https://www.acacamps.org/download/briefing-paper-workforce-skill-development-camps

https://www.acacamps.org/download/briefing-paper-challenging-activities-camps

https://www.acacamps.org/download/briefing-paper-decision-making-camps

https://www.acacamps.org/link/adolescent-girls-resiliency-scale-agrs

https://www.acacamps.org/download/camp-safety-public-policy-position

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/metaphors-camp-lives

by Mark Shivers  In my time training summer staff, one of the most important and powerful practices has been working towards identity formation through metaphor development. Metaphor is much...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/me-us

By Bob and Rob Wipfler. A part of Camp 101, a blog series for ACA.  Educators love to talk amongst themselves about their students.  So do camp directors, and our family enjoys...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/overnight-camp-right-option

Overnight camp can be an incredible growing experience for your child. Maybe you went yourself – or you wish you had. But for whatever reason, you just know your child will thrive in cabin-sleepover-...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/preparing-camp-tips-campers-parents

Guest post by Brooke Cheley-Klebe I love those rare moments of parenthood when I am not preparing for the next thing. Most of the time as a parent, I feel as if my day is full of...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/turns-out-tv-has-not-destroyed-my-child

As a product of camp, I have always assumed to know a lot about kids, youth development, and, well — parenting. But then, it happened. I became a parent myself.