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SUMMARY:Coffee & Camp Chat - 1/3
DESCRIPTION:Coffee & Camp Chat is a bi-weekly discussion among summer camp people! Sip your favorite beverage as we share insights\, swap stories\, and discuss trends in camping. Cozy into your Friday with fellow camp folk while we brew ideas\, forge connections\, and remind each other why there’s no place like camp! \nSend any questions you’d like to address to bud@acanewengland.org and we’ll include them in the conversation. \nACCESS: C&CC is open to everyone in camping!
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/coffee-camp-chat-1-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Coffee & Camp Chat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bud Copeland":MAILTO:bud@acanewengland.org
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics w/ EPIC New England
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the “off season”\, EPIC New England hosts monthly drop-ins for Emerging Professionals In Camping to connect and share thoughts\, questions\, information\, etc. around the topics that currently affect them in camping. \nWhile hosted by EPIC\, these conversations are open to anyone (EPIC\, full-time\, seasonal\, veteran\, etc.) who has insights or questions around the Hot Topic of the day. \nGot Hot Topics you want to address? Questions you want to ask? Stories you want to share? Email bud@acanewengland.org and we’ll get them on the agenda. \n\nEPIC\, New England\nEmerging Professionals In Camping (EPIC) is a kindred group within the American Camp Association for counselors\, staff\, and other camp professionals to connect and grow their careers in camping. \nIn January 2019\, a group of emerging professionals in New England camping gathered at the ACA\, New England office in Lexington\, MA. Since then\, EPIC\, New England has continued to provide support\, connections\, and opportunities for anyone making that move into a camp career or taking another step towards their goals in the industry. \nIf you are someone passionate about a career in camping or a current camp pro looking for more growth and development\, you are EPIC.
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/hot-topics-w-epic-january-2025/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Emerging Professionals In Camping
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SUMMARY:Mental Health First Aid (virtual with pre-work due by 1/6)
DESCRIPTION:Mental Health First Aid \n(VIRTUAL COURSE: Self-paced pre-work and live virtual course) \nMental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing that is designed to give you key skills to help an adult who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Whether you’re looking to support a colleague\, your camp counselors\, family and friends\, or other members of your community…this virtual course is for you. \nThis course is offered in a two-part format and both components must be completed to earn your certification: \n\n2 hours of virtual self-paced pre-work must be completed by Monday\, January 6 (the instructor must verify completion for you to be eligible to join the live portion of the course)\nLive\, instructor-led virtual course from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm on Thursday\, January 9 (You must be fully present with the ability to have a camera and microphone on throughout the course. There will be a lunch break built in to the schedule.)\n\nWhat will participants learn? MHFA Certification teaches participants to identify\, understand\, and respond to signs of mental health and substance abuse challenges among adults. You will learn: common signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges; how to interact with a person in crisis how to connect a person with help and resources; ways to support a person thinking about suicide. \nParticipants do not learn to diagnose\, nor how to provide any therapy or counseling – rather\, participants learn to support an individual developing signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in an emotional crisis by applying a core five-step action plan. \nWho should take this course? The course is designed for anyone 18-years of age or older who would like to add to their toolbox for supporting folks with mental health concerns. This would be great for camp leaders to provide support to their adult staff members. This is a standalone certification\, but if you’re already certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid\, this complements that as well. \nAbout the instructor: \nEmily Golinksy\, is the Founder of Bright Moose\, LLC\, which provides training\, coaching\, consultation and professional development to camps\, organizations and individuals guided by the motto “Help Others Shine Bright!” Her professional background includes over two decades of year-round and summer camp leadership in both day and residential environments for children in crisis\, special needs youth\, and traditional campers\, including 15 years as Executive Director at Camp Starfish (NH). Emily is a regular presenter at conferences and is active in ACA\, New England\, where she is a Lead Visitor\, conference committee member\, and member of the Faculty for the New Camp Directors Workshop. Emily is on the Board of Directors for NHCamps and is a contributor to Camping Magazine\, ParentingNH\, the Project Real Job Blog\, and the Day Camp Pod. She holds a BS in Health Psychology and an MS in Camp Administration and Leadership. She is also an education advocate for youth with special needs and a certified Adult Mental Health First Aid Instructor. Emily’s sense of humor and genuine warm connection to individuals comes through in her facilitation style. Fair warning: she is an avid collector of terribly awesome puns. \n*Because this course results in a certification\, attendees must fully participate in the entire program.* \nSpace is limited to 15 participants\, so register early!  \nWhen: Thursday\, January 9\, 2025\, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm via Zoom (Self-paced online pre-work must be completed by Monday\, January 6 for participants to qualify to join the live virtual portion of the course.) \nWhere: Via Zoom. A link will be sent prior to the start of the course. Please note: participants must be able to participate with cameras and mics (as needed) turned on in order to receive a completion certificate. \nCost: $85 for ACA\, New England members/ $110 for non-members.  \nRegister: Click here. You will register through ACA\, New England\, but additional communication about the course and how to complete the pre-work will come from the course instructor/ the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. \nRegistrations are non-refundable\, but may be transferred to another eligible individual no later than January 2 (to ensure enough time to complete the pre-work). \nA minimum of 6 participants is required for the program to run. \nQuestions? Reach out to Kerry Salvo\, Director of Education and Professional Development at kerry@acanewengland.org or 781-541-6080 ext. 104. If the course is full or you are interested\, but not available on this date\, please contact Kerry. If there is interest\, we may offer additional courses.
