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Latest Legal Case: Your Duty of Care—Where Does it Begin and End?

Duty of Care is the legal duty to protect another from harm. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. When you bring a client into your program, you almost always establish some duty of care to that client. But where does this duty begin and where does it end? A recent sexual assault case in Maine where the assualt happened after the program explores this delicate legal issue and raises some critical questions for things that happen outside your program. Now that many programs are using social networking like Facebook pages, discussion forums, and Twitter as follow-up tools after a program, everyone should understand this legal issue. Reb Gregg and Catherine Hansen-Stamp, the legal authorities at the Adventure & Recreation Law Center, review the details of this Maine case. Subscribe now and gain access to the complete library of Legal Cases.

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Blog - Post List
  • Research

    Blog, Blogger, Blogging

    I told Rick I would "blog" about research in outdoor education not really understanding the world of blogging. So I am working out the kinks in my own learning curve. I certainly do not do a whole lot of working with newer tech stuff because...
  • Outdoor Education General

    Comfort Zone: Model or metaphor?

    I found this research paper from the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education by Mike Brown of the University of Waikato and wanted to share it. Mike presents a very interesting perspective on the Comfort Zone in outdoor education programming. ABSTRACT...
  • Outdoor Education General

    Building Sustainability into your Outdoor Program

    Creating a more sustainable outdoor program is a goal for many of us. At Princeton University we began to look at our carbon footprint and overall environmental impact a year ago. Sustainability in outdoor programming is much larger than how we practice...
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Media Gallery - File List
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Facilitating A Caving Experience - by Ian Boyle

This video gives a snapshot of facilitating a caving experience. Students explore the cave which initially...
Posted to: Facilitation & Processing
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Edge Work Facilitation - by Ian Boyle

This video snippet shows how an outdoor education leader can facilitate a learning experience. This technique...
Posted to: Facilitation & Processing
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TED Conference: James Geary - Metaphorically Speaking

If you don't know about the TED Conferences , then you are missing one of the best educational resources...
Posted to: Facilitation & Processing
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Get 'em Outside: Supporting the No Child Left Inside Bill

http://www.nclicoalition.org to increase environmental education opportunities at your school. Celebrating...
Posted to: Outdoor Education
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Get 'em Outside

http://www.nclicoalition.org to increase environmental education opportunities at your school. Celebrating...
Posted to: Outdoor Education
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Wikis - Page List
  • Wiki Instructions

    This section provides instructions for how to contribute to the OutdoorEd.com Wiki. Creating new pages, editing pages, and our permission and fair use policies.
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  • Creating Manual Links for New Wiki Pages

    Normally you have to create a wiki page before you can create a link to it from another wiki; however, Community Server allows you to create links to new wiki pages from...
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  • A What?

    A What? Sit in a circle facing the center. One person starts the game by taking an object, turning to the person on his right and saying "this is a _______."...
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