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https://www.acacamps.org/research/help-camp-research/aca-research-forum
2025 ACA Research ForumThe 2025 Camp Research Forum will be held in conjunction with the American Camp Association National Conference, February 18-21, in Dallas, TX.
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/mental-health-resources-tips-camps
Mental Health Resources — Tips for CampsTop Tips for Camps Establish a mental health support network. Build relationships with community mental health resources prior to your camp season. Have professionals in...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-camps-include-character
How Camps Include CharacterACA built a survey to learn more from the field about how character already shows up at camp. In this blog, we share results from the survey and what we are learning so far
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/resources/staff-recruitment-retention-downloadable-handouts
Staff Recruitment & Retention Downloadable HandoutsThese free resources help tell the story about the importance of adding summer camp experience to a resume!
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/five-essentials-supporting-staff-mental-health-well-being
Five Essentials for Supporting Staff Mental Health and Well-BeingThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define mental health as “your emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It can therefore affect every stage of life and impact how you...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/campsafe-child-sexual-abuse-prevention-training
CampSafe® Child Sexual Abuse Prevention TrainingTraining your staff to the level of safety and professionalism that you and your camp families expect becomes a greater challenge each year. Your primary focus is safety and that includes the...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dynamic-interviewing-making-connections-across-season
Dynamic Interviewing: Making Connections Across the SeasonIf you’re not referring to your interview questions across the season and turning them into outcomes for your staff, let me tell you why you should.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-caffeinated-wild-animals-helped-nine-campers-fall-asleep-other-field-observations-one-camp
How Caffeinated Wild Animals Helped Nine Campers Fall Asleep — And Other Field Observations from One Camp ResearcherI sat on a red camping chair in the middle of a cozy cabin in the woods with the beams of nine small flashlights shining in my face from the surrounding bunks. Third- through fifth-grade 4-H campers...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-or-fiasco-ensuring-leaders-staff-campers-learn-failure
Fumble or Fiasco? Ensuring Leaders, Staff, and Campers Learn from FailureWe need to fail before we achieve success. In our personal and professional lives, we generally try to succeed, which is perfectly sensible. To reach our potential, however, we must stop fearing...