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https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/droning-important-resources-use-drones-camp
Droning On — Important Resources for the Use of Drones at CampDrones are a great tool for camps, both for use in programming and in collecting valuable footage of your property for use in a camp marketing video. Relatedly, some camps find themselves in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/happy-campers-how-camp-relationships-promote-social-emotional-learning
Happy Campers: How Camp Relationships Promote Social and Emotional LearningYoung people are diverse and dynamic, and they have myriad pathways to success. Unfortunately, youth development research often highlights watered-down averages of sample sets that offer limited...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/youth-outcomes-battery-action
Youth Outcomes Battery in ActionGreetings camp evaluators! I am excited to share a blog written by a member of ACA’s Committee for the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/begin-end-mind
Begin with the End in MindThe first thing summer camp counselors should do going into camp season is decide how they want campers to remember them once the season ends.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/connecting-campers-age-screens-social-media-fortnite
Connecting with Campers in the Age of Screens, Social Media, and FortniteConnecting with campers can be difficult for summer camp counselors now that campers have more screen time than ever.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-recovery-transforming-string-failures-robust-success
Fumble and Recovery: Transforming a String of Failures into Robust SuccessThis article shows summer camp counselors how to turn past and present failures into future successes.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/interrupting-isms-what-do-if-campers-say-or-do-something-ist
Interrupting Isms: What to Do if Campers Say or Do Something "-Ist"This resource offers advice to summer camp counselors who need to deal with campers saying something "-ist."
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/helping-homesick-camper
Helping the Homesick CamperMany campers experience homesickness. This article will advise summer camp counselors how to help their campers overcome homesickness.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sorry-not-sorry
Sorry, Not SorryWe've all been there. We're trying to help or referee some situation with kids, we're told a few things or parts of the story, and we think we know what happened, so we turn to the kid who we think...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/unleashed-power-you-alignment-engagement-part-1
Unleashed: The Power of You — Alignment and Engagement, Part 1Dear Camp Counselor: This summer you will join, figuratively, with more than 320,000 staff working at some 2,400 accredited camps serving more than 7.4 million children nationwide (ACA, 2013). And...