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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
  • GREENFIRE

    Can't We All Just Get Along?

    It is conference season and once again I find myself in that impossible position of wanting to be in three places at the same time. AORE (the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education) will be in Asheville, NC this November. AEE (the Assoc. for...
  • GREENFIRE

    Last Child In the Woods?

    Richard Louv's provocative new book discusses what he calls "Nature Deficit Disorder"- a non-medical term that indicates the decline in outdoor play amongst the current generation of kids. From the jacket cover: the amount of space kids...
  • GREENFIRE

    Is Wilderness a Useful Environmental Ideal Anymore?

    I recently came across Brian Merchant’s blog about 7 classic American “Green” works of literature here: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/read-american-environmental-classics.html . In the list: Walden by HD Thoreau, Silent...
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When Lightning Strikes

This short video from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration covers the basics of...
Posted to: Nature & Environment
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What to do if you fall through the ice

An educational video from the Discovery Channel (Canada) that teaches you what to do if you fall through...
Posted to: Backcountry Winter Sports
by 259

What LOW Avalanche danger looks like

Doug Chabot, director of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, describes the stable snow conditions...
Posted to: Backcountry Winter Sports
by 190

What it takes to make a white water river

Improvements made to a very popular recreational and competition course for whitewater paddling on the...
Posted to: Paddling
by 538

Water, Water Everywhere but is it Safe to Drink? by Nancy Pietroski

by Nancy Pietroski Published in the Summer 2008 Issue of Wilderness Medicine Magazine published by the...
Posted to: First Aid & Emergency Care
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Wikis - Page List
  • Lightning Hazards & Safety

    Lightning Hazards & Safety by Rick Curtis I always teach our student leaders how to deal with lightning. It's never a very popular protocol, being crouched in...
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  • Dynamic Menu Planning with Spreadsheets

    by Rick Curtis Each year the Outdoor Action Program at Princeton University sends out about seventy 6-day backpacking trips, that's over 850 people in the field....
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  • Technology & Outdoor Education

    This section is for articles on using technology in outdoor education programs
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  • Outdoor Program Manual

    This Wiki section is dedicated to the online Outdoor Program Manual, an expanding resource for the outdoor education community. Please feel free to add your own individual...
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  • Macaroni & Cheese

    Group Size: 10-12 Ingredients Kraft Macaroni & Cheese: 6 boxes (all) Cheddar or other cheese (lots) Canned green chilies: 2 cans (all) Onion: 1 Use approximately...
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