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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-new-england-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Emerging Professionals In Camping
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SUMMARY:Coffee & Camp Chat Special Edition - 2/14
DESCRIPTION:We have been hearing from several camps whose families are being affected by the recent presidential executive orders. Join us for a special edition of Coffee & Camp Chat where we will come together and discuss important issues affecting our camp families and what camps can do to support them. \nThough there aren’t many answers right now\, we want to provide a platform for initial conversations among camp professionals. ACA\, New England will have a moderator(s) to help guide this discussion\, including Nick Teich\, founder of Fairwinds Camp Consulting\, ACA\, New England Board Member\, and founder and longtime director of Harbor Camps. \nThis session is FREE and open to ACA members. We are asking attendees to pre-register so we know who to expect and can follow-up with folks\, if needed. Sign up here. (As is always the case with Coffee & Camp Chat\, the session will not be recorded as it is designed to encourage open dialogue among peers.) \nA zoom link will be emailed to registered participants prior to the session. \nQuestions\, reach out Gillian Gold\, Events & Logistics Coordinator at gillian@acanewengland.org or 781-541-6080 ext. 106. \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. \n 
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/coffee-camp-chat-2-14/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Coffee & Camp Chat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bud Copeland":MAILTO:bud@acanewengland.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T133000
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SUMMARY:Youth Suicide Prevention Training
DESCRIPTION:This introductory level offering explores the myths and facts of suicide and how to intervene with youth struggling with suicidal ideation. \nBased on three SAMHSA Nationally Recognized Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) youth suicide prevention programs\, this training uses\, video\, discussion\, and role-play to enable participants to feel comfortable identifying signs and symptoms of youth suicide and how to assist a camper who may be suicidal. \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 February 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 Child Mental Health module on January 22\, but attendance at both is not required as they are offered independently. \nQuestions\, reach out Gillian Gold\, Events & Logistics Coordinator at gillian@acanewengland.org or 781-541-6080 ext. 106. \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/youth-suicide-prevention-training-2/
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SUMMARY:Coffee & Camp Chat 2/28
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!
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bud Copeland":MAILTO:bud@acanewengland.org
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