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Michigan Fall Gathering - All Sessions in Eastern Time

10/06/2022 9:30 AM
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Sponsor Gallery

10/06/2022 9:30 AM
Registration & Networking

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Registration & Networking

10/06/2022 9:31 AM

Location: Welcome Center

Welcome & Ice Breakers

Networking -10/6/2022

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Welcome and Icebreakers

10/06/2022 10:00 AM
Welcome and let's have fun!

Location: The Blue Room

Opening Keynote - Jump Start Your Staff Training on Mental Health

General Session -10/6/2022

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Opening Keynote - Jump Start Your Staff Training on Mental Health

10/06/2022 10:45 AM
As camping professionals, much of our time and training is spent on risk management. We prepare and plan for injuries, storms, fires, and active threats, but is your camp staff ready to help with a mental healthy crisis? This is a vast problem that many camps are not prepared. One in every five American youth are diagnosed with a mental illness. This is a problem too big for youth camping professionals to ignore. For our camps to be the safest and most inclusive environments possible, preparing staff to handle mental health emergencies is critical. This interactive presentation will help jump start your staff training on mental health. You will learn about the state of youth mental health in America, planning for reducing stress at camp, and handling mental health emergencies that may arise in the camp setting. Free resources for staff training will be available so you can take what you learn and get started applying it immediately at your facility.

Location: The Blue Room

Amanda Raines

Amanda Raines is an Extension Educator in 4-H Youth Development with Ohio State University Extension in Hardin County, Ohio. Helping youth and the adults who work with them understand mental health and connect to resources is one of Amanda’s specializations. She is a nationally certified instructor of Mental Health First Aid®, Youth Mental Health First Aid®, and Teen Mental Health First Aid®, and is an Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services’ Trauma Informed Approaches Trainer. She also co-authored Your Thoughts Matter: Navigating Mental Health, the first 4-H project on the subject, and the National 4-H Council “4-H at Home: Social and Emotional Learning and Mindfulness” curriculum.

In addition to healthy living, Amanda also serves as the Hardin County 4-H Camp Director, training a team of approximately 50 camp counselors annually. She serves on the 4-H Camp Ohio Board of Trustees and is currently the Past President. She believes that our youth are our greatest resource, and by providing opportunities for camp staff to learn about mental health, all camps can become inclusive spaces for youth to learn and grow.

Lunch

Meal / Break -10/6/2022

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Lunch

10/06/2022 12:00 PM
Breakout Session 1

-10/6/2022

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Breakout Session 1

10/06/2022 12:45 PM
How Kids Can Investigate Aquatic Ecosystems at Camp

Concurrent Session -10/6/2022

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How Kids Can Investigate Aquatic Ecosystems at Camp

10/06/2022 12:45 PM
If you have access to a lake (or even a pond or wetland), you can enrich your camp program by including water science. This workshop will introduce a variety of ways to engage youth in investigating aquatic ecosystems, building on their curiosity about the world around them. Inexpensive methods and how to build your own equipment will be included. Weather permitting, we will be outside trying out some of the activities. Discussion includes how to adapt these ideas in your camp setting and resources available to help you.

Location: South Quad Meeting Rooms

Dave Chapman

Dave Chapman is a retired science teacher, long time leader with the Michigan Alliance for Environmental & Outdoor Education, creator of the LIMNO program run with youth on Lake Lansing, current leader of a NOAA funded watershed education program in mid-Michigan, and a former camp staffer.

 

Marketing and Advertising for Hiring and Recruiting

Concurrent Session -10/6/2022

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Marketing and Advertising for Hiring and Recruiting

10/06/2022 12:45 PM
Learn the basics on combining your brand strengths, with digital platforms and ACA’s research on the value of working at camp, into one seamless strategy for hiring and recruiting talent.

Location: Willems

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Kelley Freridge, Chief Marketing Officer for the American Camp Association.

With more than ten years of senior leadership roles in the outdoor industry at Eastern Mountain Sports, Patagonia, Chaco, she brings consumer insight and digital savvy to her role with the American Camp Association. Kelley points to her childhood experiences growing up at Van Buren Youth Camp as the compass she leverages in every business decision. As a National Outdoor Leadership School graduate and mother, Kelley recognizes the essential value of outdoor experience in developing tomorrow’s leaders and is passionate about passing down this cornerstone to the next generation.

