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naires is age-appropriate and can be
individualized for camps and other
youth programs. The ACA-YOB can
be purchased and accessed through
the ACA's website for accredited
and non-accredited camps (www.
acacamps.org/research/youth-outcomes-battery).
The Camper Learner Scale (CLS)
was used for the evaluation discussed herein and consists of seven
targeted outcomes: friendship, family citizenship, teamwork, perceived
competence, independence, interest
in exploration and responsibility.
The CLS uses a four-point scale that
focuses on what children learned
during camp. For example, in response to the question, " At camp,
did you learn how to be better at
making friends, " responses range
from 1, indicating " I didn't learn

being outcome oriented - program
goals should be identified and meaningful to the agency, the participants
and other stakeholders; having intentionally structured, theory-based
program components to address the
stated goals; desired goals must be assessed; and requiring an organization
to publicize its outcomes. In 2013,
camp staff was trained in the OFP
model so that program activities
would intentionally meet the seven
aforementioned target areas.
Camp Design
In 2013, Old Dominion University
partnered with two organizations to
implement a summer day camp and
program evaluation for youth ages
6-11. This ACA-accredited summer
camp consisted of eight, one-week
sessions and averaged 65 campers

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The CLS comprises 14 questions
(best used for 6-11-year-old children) and takes about eight minutes
to complete. The other 11 questionnaires in the ACA-YOB vary in
length and time to complete. For example, the five-item short version of
the Affinity for Nature Scale takes
less than two minutes to complete.
Begin with the End in Mind:
Using the Outcome-Focused
Programming Model
The authors used an Outcome-Focused Programming (OFP) model as
the framework for their camp evaluation. The OFP action steps include:
	

per week. Each day of camp was
designed using a daily activity form
or lesson plan. Using the OFP as a
guide, each day the seven ACA outcomes were addressed with OFP
recreational activities. The outcomes
were integrated into daily program
activities - the friendship skill outcome was promoted throughout
each day, while the morning plan
addressed independence, perceived
competence and responsibility, and
the afternoon plan targeted teamwork, family citizenship and interest
in exploration.
Results
Pre- and post-program scores were
collected from 101 participants.

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