https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/individuals-who-identify-gender-non-conforming
Individuals Who Identify as Gender Non-ConformingThis year, and for the past three years, the Hotline Team has seen a sharp increase in the number of calls regarding the issues of inclusion and accommodation of people who identify as trans,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/duty-camp-my-playground-what-could-go-wrong
Off Duty and the Camp Is My Playground (What Could Go Wrong?)I. Introduction The American Camp Association (ACA) has asked us to address issues associated with camp staff off duty use of camp premises, facilities and equipment. Several ACA Camp Crisis...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/noticing-deficit-disorder-how-camp-can-restore-art-seeing-world
Noticing Deficit Disorder - How Camp Can Restore The Art of Seeing the WorldWe are in the midst of an epidemic of visual impairment no medical doctor can fix — but which camps might cure. Back in the `60s, artist, researcher, and psychologist Rudolf Arnheim (1969) lamented...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/convenient-truth-how-our-past-can-save-future
A Convenient Truth: How Our Past Can Save the FutureWhat an opportunity! Camps began in the late 1800s as a way to connect kids with nature. The first camps introduced boys to hiking, fishing, and adventure in the wilderness. Over the years "camp" has...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/where-they-are-now-confirming-important-work-camps-do
Where They Are Now - Confirming the Important Work Camps DoSeveral years ago, the editor-in-chief of this magazine asked me to write a piece describing the outcomes of underserved kids who had the advantage of attending summer camp. This article examines...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/xxx-posed-how-much-sex-violence-too-much
XXX-posed - How Much Sex and Violence Is Too Much?The boy had tears welling up in his eyes, and I didn’t know why. When he finally spoke, the explanation for his mounting anxiety surprised even me. I say even me because I have...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/boys-camp-developing-skills-life-success
Boys and Camp - Developing Skills for Life SuccessI spent a few months earlier this year visiting camps throughout New England. One of my stops was Camp Watitoh, a sleepaway camp in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts, where a college classmate...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/impact-camp-experiences-social-skills-happiness
The Impact of Camp Experiences on Social Skills and HappinessWith depression, anxiety, and addiction rates high among adolescents (Keyes, 2006), and many youth engaged in relational aggression and other damaging social practices like bullying, there is clearly...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-connection-between-university-education-programs-summer-camp
Creating the Connection Between University Education Programs and Summer CampIn Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, at a large residential summer camp, over one hundred male counselors pack the air-conditioned canteen on July 1. It is late as the off-duty counselors watch the re-run of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ten-ways-make-great-use-your-summer-photos
Ten Ways to Make Great Use of Your Summer PhotosRemember all of those amazing photos you took last summer? Now is the time to put them to good use. If you took thousands of photos, or even if you only took a few hundred, the first step in making...