https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-mental-health-matter-camp
Making Mental Health Matter at CampIn 1987, I reported to camp for my first full summer as a counselor. The campers were to arrive only a few days later, but I was confident that I would have no trouble as a staff member with a cabin...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/did-you-know-update-your-knowledge
Did You Know? Update Your KnowledgeStaying abreast of health-related updates that impact camp practices is challenging but worth the effort, especially for readers who supervise staff providing care to campers and/or other staff. Here...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/lessons-learned-another-year-aca-camp-crisis-hotline-2018
Lessons Learned from Another Year of the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline - 2018The ACA Hotline is a year-round, twenty-four-hour-a-day service provided to any ACA camp or member who needs help in a crisis. Each year, ACA analyzes the hotline issues and provides case studies and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/biting%E2%80%85my%E2%80%85nails-revisiting-staff-anxiety
Biting My Nails: Revisiting Staff AnxietyIt was three years ago when I first wrote about the increasing levels of anxiety that camp directors were seeing in their staff (Ditter, 2016). At the time, the Centers for Disease Control and...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/caught-between-two-staff-seasons-looking-back-moving-forward-veteran-staff
Caught Between Two Staff Seasons: Looking Back Before Moving Forward with Veteran StaffNow is a great time to develop a plan for inviting staff back and securing their commitment, offering leadership roles and opportunities to advance, and keeping staff engaged in...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/caught-between-two-staff-seasons-part-2-impact-investing-time-now
Caught Between Two Staff Seasons, Part 2: The Impact of Investing Time NowTake lessons learned from this past summer and incorporate them into your plan for next summer.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/out-getting-staff-door-turning-people-down-not-away
In & Out: Getting Staff in the Door and Turning People Down, but Not AwayThis blog post in support of Project Real Job discusses the importance of incorporating objective criteria into your summer camp staff recruitment process.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/letter-first-year-summer-camp-staff-member
A Letter From a First-Year Summer Camp Staff MemberThis blog post in support of Project Real Job offers advice on how to help first-year staff members ease into camp life.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-creates-job-magic
Camp Creates Job MagicBy the time camp staff decide what their chosen field of work is going to be, they have unknowingly benefitted from some amazing transformative experiences. Even if they decide not to stay in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/conversation-about-fatigue-camp
A Conversation about Fatigue and CampBefore fatigue becomes a serious problem, here are four suggestions for addressing fatigue at this point in the summer.