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Playground Supervision Guide

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Playground Supervision Guide

Adequate playground supervision is essential to promote playground safety and fun. This guide will help you explore the value of play, gain an understanding of the play environment, identify potentially hazardous conditions, develop an understanding of acceptable play behaviors, define recommended supervision practices, and prepare your organization to improve its playground supervisory program. Group activities allow schools and agencies to create customized site inspections, develop playground rules, identify sight line considerations and support positive behavior to achieve immediate improvements to your supervision plan.

The Science

Adequate playground supervision is essential to promote playground safety and fun. This guide will help readers explore the value of play, gain an understanding of the play environment, identify potentially hazardous conditions, develop an understanding of acceptable play behaviors, define recommended supervision practices, and prepare an organization to improve its playground supervisory program. 

Why Request the Playground Supervision Guide

Group activities within the guide help schools and agencies create customized site inspections, develop playground rules, identify sight line considerations and support positive behavior to achieve immediate improvements in a playground supervision plan to help ensure a safer, enriching play environment where children can grow, learn, and enjoy their time outdoors.

Contributing Partners

PlayCore is pleased to have partnered with Teresa B. Hendy, CPSI, President of the Hendy Institute on the development of this program. Hendy served as a playground advisor and safety expert for over 30 years, as vice-chair of the F15.29 Subcommittee responsible for the development of the ASTM F1487 Standard for public playground equipment, and has been honored by ASTM for her commitment to playground safety. She also authored several training programs relating to the development of a comprehensive system of hazard identification, site analysis, maintenance and risk reduction. 

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