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/mental-health-first-aid-virtual-with-pre-work-due-by-1-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Training,Education
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kerry Salvo":MAILTO:kerry@acanewengland.org
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SUMMARY:Coffee & Camp Chat - 1/17
DESCRIPTION:Coffee & Camp Chat is a bi-weekly discussion among summer camp people! Sip your favorite beverage as we share insights\, swap stories\, and discuss trends in camping. Cozy into your Friday with fellow camp folk while we brew ideas\, forge connections\, and remind each other why there’s no place like camp! \nSend any questions you’d like to address to bud@acanewengland.org and we’ll include them in the conversation. \nACCESS: C&CC is open to everyone in camping!
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/coffee-camp-chat-1-17/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Coffee & Camp Chat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bud Copeland":MAILTO:bud@acanewengland.org
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SUMMARY:Child Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:This introductory level offering defines mental health\, discusses signs and symptoms of a mental health challenge or disorder\, and how to support a youth state of wellbeing. \nDuring this 90-minute e-session\, participants will use activities\, role-play\, and demonstrations to: \n\nGain a baseline understanding of the difference between mental health and mental illness\nExplore the stigma of mental health\nLearn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a camper who may be developing a mental health challenge\nCreate a plan to help\n\nWho created this course?\nThis course is presented by trainers from the Center for School Behavioral Health at Mental Health America of Greater Houston (the Center) as part of its Emotional Backpack Project. For more information about the Emotional Backpack project\, click here. The Center serves as a “living laboratory” for incubating innovative\, cost-effective and replicable best practices to improve the behavioral health of students by: \n\nFacilitating collective action\nProviding highly specialized professional development opportunities\, technical assistance\, and community education\nConducting research\, advocacy\, and policy analysis.\n\n*ACA\, New England offered this program in January 2023. If you attended that session\, please note that the content is the same. * \n  \nAbout the trainer:\n \nSharifa J. Charles serves as a Senior Professional Development Specialist for the Center for School Behavioral Health at Mental Health America – Greater Houston. She is charged with creating and providing high impact\, enriching and culturally sensitive mental and behavioral health professional development opportunities to school districts and community organizations throughout the city of Houston. To date\, she has provided mental and behavioral health trainings in over 25 districts\, countless youth serving organizations across the Greater Houston Area. Ms. Charles has also been deployed to Hurricane ravaged communities like Bay County Florida and the United States Virgin Islands to provide professional development trainings to counselors and first responders. Throughout her professional career\, Sharifa has proudly worked for or collaborated with countless CBOS\, government agencies and NGOs. She brings an extensive background in program implementation\, capacity building\, training and facilitation within diverse vulnerable populations throughout the City of Houston and beyond. \nWhen: Wednesday\, January 22\, 2025. 1:30 – 3:00pm ET \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nRegistration Information:\nCost: $70 for ACANE members\, $95 for non-members \nEach registration comes with two seats for your organization. You can select both participants during checkout process. Registration of the first person from your organization is based on individual membership status. This e-session is limited to 30 organizations. \nClick here to register. Please register your first attendee as FIRST PERSON and your second attendee as SECOND PERSON (there is no additional charge for your second attendee). \nRegistrations are non-refundable but may be transferred to another eligible individual from your camp/program prior to the start of the event. \nAdditional Information\nFor the most robust and engaging experience\, we highly recommend you join us live. If you are unable to do so\, a recording of this e-session will be available to registered participants for 15 days following the live e-session. \nWe encourage you to join both this training and the Youth Suicide Prevention module on February 26\, but attendance at both is not required as they are offered independently. \nQuestions\, reach out to Kerry Salvo\, Director of Programs & Strategic Partnerships at kerry@acanewengland.org or 781-541-6080 ext. 104. \nUse of Images and Audio by ACA\, New England: Through my registration\, I give American Camp Association\, New England (ACANE) full rights and permissions with respect to any photographs\, video\, and audio recordings taken during the ACANE event. These images and recordings may be used by ACANE and its agents in any format or medium and for any lawful purpose.
