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NATURE DEFIC
IT D
ISORDER:
RESEARCH , TRENDS, A
ND
HOPEFUL SIG
NS
MARCELLA W
ELLS, P
H.D.
WELL
S RESOURCES, I
NC.
FORT
COLL
INS, C
OLORADO
JULY
9, 2
012
KIDS AND NATURE ...A SHORT HISTORY
2005: Richard Louv publishes, Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2006: Richard Louv speaks in Fort Collins; Children and Nature Connect – Northern Colorado formed.
2009: Colorado State SCORP acknowledges Kids and Nature2007:
National Children and Nature Network established.
2010: President’s America’s Great Outdoors acknowledges Kids and Nature
2008: Colorado Kids Outdoors (Denver) formed
2008: NPS, USFS, other federal and state agencies acknowledge Kids and Nature
2010: GoCo Strategic Plan
2009: California develops the first Children’s Bill of Rights
2009-10: Colorado Lt. Gov completes statewide listening session; proposed Colorado Children’s Bill of Rights
2009: First Colorado Kids Outdoors Day held in Denver
2005-2007: Google hits on “nature deficit disorder” go from 0 to 1 million
CHILDREN AND NATURE CONNECTION NORTHERN COLORADO
We envision a community that collaborates enthusiastically to promote meaningful relationships between children and nature.
1. Build Awareness2. Build Capacity3. Reduce Barriers
QUICK SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND PROGRESS
• Indicators of Nature Deficit Disorder
• Benefits of Nature
• Some Emerging Ideas
• The Nature of Play
• Needed Evidence (Outcomes and Impact)
How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Four GenerationsBy David Derbyshire June 15, 2007
Indicators of NDD
•Playscapes
•Safety
•Time outside
•Technology
•Physical activity and health
•Obesity
•Freedom and autonomy
•Low eco-literacy
WHAT THE RESEARCH INDICATES
WHAT THE RESEARCH INDICATES
Benefits of Nature and Play
•Physical and mental health
•Growth and Development
•Student achievement
•Lower violence and aggression
•Cooperation and collaboration
•Greater Sense of Place
•Mentorship
EMERGING IDEAS
Health Programs • Rx Play• Let’s Move
Plethora of Other Programs
Toolkits • World Forum Foundation Toolkits• Colorado Communities Toolkit
Regional Planning• Plug into Nature• Experience Landscapes
EXPERIENCE LANDSCAPE
NATURE OF PLAY
Patterns of Play
•Attunement Play
•Body Play and Movement
•Object Play
•Social Play
•Imaginative and Pretend Play
•Storytelling-Narrative Play
•Transformative-Integrative and Creative Play
(Stuart Brown)
NEEDED EVIDENCEWells, Butler, & Koke, 2012
Helpful Resources:
Children and Nature Network (www.chidrenandnature.org)
National Institute for Play (www.nifplay.org)
Parents’ Guide to Nature Play (www.greenheart.org)
Exercise is Medicine (www.exerciseismedicine.org)
Let’s Move (www.letsmove.gov/outside)
Nature Rocks (www.naturerocks.org)Remember… we don’t want to be
the last generation for whom playing outside was
normal.