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Featured Articles
#Dream Team
Scott Arizala, May/June
A Camp Experience for Every Child: Eleanor Eels Award Winners 2013
July/August
A Circle of Supoort: Restorative Justice at Summer Camp
Stephen Gray Wallace, MS Ed, May/June
A Lens for Supervisor Success: Meaningful Influence
Jenn Bender, EdM, MBA, January/February
Alive and Well: The Case for the Camp Letter
Anne K. Fishel, PhD, September/October
An Inside Joke Worth Having
Jeffrey Leiken, May/June
Autonomy, Mastery, and Connections: True Gifts of a Quality Camp Experience
Bob Ditter, May/June
Beautiful Boys: Addiction, Recovery, and What They Learned at Summer Camp
Stephen Gray Wallace, MSEd, September/October
Because of Camp . . . ®
Marla Coleman, March/April
Bunks Are Good for Brains: The Neuroscience of Sleepaway Camp
An interview with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, January/February
Camp Belongs on Your Resume: Highlighting the Professional Development Value of Work at Camp
Jenn Bender, EdM, MBA, May/June
Camp Staff: Getting Health And Safety Messages to Stick
Linda Ebner Erceg, RN, MS, PHN; Tracey Gaslin, PhD, CRNI, CPNP, FNP-BC; and Chris Smith, MEd, March/April
Camp: The Old Neighborhood for a New Generation
Jolly Corley, January/February
Change Makers in Africa: Venues for Healing and Social Change
Linda Pulliam, John Jorgenson, and Gwynn Powell, PhD, July/August
Creating a Picture: Sites, Facilities, and Programs of ACA Camps
Troy Bennett, MBA, and M. Deborah Bialeschki, PhD, September/October
Cultivating Camp's Tech-free Traditions in the Digital Age
Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD, September/October
Deceleration: How Radically Slowing Your Pace Can Make You Smarter
Christopher Thurber, PhD, May/June
Delivering Happiness: Five Things Camps Can Learn from Zappos
Audrey Monke, November/December
Eleven Tips to Build Resilience with Campers
Joel D. Haber, PhD, May/June
Enrollment Highlights from Summer 2013
Troy Bennett, March/April
Fight, Flight, or Form: Use Brain Research to Connect Campers
Gwynn M. Powell, PhD, and J. Joy James, PhD, May/June
Fighting for Free Play
Stephen Fine, PhD, November/December
Green River Preserve and AmeriCorps
Anne Izard Mead and Missy Izard Schenck, March/April
Growing Relationships: An Interview with Rue Mapp
January/February
Gumption Grown Here: How Adventure Camps Help Adults and Youth to Toughen
Thecla Helmbrecht Howard, PhD, and Anthony H. Howard, MS, July/August
Hover Over the Send Button: Nurturing Teenagers through Their First Job Application Process
Sam Aboudara, July/August
How to Speak So Others Listen
Susan Fee, MEd, January/February
Leadership Transition: Managing Change
Steve Baskin, September/October
Leadership Transition: What I Learned in My First Year as a Camp Director
Erec Hillis, September/October
Lessons from an Urban Day Camp: Program Features That Help Children Thrive
Bob Ditter with Alphonse Litz, January/February
Making It Up: Improv Comedy and Camp
Pat Feehan, September/October
Parachute Pants, Pokemon, and iPods: Understanding Your Campers Various Ages and Stages
Kim Aycock, MST, May/June
Pegagogically Speaking: Part 1: How Schools Talk about What Camps Do
Chris Thurber, PhD, November/December
Programming with a Theme
Jeff Merhige, March/April
Reflections on Hiring Camp Staff
Jeanne Muellerleile, November/December
Restoring the Human Touch
Bob Ditter, September/October
Rosie's Girls: Changing the Story for Girls
Tiffany Bluemle, November/December
So You Got Promoted: Now What?
Greg Cronin, May/June
Sport Education: An Innovative Practice for Activities at Camp
Zachary Wahl-Alexander and Oleg A. Sinelnikov, November/December
Success Through Giving: An Interview with Adam Grant
January/February
Ten Ways We Can Respond to Inappropriate Behaviors
Murray Irwin, May/June
The Big Eight . . . and Other Culinary Menaces to Camper Society
Kimberly Whiteside Truitt, CFM, March/April
The Business of Camp: Starting a New Camp
Ann Sheets and Dave Thoensen, January/February
The Fad: When to Get on Board
Lanet Hane, March/April
The Last Dance
Bruce S. Muchnick, EdD, July/August
The Prediction. The Trifecta. The Promise
Peg L. Smith, January/February
To Give to ACA Is to Invest in Your Profession
Tom Holland, November/December
Turning Camp Counselors into Nature Specialists: The Pemi Nature Clinic
R. Laurence Davis, PhD, March/April
What Were You Thinking? Brain-based Staff Development Strategies
J. Joy James, PhD, and Gwynn M. Powell, PhD, January/February
When Meetings Take Over
Lanet Hane, November/December
Yingdi: The Emerging Camp Industry in China
Linda Grier Pulliam and Aijun Nie, PhD, March/April
Columns
From Peg/From Tish
From Tish
Tish Bolger, January/February
From Peg
Peg L. Smith, March/April
Before You Speak -- Think
Peg L. Smith, May/June
Moments. Magic. Meaning!
Peg L. Smith, September/October
From Peg
Peg L. Smith, November/December
Building Principles
If William Shakespeare Wrote This, He'd Say: Oil's Well That Ends Well
Richard "Rick" Stryker, PE, January/February
Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink
Richard "Rick" Stryker, PE, March/April
Getting More Out of Construction Projects Without Paying More (and Maybe Even Paying Less!)
Richard "Rick" Stryker, PE, May/June
Movin' Right Along . . .
Richard "Rick" Stryker, PE, July/August
Architectural Design for Camps
James Spinola, AIA, CSI, November/December
In the Trenches
Working Effectively with Internally Distracted Campers
Bob Ditter, March/April
A Counselor's Good Judgment
Bob Ditter, July/August
In the Weeds
Bob Ditter, November/December
Recipe for Success
Planting the Seeds of Change
Viki Kappel Spain, MEd, September/October
Reflections
Back to Basics
Ronald Furst, MEd, September/October
Never Alone: The Technological Reality of Generation Y
Bruce Lipton, November/December
Research
Fun, Safety, Camaraderie, and Outdoor Adventure at the Hero's Journey Program
Ann Gillard, July/August
Risk Management
Severe Weather — Flood Risks
Edward A. Schirick, CPCU, CIC, CRM, January/February
Write Right! Documenting Camp Indicidents
Linda Ebner Erceg, RN, MS , PHN, March/April
An Open Letter to Camp Staff
Edward A. Schirick, CPCU, CIC, CRM, May/June
Parents and Camp Health Services -- Creating a Sane Partnership
Linda Ebner Erceg, RN, MS , PHN, July/August
Privacy and Security Risks
Edward A. Schirick, CPCU, CIC, CRM, September/October
Management Oversight of Your Camp's AED Program
Linda Ebner Erceg, RN, MS , PHN, November/December
A Place to Share
Four Aspects of the National Conference We Should All Experience
Rob Cage, January/February
Learning to Teach About Nature
Kathy Fitzgerald, March/April
I Said, "I Think I Am Disposable"
Ariel Blanton, May/June
Lessons from Summer Camp
Ben Hulac, July/August
Camp People Are Different from Regular People
Tamsin Andrews, September/October
The Bonds of Friendship Forged at Camp
Stacey Ebert, November/December