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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sankofa-value-meaningful-debrief-end-camp-season

Sankofa: The Value of Meaningful Debrief to End the Camp Season

Another camp season is complete. After working overtime to ensure that every session was special, enriching, and fun-filled, we camp professionals are finally able to exhale. We did it! The energy,...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/healthy-camp-toolbox

Healthy Camp Toolbox

The "Toolbox" provides a variety of resources for addressing health, safety, & mental health issues in camps.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/continuous-quality-improvement-using-data-you-have-make-impactful-changes

Continuous Quality Improvement: Using the Data You Have to Make Impactful Changes

This Research 360 blog discusses how to use data to advance your camp's continuous quality improvement.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/assessing-benefits-camp-acas-new-abc-tool

Assessing the Benefits of Camp with ACA’s New ABC Tool

This Research 360 blog post discusses ACA's new, easy-to-use, free survey tool that helps measure the outcomes of camp programs.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/update-camp-program-quality-initiative-spotlight-assessment-development-working-group

Update on the Camp Program Quality Initiative: Spotlight on the Assessment Development Working Group

To continue with our blog series spotlighting the work our Community of Practice has been doing, I’m...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/working-summer-camp-can-be-more-fun-skill-development

Working at Summer Camp Can Be More Than Fun and Skill Development

In this blog, we briefly summarize some of our recent findings related to the seasonal camp staff experience and our work as part of ACA’s National Impact Study.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/evidence-informed-guidance-summer-camp-staff-training-part-2-competencies-training-effectiveness

Evidence-Informed Guidance for Summer Camp Staff Training, Part 2: Competencies and Training Effectiveness

Part two of this Research 360 blog series covers what competencies summer staff should learn during training and how training effectiveness is influenced by characteristics of camp staff.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/update-camp-program-quality-initiative

Update on the Camp Program Quality Initiative

Building systems of continuous quality improvement within our camps and greater community ultimately supports our goal of positive youth development — and this is exactly what the Camp Program...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/update-camp-program-quality-initiative-spotlight-continuous-quality-improvement-systems-design-work

Update on the Camp Program Quality Initiative: Spotlight on the Continuous Quality Improvement Systems Design Work

This blog is the first in a five-part series that will dive deeply into the work of our working groups and describe our plans for our Program Quality Coach/Observer processes.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/celebrating-camp-new-research-similarities-differences-across-camp-types

Celebrating Camp: New Research on the Similarities and Differences across Camp Types

This Research 360 blog post discusses a new study called Similarities and Differences in Summer Camps: A Mixed Methods Study of Lasting Outcomes and Program Elements.