Children and young people enjoy and benefit from challenging, adventurous play opportunities where they can test themselves and extend their abilities. Risk management in play contexts is different from workplace or factory contexts in one crucial respect – in play provision, a degree of risk is often beneficial, if not essential. Giving children the chance to encounter hazards and take risks provides other benefits, such as the chance to learn how to assess and manage these and similar risks for themselves. Hence accidents and injuries are not necessarily a sign of problems, because of the value of such experiences in children’s learning. Unlike conventional risk assessment, risk benefit assessment takes account of benefits by bringing together consideration of risks and benefits when deciding on appropriate responses.
These seminars aim to inform managers of why a balanced approach is not only desirable, but necessary to ensure that children have access to a wide range of experiences to support their development and learning.
Places at these seminars can be booked by using the following links
https://play-scotland-seminar-inverness12mar15.eventbrite.co.uk
http://playscotlandseminar-aberdeen-13-mar-2015.eventbrite.co.uk
http://play-scotland-seminar-edinburgh20mar15.eventbrite.co.uk
http://play-scotland-seminar-glasgow19mar15.eventbrite.co.uk
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