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October LINKS: Designing for Outdoor Play and Fitness
October 3, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Please join us for a LINKS event sponsored by Kompan. Join Suzanne Quinn with Kompan for this month’s CEU lunch. Suzanne Quinn has a PhD in child and family studies from Syracuse University. She is the manager of the KOMPAN Play Institute, Americas. In this role she is part of the international research team for the company, and the lead for North America. The institute investigates trends and issues in the fields of play, health, and the built environment and consults with children on what is best in play. The Play Institute works closely with the Fitness Institute, investigating issues related to health and fitness across the lifespan. Suzanne is an editor of the 2018 Routledge Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and a diverse catalog of peer reviewed publications. She has extensive teaching experience as a university lecturer.
Play and fitness are essential for people of all ages & abilities. This session will cover research on the benefits of outdoor play & fitness and how to design outdoor spaces to increase health for all ages & abilities. We will help you to apply these principles so that you can create well-designed outdoor play and fitness spaces that help strengthen communities and promote health equity.
Learning Objectives:
- Be able to summarize a rationale for play and fitness as a component of equity in public health
- Learn the research informed criteria used to assess play & fitness equipment that motivates high levels of activity
- Learn about universal design principles;
- Learn how to apply play & fitness criteria to the design of outdoor play & fitness spaces
RSVP by Thursday, September 28th. Course will provide 1.0 continuing education credits. Lunch will be provided. Email Jackie Dietz with any questions at jackie.dietz@forms-surfaces.com.