https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preventing-peer-peer-abuse-supervision-line-defense

It was 1995. TLC, Alanis Morissette, and Boyz II Men were riding high in the music charts. Apollo 13 and the original Toy Story were in the movie theaters. Michael Jordan made his...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/they-pull-trigger-what-staff-campers-need-know

“You’ll shoot your eye out!” Ralphie Parker’s mother, teacher, and even Santa Claus uttered five words of warning in the 1983 classic movie A Christmas Story. All Ralphie wanted for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/helping-homesick-camper

Many campers experience homesickness. This article will advise summer camp counselors how to help their campers overcome homesickness.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/art-science-youth-development-role-camp-counselor

What do campers need from the counselors who work with them? They need caring relationships with adults they can trust. They need clear limits, high expectations, and healthy challenges. Campers need...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-18-inclusion-camp

Listen to this informative discussion about inclusion at camp. Niambi Jaha-Echols, Roberto Gil Jr., and Chad Nico Hiu give tips on how to introduce inclusion into camp culture and how to fuse it into...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/staff-training-preparation-%E2%80%93-updated

Staff are the front line in advancing the mission of the camp, protecting the camp, and, most importantly, protecting the campers from harm.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/change-focus-improving-lifeguard-vigilance

Most drownings are preventable. However, the cold-hard reality is that 19 percent of drowning deaths in the US involving children occur in swimming pools with certified lifeguards present —...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/yourcamptoo

Sexual abuse. Sexual misconduct. Child pornography. Your camp's nightmare. These events represent the majority of crises we respond to on behalf of summer camps, schools, and youth-centric...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staffing-strategies-where-have-we-been-where-are-we-headed

What happened throughout one’s generational history influences current views and perspectives, and camp directors carry those perceptions with them in their thoughts and actions — including those...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/where-are-their-adult-pants-tools-catchphrases-understanding-choosing-todays-staff-members

It started with a camp director’s speech. You know, one of those impassioned, are-you-ready-for-this; get-your-stoke-on; you-can-do-it; don’t-be-scared-but-it’s-OK-to- be-nervous speeches the night...