https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/twenty-insider-tips-working-adolescents-camp

Camp staff beware and be ready! You may have already been warned about your adolescent campers. Wild mood swings and impulsive behaviors will happen, or if you are lucky, you may simply be ignored....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/counselor-success-kit

“It is not our abilities that determine who we are, it is our choices.” — Harry Potter Since 1861 when the first organized camp began, awesome people like you have given their time and talents to...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/zika-virus-what-camps-need-know

July 25, 2016 Update Concerns about Zika virus continue.  To date, 426 reported cases of Zika virus in the 50 states have been attributed to returning international travelers or their sexual...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/mesh-health-fair-series

Mental Health! A State of Well-Being Mental health is not a "dirty phrase" and creating positive conversations will ensure its acceptance as a measure of one’s health. Learn more by watching one...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/building-healthy-relationships-parents-what-every-camp-needs-know

Today’s parents are supportive and dedicated to their children, but they are also the most anxious and controlling parents in American history. Successful camps have strategies in place for...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/big-r-little-r-big-little

With ACA’s new strategic focus on accreditation and research comes the need to evolve our practices and services at a national level. In order to accomplish these important tasks, two special task...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/youth-concussion-laws-camps-update

In 2011, the American Camp Association published “Concussions: What...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/year-review-reflections-camp-legal-issues

This article will survey certain legal issues that have arisen in camp operations over the past year, as presented to the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline, other inquiries to staff, reported cases, and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/international-travel-issues-identified-aca-national-standards-commission

Travel and adventure have been part of camp since the beginning. The travel may be on foot, in a watercraft, by horse, or bicycle; travel might be in the city or open spaces, in the US or in far...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/community-health-centers-what-camps-should-know

This past fall, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell, invited the American Camp Association and a small group of other youth-serving organizations to join her in a...