Risk-taking in play: It’s too dangerous not to!

Date/Time
Date(s) - Feb 26, 2020
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Langley CCRR

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Risk-taking provides some of life’s most thrilling, empowering and educational experiences, and is an innate part of child-directed free play. This interactive workshop will look at how our risk-averse society has impacted children and childhoods, and through group exercises and discussion participants will take practical steps to identify how children in their care can test their physical and emotional limits, while reducing the likelihood or severity of harm.

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Online
No

Professional Development Certificate
Yes

Professional Development Certificate Credit Hours
2.5

Registration Fee
$20.00

Registration Contact Email
lmcinnis@lcss.ca

Registration Contact Phone Number
6045334425

Registration Link
https://www.lcss.ca/lcss-workshops/

Presenter(s)
Sophie Cooper

Presenter Information
Sophie Cooper has 20 years’ experience in child-directed free play and in play-work training for adults. Sophie started out as a play ranger supporting inclusive play provision in South Wales and went on to co-develop and deliver a ground-breaking play-work development course for Play Wales: ‘Play-work Principles into Practice’. She is a qualified play-worker and play-work trainer with a Forest School Level 1, a Masters’ Degree in Community Education and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Youth and Community Work. Sophie currently lives in North Vancouver with her husband and 9-year old son and works with adults building capacity for rights respecting, participatory and playful ways of working with children and youth.