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Designing An Inclusive Playground?
Inclusive parks provide a play experience for children with and without disabilities. They remove barriers and provide a positive and engaging experience for all children. While much thought is given to the play
The Self-Concept Model
Any life is empty without good memories. Past successes tend to represent an individual’s happiest times. On the other hand, sadness lingers and incites emotional unpredictability and uncertainty. However, the
From Yawn Lawn To Bark Park
This overnight-success story was actually years in the making. The new Bark Park at Shane Kelly Park in the city of Oviedo, Fla., was the culmination of equal parts hard work, collaboration, and imagination, with a
Detailed Disinfection
Talk to anyone in the professional cleaning industry and most will say things will not be the same in the post-COVID-19 world. On the positive side, building managers—including parks and recreation managers—will never
TrailBlazers Unite
When park visitors share their ideas, the results can be amazing. After years of being part of Red Oaks Waterpark’s River Walk program, where participants walk for fitness in the 990-foot, slow-moving lazy river after hours, a
A Reflective Respite
The benefits of spending time outdoors have long been documented by writers and naturalists. Henry David Thoreau once said, “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day,” and in the wise words of
Getting Down And Dirty
As the program director at a rural university in the Mississippi Delta, I am challenged in finding innovative and unique methods to subsidize an academic outdoor-recreation education program. In a region with
Turn A Disability To An Ability
Have you ever thought of helping veterans with disabilities get out of the house and do something they may have done as kids or pre-military? Something that teaches patience and that helps them re-connect
Tell Your Story
Technology is ingrained into our everyday lives. We have more information at our fingertips than every generation had before us. Utilizing mobile technology, the city of Florence, Ky., is using this to its
Stepping Up To The Plate
I really enjoy sharing insights to the youth-sports world every month in this space. It gives me, and our organization’s leaders, a chance to take stock of the important things in youth sports and how the issues
Bring Down The Walls Of Fear
I sat at a table, enjoying a break from holiday shopping at the mall, and you were sitting just a table away. Each of us was eating alone. You looked like me—a middle-aged dad wearing a Cleveland Indians cap. I