beyond-hookup-culture-taking-initiative-mitigating-risks

It's Complicated. Beyond the Hookup Culture: Taking Initiative and Mitigating Risks

Navigating what has become known as the “hookup culture” is no easy task for young people of all ages and both sexes. Although it has now been popularized in song (including pop star Katy Perry’s “...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/be-superman-teach-campers-wear-cape

Be Superman: Teach Campers to Wear the Cape

Staff training? Check. Nametags ready? Check. Ready to do a great job? Check. Campers are here? Check. It is my first day of camp and I am ready to put everything they taught us into action. I will...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/weathering-changes-discriminating-mental-health-problems-normal-developmental-struggles-hard-reach

Weathering the Changes: Discriminating Mental Health Problems and Normal Developmental Struggles in Hard-to-Reach Campers

A camp director is stumped by negative changes observed in a veteran camper. Juan first came to camp as an energetic and enthusiastic eight-year-old. This year, at age fifteen, he walks away from...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/summer-school-summer-camp

Summer School and Summer Camp

Having spent the better part of the last thirteen years in summer camps and school classrooms, I have observed the benefits of year-round learning, although not necessarily in the form of year-round...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/rearview-mirror-driving-safety-camp

The Rearview Mirror: Driving Safety at Camp

A look in any rearview mirror will tell you a lot about where you have been, but little about where you are going. Unless, that is, you are driving at summer camp — where a quick look back can be an...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/her-story-role-women-formation-american-camp-association-1910-1924

Her Story: The Role of Women in the Formation of the American Camp Association 1910-1924

In the first article in the Historical Series that appeared in the January/February 2010 issue of Camping Magazine, we traced some of the key individuals who have shaped the 100-year history...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embracing-change-ensuring-camp-experience-remains-relevant-2020-beyond

Embracing Change: Ensuring the Camp Experience Remains Relevant in 2020 and Beyond

In today's tough, competitive environment, it seems the only thing a camp director can be certain of is uncertainty. Everywhere around us, change is occurring — changes that have forced many camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-study-update-ten-promising-practices-healthy-camp

Healthy Camp Study Update: Ten Promising Practices of a Healthy Camp

Since the outbreak of H1N1 during the summer of 2009, camps have been diligently updating their health and safety protocols and practices for the management of communicable diseases. By accessing and...