Combating Trauma with Play

Start Date

11/21/2024

End Date

11/21/2024

Description

All children deserve to grow, play and thrive in a safe environment. Unfortunately, the society within which we all live is filled with places, conditions, and emotional stresses that attack safe environments. Children who have experienced trauma and toxic stress require sensitively designed play/recreational environments to minimize the impacts of the attacks from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Trauma-informed design is an emerging field focused on supporting the environmental and psychological needs of trauma victims and survivors. This presentation will focus on the aspects of design that can help this demographic thrive despite the challenges they face.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Yes

Subjects

Parks & Recreation

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.0

Learning Outcomes

Describe the breadth, nature, and impact of trauma on children in our current society.

Discuss trauma-informed principles for outdoor play/recreation space design that help combat and minimize negative impacts of trauma.

Show real world examples of design that supports physical, psychological, cognitive, and social development for children who have or are experiencing trauma.

Instructors

Chad Kennedy

Course Codes

Provider

Northwest Playground Equipment Inc

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