https://www.acacamps.org/blog/instilling-meshages-marginalizes-toxic-stress-camp
Instilling MESH'ages Marginalizes Toxic Stress at CampAs the Healthy Camp Education and Monitoring Program (HCEMP) committee studies MESH and its implications, I was interested to see some foundational work in this area. In...
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Camper Mental Healthhttps://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/when-staff-mesh-impacts-camp
When Staff MESH Impacts CampEveryone has a mental, emotional, social health (MESH) profile. For most of us, our MESH profile is within a “normal” range. Some days are better than others. Some things push our buttons, others don...
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 CampSince 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...
https://www.acacamps.org/download/briefing-paper-adjustment-separation-camp
Briefing Paper - Adjustment to Separation and Camphttps://www.acacamps.org/blog/turning-tiktoks-camp-talks-role-young-staff-can-play-virtual-program-development
Turning TikToks into Camp Talks: The Role Young Staff Can Play in Virtual Program DevelopmentSince March, the COVID-19 pandemic has been at the forefront of our minds as cancellations rolled in, and for many people camp looks different this summer. Each summer brings new challenges and this...
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/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/outside-camp-customers-inside-camp-customers
Outside Camp Customers and Inside Camp CustomersCamp owners always remember their outside customers (camp parents and campers), but inside customers (camp staff) are just as important.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/high-anxiety-are-smartphones-upping-angst-ante
High Anxiety: Are Smartphones Upping the Angst Ante?An Interview with Nancy Cheever, PhD Nancy Cheever, PhD, is a professor and chairperson in the Communications Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the 2018...