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With that In Mind, Part II: What Staff Need to Know about Their Own Mental Health
May 1, 2016
Think, for a minute, about the adults to whom you were most strongly attached as a child. Can you see their faces and remember how they treated you? Perhaps you see parents...
Children's Mental Health and Camp: What Is Our Role?
September 1, 2005
Few children's issues have drawn more attention, or been more controversial, than those involving their mental health. For example, in the past twenty years, Attention Deficit...
Expand your MESH Capacity Before Summer Begins
March 1, 2016
Consider these scenarios: A parent calls: “My child has ADD and takes medication for depression. Can she come to camp?” A counselor dashes into your office: “We need you at Cabin 5...
With That In Mind, Part 1: What Directors Need to Know About Staff Mental Health
March 1, 2016
Hiring young adults to care for other people’s children seems like folly, from a neurodevelopmental perspective. Nobody’s brain is fully developed, many activities are dangerous...
Zika Virus - What Camps Need to Know
April 30, 2016
July 25, 2016 Update Concerns about Zika virus continue. To date, 426 reported cases of Zika virus in the 50 states have been attributed to returning international travelers or...
Campers with Food Allergies
July 1, 2004
Summer camp is a time for children to have nonstop fun indulging in their favorite activities. For children with food allergies, going away to camp is not a simple decision, yet...
Allergies Galore! Managing Allergies Is More Than a Call to 911
July 1, 2002
In the summer of 2001, Congressional Camp found itself hip deep in allergies. Of the 490 campers on our campus, 222 had identified allergies. This fact left us limp and sweaty with...
Epinephrine Auto-Injectors Accessibility Laws and Camps
May 24, 2016
Updated August 2018 Childhood allergies are on the rise. According to research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, twenty-five percent of children have...
Instilling MESH'ages Marginalizes Toxic Stress at Camp
Tue, 12/08/2015 - 13:08
As the Healthy Camp Education and Monitoring Program (HCEMP) committee studies MESH and its implications, I was interested to see some foundational work in this area. In reading, I...
Health Care Providers: Who's Best for My Camp?
September 1, 2008
With another summer tucked into history, many camp professionals use autumn to review the summer as well as decompress from it. This is often when we consider changes that would...
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