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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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Understanding the Risk Gap (video)

Understanding the Risk Gap concept is s crucial part of any program's risk management strategy. This...
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Urban-rural variation in mortality and hospital admission rates

“There are urban-rural differences in mortality and admissions for injuries in Ireland. Possible reasons...
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Using A Blog To Promote Reflection in Outdoor-Ed

I have been experiementing with getting my students to take their digital cameras, videos, and voice...
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Using a climbing wall to teach goal setting - Ian Boyle

This video shows some of the concepts that can be facilitated to teach goal setting while utilising a...
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Using Our Students To Help Develop Teaching / Learning Resources For Outdoor-Ed

I have created several Outdoor-Ed sites on the internet where resources can be developed and shared....
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