Playgrounds for all: designing inclusive playgrounds that meet the needs of an entire community

Start Date

02/20/2020

End Date

02/20/2020

Description

More and more communities are identifying inclusion as a high priority when developing master plans and playground designs. This course offers specific techniques for thinking about inclusive design for designers, landscape architects, urban planners and park and recreation professionals. We will explore how to easily implement inclusive design principles into any playground design.

Location

Newport Beach, CA

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Parks & Recreation

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.0

Learning Outcomes

Learn about the seven sensory systems and how to incorporate activities that stimulate the senses on a playground
· Explore Parten’s Stages of Play and how they impact engagement on the playground
· Examine methods of including everyone on a playground including wheelchair users, autistics, adults, teens, typically developing children
· Identify the area’s most likely to be inaccessible and what you can do about it.

Instructors

John Jason

Course Codes

Playgroundsforall

Provider

PlayPower, Inc

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