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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/bullying-behavior-boys-what-do-about-it

Bullying Behavior in Boys . . . And What to Do About It

Ty, an eleven-year-old returning camper, is sitting on the porch of your cabin. You have brought him out away from the other boys, just as you were trained to do, because he has been relentlessly...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preventing-addressing-bullying-camp

Preventing and Addressing Bullying at Camp

An Interview with Emily Bazelon   In her new bestselling book, Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy, Emily...

https://www.acacamps.org/download/briefing-paper-adjustment-separation-camp

Briefing Paper - Adjustment to Separation and Camp

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-30-stephen-gray-wallace-youth-mental-health

Episode 30: Stephen Gray Wallace & Youth Mental Health

On this bonus edition of CampWire - we sit down with school psychologist, adolescent and family counselor, SADD Chairman and CEO, camp director, researcher, motivational speaker, and college...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/boys-camp-developing-skills-life-success

Boys and Camp - Developing Skills for Life Success

I spent a few months earlier this year visiting camps throughout New England. One of my stops was Camp Watitoh, a sleepaway camp in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts, where a college classmate...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-15-meet-2019-eells-program-award-winners

Episode 15 - Meet the 2019 Eells Program Award Winners

In the fifteenth episode of CampWire, meet the five winners of the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence. These camps will be honored at ACA's National Conference next month in Nashville.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-14-aca-technology-tom-schenk

Episode 14 - ACA & Technology with Tom Schenk

Tom Schenk has been Director of Technology at ACA for almost 25 years. On this episode, Sam spoke with him about the ways in which technology has changed in his time at ACA, and about some of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/talking-about-youth-development-helping-campers-grow-successful-adults

Talking about Youth Development: Helping Campers Grow into Successful Adults

"The resilient child is one who works well, plays well, loves well, and expects well." —Norman Garmezy When we talk about youth, we too often use negative terms: what we would like...