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ACA Youth Development Outcomes Resources
Enhance the Quality of the Camp Experience

The value of the camp experience in the positive development of our young people has been a focus of ACA research for the past several years. The information collected from over 100 camps and thousands of campers has become the foundation for two new resources. These resources, Creating Positive Youth Outcomes and the Youth Camp Outcomes Questionnaires, help camps focus on how to reach desired outcomes and tools to help measure outcome levels.

Creating Positive Youth Outcomes
A 7-step process for program evaluation to help you increase positive youth outcomes. A book and resource CD include: the evaluation outline, examples of goals and objectives you might target, a facilitator's guide for training staff, copy-ready checklists and worksheets, forms for refining targeted outcomes, and youth survey tools designed and used by ACA for youth outcomes research.
Youth Camp Outcomes Questionnaires (ACA Members Only)
Youth Camp Outcomes Questionnaires offer camps measures that focus on seven outcomes common to the camp experience. The statistically tested questionnaires are camp specific, age-appropriate, easily administered tools that can be individualized to your camp.
Youth Camp Outcomes Analysis Tools (ACA Members Only)

If you have any questions about the resources, please contact research@acacamps.org.

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