https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-give-your-campers-five-cs-success-21st-century

As a camp director, I am always on the lookout for articles, speakers, and individuals that can help me focus my efforts in the right place. I recently attended an orientation and multiple people...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/hipaa-camps-compliance-required

Introduction HIPAA is the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, first passed by the U.S. Congress in 1996 and administered and regulated by the federal Department of Health and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/post-camp-communication-when-what-how-should-we-connect-parents

Each year, millions of children apply to attend summer camp. Parents seek out educational and fun camp opportunities that will help their children grow in a variety of ways. In an effort to provide a...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/where-internet-ends-what-camp-teaches-21st-century-kids

Guest post by Mary Rogers A few years ago, someone asked me how camp could possibly still be relevant for children in the 21st century. As a camp professional, the answers seemed so obvious...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/we-teach-them-how-hope

Guest post by Megan Lawrence, director, Camp Wawayanda Darkness. The sun has shone in the past couple days . . . but I can’t remember it. Why? Why can’t I remember the...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/play-four-letter-word

Okay, so, I know I harp on play. Yet, with all the disparate nomenclature surrounding noncognitive skills, character building, and the plethora of “readiness” inventories, I find it may...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-antidote

. . . to overparenting! So says Madeline Levine, PhD, psychologist, author, and keynoter at the recent ACA national conference in Dallas. Drumroll . . . ! The mother of three “newly minted...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-healthy-camp-strategies-worked

A Healthy Camp Community Three years ago, the camp community placed a capstone on a significant accomplishment by completing the largest, most comprehensive study of camp-related injuries and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lets-be-friends-paradoxical-approach-bullying-prevention

Despite years of study and progressive program development, bullying behaviors (or “peer mistreatment”), especially among school-aged children, remain a significant public health problem, says the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-character-interview-paul-tough

Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, delivered a keynote speech on Thursday, February 14th, at the 2013 ACA National Conference...