https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/crucial-conversations-can-make-or-break-camp

Every camp director has been there. In fact, if you’re like most camp leaders, you’re there right now. If asked, you could immediately name two or three people with whom you should have a crucial...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/want-improve-your-response-mental-health-challenges

Camp professionals often ask what they might do to more effectively respond to staff and camper mental, emotional and social health (MESH) needs. This often arises from a desire to be as inclusive as...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/evaluating-appreciation-possibility-friendship-skills-camp-youth-serious-illness

The purpose of this evaluation was to understand the outcomes of appreciation, possibility, and friendship skills in a traditional camp program for youth with serious and life-threatening illnesses....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ready-camp

Dear Bob, As owners and operators of a coed resident camp we have noticed a disturbing trend among both our campers and counselors. We are seeing an increase in the number of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/if-you-build-it-revisited

Some years back, I shared a column with the readers here called, "If You Build It, Will They Come?" The premise turned that familiar movie line on its head, asking owners and executives to reconsider...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2016-camping-magazine-editorial-index

View an archive of editorial indexes. Featured Articles...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-360-center-circle

If you’ve been following these posts you might be familiar with the two facets of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/flsa-overtime-camps-finding-path-compliance

On May 18 of this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) revealed its new regulations concerning the "white collar" overtime exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The changes, as...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/news/aca-seeks-candidates-national-board-directors

The National Board of the American Camp Association (ACA) is seeking candidates to fill a limited number of member‐at‐large positions for the 2024 class and beyond as skills and needs of the board...

https://www.acacamps.org/download/briefing-paper-emotional-intelligence-canadian-study