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https://www.acacamps.org/book/bullyproof-your-child-life

Bullyproof Your Child for Life

Delivering a practical, supportive, and step-by-step "bullyproofing prescription" that yields lasting results for both boys and girls, from grade school through high school, Bullyproof Your Child for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/working-children-special-needs

Working With Children With Special Needs

It is often said by people who mean well that working with children with special needs “requires the patience of a saint.” Not true. What it does require is human compassion — something more of us...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-counselors-only-describing-your-job-skills-future-employers

For Camp Counselors Only: Describing Your Job Skills to Future Employers

In this day when college students lobby for internships and field experience, the professional values of camp counseling seem to take a back seat. In truth, camp counseling is a position which...

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

Teenagers and Sexuality at Camp

As a psychiatrist who specializes in working with teens, I hear "it" discussed often - quietly, tentatively at first, until the teen decides that I am "OK." Usually the words are whispered until the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/power-camp-camp-changes-lives-positive-ways

The Power of Camp: Camp Changes Lives in Positive Ways

Don't think that these things just happen — campers don't grow and mature passively; what they get from their camp experiences depends on you. I'll let you in on a secret. I went to camp as a...

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Rental Camps

The more than 2,400 camps accredited by the American Camp Association have met or exceeded the highest nationally recognized standards for health, safety, staff training, and program quality in camps...

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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/take-your-horse-camp

Take Your Horse to Camp

Another way to increase usage at camp facilities is to allow people to bring their own horses to camp. Both youth and adults will have this interest and appreciate having a location to camp with...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/riding-programs-camp-enrichment-different-kind

Riding Programs at Camp: Enrichment of a Different Kind

Horseback riding has deep roots in the history of American summer camps, but stereotypical images of the expense and elitism of riding may get in the way of a full appreciation of the benefit and...