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Manage your camp more effectively with the leading textbook for camp administration courses everywhere, including the American Camping AssociationÆs Basic Camp Director Course. The authorsùseasoned and respected professionalsùshare their expertise in seventeen insightful and newly revised chapters filled with resources, useful examples, and a wealth of important information on topics important to all camp administrators: òCamp DirectorÆs Job òLeadership Styles òPhilosophy and Mission òParticipant Growth and Development òDesigning Your Program òPersonnel Organization, Policies, Recruitment òStaff Training, Supervision, Performance Appraisal òSelection, Development, and Maintenance of the Site òRisk Management, Records, Accreditation òOperation and Supervision of Central Services òMarketing òBusiness and Finance, Budgeting, Fund Raising, Records òVolunteers, Legal Ramifications, Committees, and Boards òEvaluations and Reporting òBecoming a Professional It is increasingly critical for camps to prove their importance in the youth development arena by providing measurable outcomes. This new edition helps you meet the needs of campers, parents, and staff in professional, outcome-driven waysùin a more user and Internet friendly format.

Manage your camp more effectively with the leading textbook for camp administration courses everywhere, including the American Camping AssociationÆs Basic Camp Director Course. The authorsùseasoned and respected professionalsùshare their expertise in seventeen insightful and newly revised chapters filled with resources, useful examples, and a wealth of important information on topics important to all camp administrators: òCamp DirectorÆs Job òLeadership Styles òPhilosophy and Mission òParticipant Growth and Development òDesigning Your Program òPersonnel Organization, Policies, Recruitment òStaff Training, Supervision, Performance Appraisal òSelection, Development, and Maintenance of the Site òRisk Management, Records, Accreditation òOperation and Supervision of Central Services òMarketing òBusiness and Finance, Budgeting, Fund Raising, Records òVolunteers, Legal Ramifications, Committees, and Boards òEvaluations and Reporting òBecoming a Professional It is increasingly critical for camps to prove their importance in the youth development arena by providing measurable outcomes. This new edition helps you meet the needs of campers, parents, and staff in professional, outcome-driven waysùin a more user and Internet friendly format.

Camps have been drawing in millions of children and families across the North American landscape since 1861. Camp Design: Master Planning Basics walks you through the integral camp master planning process and guides camp owners and directors to a successful camp planning experience. Whether you are expanding an existing camp or starting a camp from scratch, this book will be an essential reference.

In 2015 many camps were opened to accommodate newly arriving migrants in Berlin. Christian Sowa studies this form of accommodation. Moving beyond an exclusive focus on borders and migration, he argues that camp accommodation must be thought of and studied as part of the urban context and as a specific form of housing. The study provides an in-depth case study, discusses policy alternatives, argues for »housing for all instead of camps«, and contributes to bringing urban and migration studies into public discussion. In times of new waves of migration, the topic of migrant accommodation within urban environments remains highly relevant today.

Pain is the most frequent cause of disability in America. And pain specialists estimate that as many as thirty to sixty million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Chronic pain is a complex phenomenon—often extremely difficult to treat, and surprisingly difficult to define. Just as medical literature in general neglects the experience of illness, so the clinical literature on pain neglects the experience of pain. "Camp Pain" takes an approach different from most studies of chronic pain, which are typically written from a medical or social perspective. Based on a year's fieldwork in a pain treatment center, this book focuses on patients' perspectives—on their experiences of pain, what these experiences mean to them, and how this meaning is socially constructed. Jackson explores the psychological burden imposed on many sufferers when they are judged not to have "real" pain, and by harsh moral judgments that sufferers are weak, malingering, or responsible in some way for their pain. Jackson also looks at the ways in which severe pain erodes and destroys personal identity, studying in particular the role of language. While keeping her focus on patients' experiences, Jackson explores Western concepts of disease, health, mind, and body; assumptions about cause and effect; and notions of shame, guilt, and stigma. "Camp Pain" does not attempt to resolve the uncertainties and misperceptions associated with pain but rather aims at enhancing our understanding of the wider implications of chronic pain by focusing on the sufferers themselves.