Registration Eligibility
Free and open to the public - On Demand Session
Start Date
04/20/2021
End Date
04/20/2023
Description
Adolescence is a key stage of life. As young people transition from children to adults, their public environments play a critical role in their emotional and social development. However, teenagers have largely been overlooked, or even excluded, from public spaces through design and policy practices. Patsy Eubanks Owens, Associate Dean and Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design at University of California, Davis, has dedicated her career to exploring the role that the physical environment has on the development, health, and well-being of youth. Co-editor of “The Routledge Handbook of Designing Public Spaces for Young People,” Owens will share insight into the needs teenagers have, ways to address those needs through park design, and the importance of bringing youth into the design and planning process.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Parks & Recreation
Urban Planning & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
"1 – Learn about the role environments play on the emotional and social development of youth
2 - Gain insight into how park design and policy can better serve the needs of youth
3 - Learn successful ways to involve youth in the design and plannign process"
Instructors
Patsy Eubanks Owens, Associate Dean of Human & Social Sciences and a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of California
Course Codes
Provider
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC)