Professional Practice Networks
Childrens Outdoor Environments Resources
PPN-Hosted Webinars
Biophilic Design for Healthy Childhood Development - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
Empowerment in the Playground: Planning for Inclusive Interaction and Barrier Elimination for Children with Down Syndrome - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
Infusing Nature into the Everyday Spaces of Childhood - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
A Higher Level of Inclusive Play
PPN Zoom Book Club
The Children's Outdoor Environments PPN's third Zoom Book Club is coming up on October 3! Register now for a discussion with author Ruth Wilson, PhD, about Naturally Inclusive: Engaging Children of All Abilities Outdoors.
May 2023: Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind by Claire Latané, FASLA, MLA, SITES AP
January 2023: Letting Play Bloom: Designing Nature-Based Risky Play for Children by Lolly Tai, PhD, RLA, FASLA
PPN Meetings at the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture
2022 PPN Meeting
A Conversation on Trauma Responsive Design Thinking
At the ASLA 2022 Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Francisco, the PPN hosted a campfire session on trauma responsive design.
2018 PPN Meeting
Parks, Play, and People: Equity and Community in Recreation
The ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO’s joint meeting of the Children’s Outdoor Environments and Parks & Recreation Professional Practice Networks (PPNs) featured short presentations by Joy Kuebler, ASLA, Joy Kuebler Landscape Architect, PC; Andrew Spurlock, FASLA, Spurlock Landscape Architects; and Diane Jones Allen, ASLA, The University of Texas at Arlington and DesignJones, LLC.
2015 PPN Meeting
Children's Outdoor Environments PPN members shared the following presentations at the 2015 Annual Meeting in Chicago:
The Manzanita Gathering Place: Engaging Youth in Creative Place Making
Ilisa Goldman, ASLA
Community Design Collaborative: Strengthening Neighborhoods Through Design
Alexa Bosse, Associate ASLA
Risky Elements in Play Design
Shannon Mikus, Associate ASLA
Universal Design
If we want everyone to participate in public life, we must design and build an inclusive public realm that is accessible to all. The sizeable global population of people with physical, auditory, or visual disabilities, autism or neurodevelopmental and/or intellectual disabilities, or neuro-cognitive disorders will face greater challenges if we don’t begin to more widely apply universal design principles. Landscape architects and designers plan and design inclusive spaces for all users. ASLA's Universal Design guide includes information specifically on children, with sections on playgrounds, gardens, and parks and plazas.
Health Benefits of Nature
ASLA's Health Benefits of Nature guide includes information specifically on children. Topics covered include: ADD/ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognition, Depression, General Health, Nature Deficit Disorder, Obesity, Stress, Type II Diabetes, and Well-being.
PPN Newsletters
Before The Field was established in 2012 as the PPNs' blog, the Children's Outdoor Environments PPN published several online newsletters:
Summer 2012 | Summer 2011 | Winter 2010 | Summer 2009
Additional ASLA Resources
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