Thread by @timrgill

A thread on #riskyplay. This shares some resources mentioned at the lively @IPAGlasgow2023 panel last month. Thanks to panellists @DrHelenDodd @EllenBSandseter @mbrussoni David Ball and Harry Harbottle aka The A Team. #ipaglasgow2023. 1/18

2/18 I start with the most recent resource – and the one that could have the biggest impact: a new global ISO Standard 4890:2023 ‘Benefit-risk assessment for sports and recreational facilities, activities and equipment’. iso.org/standard/80573…

3/18 ISO Standard 4890:2023 sounds technical, and it is behind a paywall. But it turns risk management on its head in many leisure situations, including #childrensplay. I will say more, and share quotes, in a separate thread.

4/18 Another new ISO standard - on the competences of playground inspectors - which requires knowledge of #childrensplay and child development alongside technical knowledge (currently out to vote):
iso.org/standard/79331…

5/18 Managing Risk In Play Provision Implementation Guide (2013 - 2nd edition. 1st edition published 2008 - funded by UK Government)
playsafetyforum.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/managi…

6/18 Health and Safety Executive @H_S_E 2012 High Level Statement on #childrensplay and leisure (*very* important for UK folk):
hse.gov.uk/entertainment/…

7/18 Play Safety Forum 2002 position statement on managing risk in play provision:
playsafetyforum.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/managi…

8/18 From @EllenBSandseter: Paper on using virtual reality technology to study children’s risk management: researchprotocols.org/2023/1/e45857

9/18 Open access book by @EllenBSandseter and Øyvind Kvalnes on the ethical dilemmas around supporting #riskyplay:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

10/18 From @mbrussoni : risk reframing tool for parents and #earlychildhood #ece educators:
OutsidePlay.ca

11/18 @OutdoorPlayCA (link to the Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play - *very* important for Canadians):
outdoorplaycanada.ca/portfolio_page…

12/18 From @DrHelenDodd: Theory paper linking risky play and anxiety:
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

13/18 Paper showing associations between play and mental health:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35562504/

14/18 Parent reported barriers and facilitators of risky play in Britain:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36931037/

15/18 Info sheet that @DrHelenDodd wrote for @PlayEngland:
static1.squarespace.com/static/609a580…

16/18 @OPAL_CIC whose work @DrHelenDodd is evaluating:
outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk

17/18 from David Ball: 2002 report on playground safety for @H_S_E: (chart shows how accident rates remained steady 1988-2002 despite tougher new standards and huge investment)
eprints.mdx.ac.uk/4990/

18/18 from Harry Harbottle: Scottish Care Inspectorate guidance on outdoor play and learning (*very* important for Scots):
hub.careinspectorate.com/how-we-support…

19/18 (oops) landing page for my 2007 book No Fear: Growing up in a risk averse society. Download the whole book as a pdf for free from this page. rethinkingchildhood.com/no-fear/

Appendix: the short thread on @isostandards 4890 'Benefit-risk assessment for sports and recreational facilities, activities and equipment' is here:

https://twitter.com/timrgill/status/1675887540778270721

Appendix 2: @UNCRC General Comment 17, published in 2013. digitallibrary.un.org/record/778539?…

20/18 (oops) International School Grounds Alliance risk declaration. (Thank you @JulesMountain for the nudge).internationalschoolgrounds.org/risk-declarati…

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