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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/2024-aca-staffing-summit
2024 ACA Staffing SummitACA Inc., ACA, New York and New Jersey, ACA, Illinois and ACA, New England are proud to present the 2024 Staffing Summit. The 2024 Staffing Summit will feature critical learning, speaker panels,...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/medical-disability-camps-kindred-community-calls
Medical and Disability Camps Kindred Community CallsJoin us bimonthly for conversation and sharing. Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 3:00 pm eastern Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 3:00 pm eastern Thursday,...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/national-economic-impact-study-camp-industry
National Economic Impact Study of the Camp IndustryThis groundbreaking report includes economic impact analyses for the United States and each of the fifty states.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/value-discomfort-creating-learning-environment-camp-staff
The Value of Discomfort — Creating a Learning Environment for Camp Staff“I don’t feel safe discussing this topic, and if a camper wanted to discuss it, I would just tell them that and redirect them to something else.” – Camp Staff 2023 I was leading an...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/leadership-pathways-project
2024–2027 Leadership Pathways ProjectThis three-year grant program is designed to foster evidence-informed planning, testing, and improving initiatives to increase access to and engagement in counselor-in-training (CIT) programs and...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-ultimate-internship-ceos-perspective
Camp as the Ultimate Internship: A CEO's PerspectiveFor the past 27 years, I have had the profound honor of serving as the CEO and cofounder of The Redwoods Group — a mission-driven insurance company. We were created to prevent kids from being...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/empowering-staff-trauma-sensitive-strategies-responding-reports
Empowering Staff with Trauma-Sensitive Strategies for Responding to ReportsThe manner in which staff reacts to a camper’s first telling of an incident of sexual misconduct can make all the difference in the experience of the camper, as well as the effective resolution of...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/camp-crisis-hotline
Camp Crisis HotlineThe Hotline serves as a resource for camps in crisis and provides callers the opportunity to talk through their crisis with a trained third-party.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/new-tool-measure-burnout-among-overnight-camp-staff
A New Tool to Measure Burnout among Overnight Camp StaffThe Camp Counselor Burnout Scale is a nine-item self-report questionnaire that captures experiences of burnout among overnight camp staff.
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.