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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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Running a 'Mega Program' MindMap (PDF)

This is the PDF Version of the Wilderness Orientation Program Mindmap that's part of my Blog Series...
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Risk Management Theory: Examing the Risk Paradox - Preston Cline

Article from the 2003 Wilderness Risk Management Conference Proceedings by Preston Cline from the Wilderness...
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Risk Management Systems Oversight Mind Map.pdf

This is a summary of a Risk Management Plan done in MindManager Pro 7.0.
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Leader Trainer Manual - Princeton University Outdoor Action Program

This is the operational manual for Leader Trainers in the Outdoor Action Program at Princeton University...
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Risk Management Theory: Risk Analysis and Adventure Education - Preston Cline

Article from the 2005 Wilderness Risk Management Conference Proceedings by Preston Cline from the Wilderness...
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