Trauma 101 - Becoming Trauma Informed

Concurrent Session -10/6/2022

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Trauma 101 - Becoming Trauma Informed

10/06/2022 12:45 PM
Becoming “trauma-informed” means recognizing that people often have many different types of traumas in their lives. People who have been traumatized need support and understanding from those around them. Often, trauma survivors can be re-traumatized by well-meaning caregivers and community service providers. In this session, you will gain an understanding of different types of traumas and how to apply a “trauma informed lens” to make your camp a more inclusive and safe space for trauma survivors.

Location: The Blue Room

Amanda Raines, Extension Educator in 4-H Youth Development with Ohio State University Extension in Hardin County, Ohio.

Helping youth and the adults who work with them understand mental health and connect to resources is one of Amanda’s specializations. She is a nationally certified instructor of Mental Health First Aid®, Youth Mental Health First Aid®, and Teen Mental Health First Aid®, and is an Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services’ Trauma Informed Approaches Trainer. She also co-authored Your Thoughts Matter: Navigating Mental Health, the first 4-H project on the subject, and the National 4-H Council “4-H at Home: Social and Emotional Learning and Mindfulness” curriculum. In addition to healthy living, Amanda also serves as the Hardin County 4-H Camp Director, training a team of approximately 50 camp counselors annually. She serves on the 4-H Camp Ohio Board of Trustees and is currently the Past President. She believes that our youth are our greatest resource, and by providing opportunities for camp staff to learn about mental health, all camps can become inclusive spaces for youth to learn and grow.

Jami Dellifield, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences with Ohio State University in Hardin County, Ohio.

She has been employed as an Extension Educator since October 5, 2015. Her passion is helping people to be the best that they can be. Jami holds a BA in Psychology (minor: Communications) and a MA in Christian Education (specialization: Youth Ministry). Jami is a certified Mental Health First Aid® and Youth Mental Health First Aid® Instructor.  Jami was a member of the ECOP Opioid Work Group that convened in 2018. Jami became a Trauma Informed Approaches Instructor in 2018 and has brought that training to Ohio State University Extension for fellow Extension professionals. She is also a member of the Ohio Youth Resilience Collaborative.

She has presented at the local, state, and national levels on mental health and trauma topics. She and Ohio 4-H Educator, Amanda Raines, also co-authored the 4-H project book, Your Thoughts Matter: Navigating Your Mental Health which was published in 2018. In 2016, she began a county-wide group for pre-teen females to help address mental health, self-esteem, and building friendships. Jami is also a trainer for Real Colors ® and Trauma Informed Care Approaches. She is a team member for multiple SAMHSA and USDA grants focused on mental health and has served as co-PI for many of these grants.

Breakout Session 2

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Breakout Session 2

10/06/2022 2:14 PM
Before we Run, Hide, Fight…Introduction to the four pillars of developing a proactive safety culture

Concurrent Session -10/6/2022

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Before we Run, Hide, Fight…Introduction to the four pillars of developing a proactive safety culture

10/06/2022 2:15 PM
A brief discussion on the history of mass school attacks, the knowledge we should have gained from them, and the actions we’ve taken in the last 95 years. Discussions on how the camp community can be more proactive from the historical knowledge provided. An introduction to the four pillars of emotional and physical safety – Preparation, response, recovery, and infrastructure. How do “We” create and sustain the proactive safety culture?

Location: Willems

Eric Wimbley

Eric Wimbley is the founder of First Line Risk Management Consulting, an organization that focuses on collaborative solutions to creating and maintaining emotionally and physically safe spaces. Eric is a retired commander from the Michigan State Police, experienced High School teacher, with additional years of working in the college setting. In addition to consulting for risk management, Eric is also the CEO of Pretty Lake Camp. He has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, attended the FBI National Academy where his focus of study was Juvenile victims and offenders, and managing organizational change. His combined experiences and training have led him to understand that finding any solutions or defense against the increased assaults on our most vulnerable will take a collaboration across the board.   

