School Travel Planning Model
- Author(s): Ontario Active School Travel
- Organization: Ontario Active School Travel
- Date Published: October 1, 2012
School Travel Planning (STP) is a community-based model for implementing active school travel that systematically addresses barriers to and incentives for walking to school. School Travel Planning strengthens local commitment to active school travel.
Search for Best Practices in Inclusive Recreation: Preliminary Findings
- Author(s): Stuart Schleien, Kimberley Miller, Mary Shea
- Organization: Journal of Park and Recreation Administration
- Date Published: January 1, 2009
Numerous professional practices designed to facilitate inclusive community recreation have been developed, field tested, and disseminated. Despite major federal disability rights legislation and broad dissemination of these inclusive practices, they are not commonly practiced in most community recreation agencies. This article presents results of one key component of a comprehensive, qualitative research project designed to study best practices that result in inclusive and sustainable community recreation at administrative, programmatic, and consumer levels. The focus of this article is on administrative-level approaches used within agencies.
Synopsis of 2010 Research Papers: The Key Benefits
- Author(s): National Recreation and Park Association http://www.nrpa.org
- Organization: National Recreation and Park Association http://www.nrpa.org
- Date Published: December 31, 2010
This report summarizes the key categories in which parks and recreation contribute to building of healthy, vibrant communities. This white paper outlines in six main areas the latest research into the benefits
provided by parks: physical health, mental health, social functioning, youth development, environment, and economic impact.
Take a hike and call me in the morning.
- Author(s): Daphne Miller http://www.drdaphne.com/
- Organization: The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/
- Date Published: November 17, 2009
This article highlights doctors around the country who are medicating their patients with nature in order to prevent (or treat) health problems ranging from heart disease to attention deficit disorder.
Taking it Outside: Helping You Connect to Nature-Online Webinar
- Author(s): Canadian Parks and Recreation Association in parntership Presented in partnership with BC Recreation and Parks Association, Child and Nature Alliance of Canada, Educating Children Outside, and University of Victoria
- Organization: Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
This webinar looks at benefits, and various aspects and ways of connecting children with nature, such as through advocacy, education, built environment, technology, and more. It also reviews two best practices case studies
Ten Outdoor Education Activities for Teenagers
- Organization: Indaba Network http://indaba-network.net/
- Date Published: January 3, 2011
This document includes outdoor education activities for teens which include objectives, description and evaluation.
http://indabanetwork.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/tenoutdooreducationactivities.pdf
Terra Nova Nature School – Richmond
The Benefits of Physical Activity Provided by Park and Recreation Services: The Scientific Evidence.
- Author(s): Geoffrey Godbey Andrew Mowen
- Organization: National Recreation and Park Association http://www.nrpa.org
- Date Published: December 1, 2010
In an era in which health costs have become the biggest single expenditure in U .S society, the central importance of physical activity in preventing and improving a wide variety of health problems is now well understood.
As this has happened, public park and recreation services’ central role in promoting and providing physical activity has been increasingly documented by scientific research. Public park and recreation services are becoming part of the healthcare system of the United States and are now recognized as such. This paper explains the scientific basis for this change.
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