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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/four-secrets-effective-human-interaction-camp
Four Secrets for Effective Human Interaction at CampWhen you agreed to work at camp, you immediately made the decision to have fun, challenge yourself, and change lives. While the format to accomplish this will be provided for you by your camp, the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/calming-camper-conflicts
Calming Camper ConflictsConflicts between kids at summer camp can arise for a wide variety of reasons. Here are some steps to help guide you through conflict resolution.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/art-science-youth-development-role-camp-counselor
The Art and Science of Youth Development: The Role of the Camp CounselorWhat do campers need from the counselors who work with them? They need caring relationships with adults they can trust. They need clear limits, high expectations, and healthy challenges. Campers need...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/innovating-elevating-camper-futures-2019-eleanor-eells-award-winners
Innovating and Elevating Camper Futures: The 2019 Eleanor Eells Award WinnersEach year, ACA’s Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence recognizes camps that epitomize the spirit of the award’s namesake through their efforts to provide sterling programming that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/outdoor-education-camp-enriching-lives-through-positive-interactions-nature
Outdoor Education at Camp: Enriching Lives through Positive Interactions with NatureIn an increasingly connected world, today’s children experience an ever-decreasing connection to the natural world. As a result of hours of screen time, lengthening school days, and increasing...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/5-year-impact-study-phase-2-findings-relationship-skills
5-Year Impact Study Phase 2 Findings: Relationship SkillsBy now many of you have heard of ACA’s 5-Year Impact Study, a national research project focused on the lasting impacts of camp among campers and staff. We described the study and its research...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/they-pull-trigger-what-staff-campers-need-know
Before They Pull the Trigger: What Staff and Campers Need to Know“You’ll shoot your eye out!” Ralphie Parker’s mother, teacher, and even Santa Claus uttered five words of warning in the 1983 classic movie A Christmas Story. All Ralphie wanted for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-jack-hazard-rises-ashes
Camp Jack Hazard Rises from the AshesThe Donnell Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Northern California, began on August 1, 2018, and was much smaller than other fires that burned throughout...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/becoming-innovator-camp
On Becoming an Innovator at CampAs the late behavioral psychologist Carl Jung once wrote, “The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.” Some of the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/taking-big-step-buying-selling-camp
Taking the Big Step: Buying and Selling CampOver the past 20 years, we’ve been asked often to help buyers and sellers of camps in transition. With very few exceptions in the industry, most will only buy and sell one time in their career, so...