Crisis — It Really Can Happen to You 2023
Core Competency
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Cost
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Nonmember: $40
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Overview:
The ACA Hotline is your year-round, 24/7 lifeline for navigating crises—providing support to camps and individuals when it matters most. This recorded webinar offers you the opportunity to explore real-life scenarios from 2023, transforming complex challenges into valuable learning experiences. Topics include staffing and personnel issues, health and medical emergencies, handling abuse allegations (both at home and at camp), camper behavior management, and other critical situations.
With the flexibility of on-demand access, you can learn at your own pace, whenever and wherever it suits you. Equip yourself with proven strategies and insights to enhance your camp's crisis response and preparedness.
Don’t miss this chance to strengthen your skills and ensure your camp is ready for anything.
More Information
Through participation in this recorded webinar participants will learn:
- Most common types of hotline calls received and trends in hotline calls.
- Specific emerging issues exemplified in select cases discussed.
- Resources for responding to crisis situations.
Michele Branconier
Michele’s youth development career spans more than 30 years. Currently serving as the American Camp Association’s (ACA’s) Senior Director of Volunteerism, Michele partners with camp professionals, volunteer leaders, and ACA staff to support camps throughout the region. Prior to joining ACA, she led independent and agency programs in California. Michele demonstrates focus on industry growth at the national level as the staff liaison to ACA’s Volunteer Engagement Committee.
Michele provides leadership in her community as Girl Scout Board Chair, PTO president, team mom, chair of fundraising events, as well as positions on several nonprofit boards. Michele believes in sportsmanship and teamwork as an avid sports fan — especially when it comes to cheering on her own children. She loves to cook, is an average gardener, and likes to read, exercise, camp, and spend time with family. Michele resides in La Quinta, CA, with her husband, daughter, and their three dogs.
Vincent Irving
Vincent serves as the Eastern Region Director with the American Camp Association. Vincent is an experienced youth development professional who has designed, built, and scaled programs to sustainable success. Vincent was introduced to the experience of camp in his youth and has since provided thousands of teens similar experiences. Vincent brings knowledge and proficiency in authentic relationship-building, positive youth development principles, program design and evaluation, as well as staff and volunteer management. He has successfully created and maintained partnerships that directly support specific organizational goals, such as policy creation and volunteer retention.
Vincent is a camper and staff alumnus of the Young Marines and the Envision EMI programs, both of which have been extremely influential throughout his career in youth development. He holds a Bachelor of Science in political science from Florida A&M University and a Master of Science in Youth Development Leadership from Clemson University.
Earn 1.0 CEC for this recorded webinar. More information on CECs can be found here.
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