CampWell 101

Course categoryHealth, Safety, and Risk Management

No Outbreaks Here! Simple Strategies for Reducing the Spread of Communicable Disease at Camp

Course categoryHealth, Safety, and Risk Management

 This short course is rooted in lessons learned from the ACA Health Camp Study. Beginning in 2006, and continuing through the summer of 2010, the American Camp Association undertook a five-year surveillance study of injuries and illnesses in day and resident camps. This project, called the Healthy Camp Study, is to date the only example of a long-term illness and injury surveillance study conducted with a representative sample of U.S. summer camps.

The purpose of this course is to help you have less communicable illnesses this summer and to realize some strategies for making your campers and staff more resilient to sore throats, the common cold, and other communicable illnesses

Presenter: Linda Erceg

CEC's: 0.5

Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect

Course categoryHealth, Safety, and Risk Management

This course provides critical information for directors and frontline staff on the process of reporting possible child abuse and neglect, including an overview of types of abuse and neglect and possible indicators. The course explains the importance of conducting the correct type of "interview" with a child when abuse or neglect is reported.  Resources for identifying state laws on reporting requirements and locating penalties for failure to report are provided. 

Presenter: Mary Fuller Everhart

CEC's: 1.0

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Non-editing teacher: Michael Edwards, Kristine Mathieson