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/child-mental-health-2/
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CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:Self-Harm at Camp: Navigating Decision-Making Around Campers and Staff Who Threaten or Engage in Self-Harm (e-session)
DESCRIPTION:Nearly all camps have experienced campers and/or staff who threaten to\, or actually\, engage in self-harm during camp. \nThis e-session\, co-hosted by ACA\, New England & ACA\, New York and New Jersey\, will be led by three experts in the summer camp space: social worker and camp consultant Nick Teich\, and attorneys Isaac Mamaysky and Rachel Fendell Satinsky. \nDuring the web session\, we will dive into the topic of self-harm and how to prepare directors and camp leadership to make decisions such as: \n\nWhen do we need to send campers or staff home?\nHow can we consider what mechanisms we should put in place if they should stay?\nHow can we know what individuals truly mean when they threaten self-harm or make suicidal statements?\nAre we asking enough questions about mental health before camp?\nMost importantly\, how can we keep our campers and staff safe\, get them the care they need\, and ensure that we are abiding by the law?\n\nThe presenters will leave time for questions and answers from participants. \nAbout the presenters:\n \nDr. Nick Teich is the founder and was the longtime director of an overnight camp in New Hampshire. He is now an executive coach for camp directors\, helping them with their camp’s unique needs and goals\, through his business\, Fairwinds Camp Consulting. Nick is on the ACA\, New England Board of Directors and is a 2024 recipient of ACA\, New England’s Peter Kerns Award for the Advancement of Professional. He is a trained social worker and holds a doctorate in social policy. Nick lives in the Boston area. \n \nIsaac Mamaysky is a Partner at Potomac Law Group\, where he started the firm’s Camps and Youth Programs practice. He also writes the Camp Law Blog. In addition to his practice\, Isaac has over a decade of experience as the founder and director of a large ACA-accredited overnight camp in Wayne County\, Pennsylvania. As an active camp operator\, Isaac has firsthand experience with the same types of challenges faced by his clients\, which gives him a unique perspective when addressing their legal needs. Isaac is a frequent speaker on legal matters at American Camp Association conferences and events. He earned a juris doctor cum laude from the Boston University School of Law. He earned a bachelors degree summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island. \n \nRachel Fendell Satinsky is a seasoned attorney concentrating in employment litigation and counseling. Rachel has successfully represented a range of clients\, from Fortune 50 companies to start-ups\, in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies. She has experience with all aspects of litigation including obtaining successful resolutions on summary judgment\, at trial\, and on appeal. Her litigation and counseling experience spans various industries\, including retail\, financial services\, and healthcare. Rachel also has a focus on the camp industry and is recognized as a leading authority in that field. \n\n\nRegistration Information\nWhile ACA\, New England & ACA\, NY and NJ are hosting this e-session\, camp professionals from all regions are invited to register and attend. \nCost: Free for individual ACA members/$25 for non-members. (Registration is based on individual membership status.) \nClick here to register. \nRegistrations are non-refundable but may be transferred to another participant from your camp/organization. \nThis session will be recorded. If you can’t join us live\, the recording will be available for 30 days after the event. \nYou will earn 1 CEC for participation in this e-session.
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/self-harm-at-camp/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:Coffee & Camp Chat - 1/31
DESCRIPTION:Coffee & Camp Chat is a bi-weekly discussion among summer camp people! Sip your favorite beverage as we share insights\, swap stories\, and discuss trends in camping. Cozy into your Friday with fellow camp folk while we brew ideas\, forge connections\, and remind each other why there’s no place like camp! \nSend any questions you’d like to address to bud@acanewengland.org and we’ll include them in the conversation. \nACCESS: C&CC is open to everyone in camping!
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/coffee-camp-chat-1-31/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Coffee & Camp Chat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bud Copeland":MAILTO:bud@acanewengland.org
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