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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/cabin-counselor-risk-manager-effective-collaborator-translating-camp-job-skills-your-resume
From Cabin Counselor to Risk Manager and Effective Collaborator: Translating Camp Job Skills to Your ResumeIn December, fellow Hoosier camp professional Sam Hirt (Camp Tecumseh YMCA) wrote...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/template-resource-documents-camp-operations
Template Resource Documents for Camp OperationsACA is committed to providing resources to assist in your camp's operation. These resources include sample schedules, planning forms, charts of accounts, supply lists, and more. These samples...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inclusive-camp-making-summer-camp-joyful-place-everyone
Inclusive Camp: Making Summer Camp a Joyful Place for EveryoneSummer camp is a sacred community which, as a rule, has always been willing to find common ground in respecting and accommodating individual values and needs. The values and needs of campers with...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/everything-everywhere-all-once-how-summer-camps-help-emerging-adults
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: How Summer Camps Help Emerging AdultsGrowing up requires many important developmental stages and steps one must master. Camp can help.
https://www.acacamps.org/research/get-involved-camp-research
Get Involved in Camp ResearchThe ACA research team considers itself a hub that connects researchers and youth development professionals from a wide variety of organizations. We are small but mighty! Read more about the...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/trauma-informed-care-camp
Trauma Informed Care at CampDESCRIPTION: In ACA’s 2017 Emerging Issues Report, the top issue facing camps is campers’ Mental, Emotional, and Social Health (Browne, Bialeschki & Wilson, 2017)....
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/indigenous-appropriation-assessment-tool
Indigenous Appropriation Assessment ToolThis assessment tool — developed by Maine Summer Camps (MSC) — is intended to help camps examine their ethos with an openness to experiencing the camp’s symbols and practices from other perspectives...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/advocacy-policymaking-through-understanding
Advocacy and Policymaking through UnderstandingAn Interview with Maulian Dana Bryant
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/managing-difficult-camper-behaviors
Managing Difficult Camper BehaviorsSome kids have behaviors that are difficult to manage, especially during group situations. If you’re not careful, you’ll find yourself growing irritated, losing, patience, and getting resentful...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/avoiding-parent-trap-working-difficult-parents
Avoiding the Parent Trap: Working with Difficult ParentsMost camp parents are wonderful, but at every camp, there are a few who are some degree of difficult. From parents who demand special exceptions to parents who are wholly disengaged from their child'...