NE and NY & NJ Self-Harm at Camp 1/27/25

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Monday, January 27, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM   Export to iCalendar Eastern Standard Time

Nearly all camps have experienced campers and/or staff who threaten to, or actually, engage in self-harm during camp.

This e-session, co-hosted by ACA, New England & ACA, New York and New Jersey, will be led by three experts in the summer camp space: social worker and camp consultant Nick Teich, and attorneys Isaac Mamaysky and Rachel Fendell Satinsky.

During the web session, we will dive into the topic of self-harm and how to prepare directors and camp leadership to make decisions such as:

  • When do we need to send campers or staff home?
  • How can we consider what mechanisms we should put in place if they should stay?
  • How can we know what individuals truly mean when they threaten self-harm or make suicidal statements?
  • Are we asking enough questions about mental health before camp?
  • Most importantly, how can we keep our campers and staff safe, get them the care they need, and ensure that we are abiding by the law?

The presenters will leave time for questions and answers from participants.

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Registration: Self-Harm at Camp: Registration
 Member$0.00
 Non-Member$25.00
Virtual - Zoom  

Additional Information

While ACA, New England & ACA, NY and NJ are hosting this e-session, camp professionals from all regions are invited to register and attend.

Cost: Free for individual ACA members/$25 for non-members. (Registration is based on individual membership status.)

Registrations are non-refundable but may be transferred to another participant from your camp/organization.

This session will be recorded. If you can't join us live, the recording will be available for 30 days after the event.

Use of Images in American Camp Association, New England (ACANE) and American Camp Association, New York & New Jersey (ACA, NY & NJ) Publications: Through my registration, I give ACANE and ACA, NY & NJ full rights and permissions with respect to any photographs, video, and audio recordings taken during the ACANE and ACA, NY & NJ event. These images and recordings may be used by ACANE and ACA, NY & NJ, and its agents, in educational and promotional media.

Contact Us

Questions, reach out Gillian Gold, Events & Logistics Coordinator at gillian@acanewengland.org or 781-541-6080 ext. 106.