How Kids Can Investigate Aquatic Ecosystems at Camp

Concurrent Session -10/6/2022

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How Kids Can Investigate Aquatic Ecosystems at Camp

10/06/2022 2:15 PM
If you have access to a lake (or even a pond or wetland), you can enrich your camp program by including water science. This workshop will introduce a variety of ways to engage youth in investigating aquatic ecosystems, building on their curiosity about the world around them. Inexpensive methods and how to build your own equipment will be included. Weather permitting, we will be outside trying out some of the activities. Discussion includes how to adapt these ideas in your camp setting and resources available to help you.

Location: South Quad Meeting Rooms

Dave Chapman

Dave Chapman is a retired science teacher, long time leader with the Michigan Alliance for Environmental & Outdoor Education, creator of the LIMNO program run with youth on Lake Lansing, current leader of a NOAA funded watershed education program in mid-Michigan, and a former camp staffer.

Trauma 101 - Becoming Trauma Informed

Concurrent Session -10/6/2022

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Trauma 101 - Becoming Trauma Informed

10/06/2022 2:15 PM
Becoming “trauma-informed” means recognizing that people often have many different types of traumas in their lives. People who have been traumatized need support and understanding from those around them. Often, trauma survivors can be re-traumatized by well-meaning caregivers and community service providers. In this session, you will gain an understanding of different types of traumas and how to apply a “trauma informed lens” to make your camp a more inclusive and safe space for trauma survivors.

Location: The Blue Room

Amanda Raines, Extension Educator in 4-H Youth Development with Ohio State University Extension in Hardin County, Ohio.

Helping youth and the adults who work with them understand mental health and connect to resources is one of Amanda’s specializations. She is a nationally certified instructor of Mental Health First Aid®, Youth Mental Health First Aid®, and Teen Mental Health First Aid®, and is an Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services’ Trauma Informed Approaches Trainer. She also co-authored Your Thoughts Matter: Navigating Mental Health, the first 4-H project on the subject, and the National 4-H Council “4-H at Home: Social and Emotional Learning and Mindfulness” curriculum. In addition to healthy living, Amanda also serves as the Hardin County 4-H Camp Director, training a team of approximately 50 camp counselors annually. She serves on the 4-H Camp Ohio Board of Trustees and is currently the Past President. She believes that our youth are our greatest resource, and by providing opportunities for camp staff to learn about mental health, all camps can become inclusive spaces for youth to learn and grow.

Jami Dellifield, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences with Ohio State University in Hardin County, Ohio.

She has been employed as an Extension Educator since October 5, 2015. Her passion is helping people to be the best that they can be. Jami holds a BA in Psychology (minor: Communications) and a MA in Christian Education (specialization: Youth Ministry). Jami is a certified Mental Health First Aid® and Youth Mental Health First Aid® Instructor.  Jami was a member of the ECOP Opioid Work Group that convened in 2018. Jami became a Trauma Informed Approaches Instructor in 2018 and has brought that training to Ohio State University Extension for fellow Extension professionals. She is also a member of the Ohio Youth Resilience Collaborative.

She has presented at the local, state, and national levels on mental health and trauma topics. She and Ohio 4-H Educator, Amanda Raines, also co-authored the 4-H project book, Your Thoughts Matter: Navigating Your Mental Health which was published in 2018. In 2016, she began a county-wide group for pre-teen females to help address mental health, self-esteem, and building friendships. Jami is also a trainer for Real Colors ® and Trauma Informed Care Approaches. She is a team member for multiple SAMHSA and USDA grants focused on mental health and has served as co-PI for many of these grants.

Michigan Standards Chat

-10/6/2022

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Michigan Standards Chat

10/06/2022 3:30 PM
After a summer of getting back into the swing of Standards Visits and some Camps reopening for the first time in two years, join Michigan's standards team to hear about some of the terrific things emerging as we look towards 2023. Bring whatever questions you have, whether you're at an accredited camp, serve as a visitor, or are curious about ACA's Standards program.

Location: Willems

Matt Henry and Weldon Rutledge, Michigan Standards Team

Tour of YMCA Camp Manitou-Lin

-10/6/2022

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Tour of YMCA Camp Manitou-Lin

10/06/2022 3:30 PM
Join a staff member from YMCA Camp Manitou-Lin for a tour of their beautiful camp property.