NPSI
And Accessibility
Guidelines for Play Areas Training
The
National Playground Safety Institutes’ (NPSI)
Playground Safety Certification Courses are intended to provide
training for
individuals interested in becoming Certified Playground Safety
Inspectors—giving them authority to examine playgrounds
for compliance with regulations R-39-97. CPRS is offering NPSI
playground safety certification courses and exams in 2008.
Click here for playground safety
course frequently asked questions.
Upcoming Trainings
December 8-10, 2008
Cerritos, California
(Southern California)
Click here to download registration form.
March 2-4, 2009, Santa Clara, California
Registration Opens November 2008
For
courses outside of California visit the National Recreation & Park
Association National Playground Safety Institute course schedule.
Click here.
Why is this course important to attend?
(NPSI) Playground
Safety Certification Courses are intended to provide training
for individuals interested in becoming Certified Playground Safety
Inspectors—giving them authority to examine playgrounds
for compliance with regulations R-39-97.
For
additional information regarding playground safety compliance,
go here and scroll to Playground
Safety.
Accessibility Guidelines in Play Areas Training
This new training workshop is designed to better educate park and recreation professionals, designers, landscape architects, risk managers, operators, restaurant owners and others about the accessibility guidelines for play areas. These guidelines are now required for certain federal play areas covered by the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA), and are awaiting adoption under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as the enforceable standard for newly constructed and altered play areas. To read more about the Federal guidelines, click here: http://www.access-board.gov/play/index.htm .
CPRS
Playground Safety Committee
The
members of this committee have been involved in California Playground
Safety in two ways:
- Assisted
in the development and writing of the CPSRs by sitting on a
task force organized by the CA Department of Health Services,
and/or
- Professionals
working regularly with the CA regulations, helping create a
CA Standard Inspection/Audit Format and Report
Form
To
learn more about the Playground Safety Committee and background
on the California Playground Safety Regulations, click here.
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