Risk Taking in Play: It’s Too Dangerous Not To!
Date/Time
Date(s) - Feb 17, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Burnaby / New Westminster CCRR Online
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Risk-taking provides some of life’s most thrilling, empowering and educational experiences and is an innate part of children’s play. Coming from a play-work perspective, this interactive workshop will look at how our risk-averse society has impacted children and childhoods, including our own personal comfort levels. Through group exercises and discussion, participants will take practical steps, including using a risk-benefit assessment tool, to identify where and how children in their care can test their physical and emotional limits while reducing the likelihood or severity of harm.
Categories
Target Audience
Suitable for all early learning professionals and parents.
Online
Yes
Professional Development Certificate
Yes
Professional Development Certificate Credit Hours
2
Registration Fee
$10.00 members, $15.00 non-members
Registration Contact Email
ccrr@gv.ymca.ca
Registration Contact Phone Number
604-931-3400 Ext. 0
Registration Link
https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/ygv/activity/search/detail/988?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true
Presenter(s)
Sophie Cooper
Presenter Information
Sophie Cooper has 20 years of 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 11-year old son and works with adults building capacity for rights respecting, participatory and playful ways of working with children and youth.
Registration Space
FULL