Play Smart, Stay Safe: Protecting Kids from Extreme Heat at Camp
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Type of Course
Core Competency
Cost
Member: $39
Nonmember: $79
Extreme heat is one of the fastest-growing climate risks facing children, and camps are on the front lines. As temperatures rise, heat illness can become more common during outdoor play, sports, and daily camp activities. The good news: most heat-related injuries are preventable. This session explores how extreme heat affects children and why camps play a critical role in prevention.
Laura Schifter is the founder of The Aspen Institute’s This Is Planet Ed, an initiative dedicated to supporting the education sector, parents, educators, and schools in navigating a changing climate. An educator and former policy advisor, she works at the intersection of research, storytelling, and practice to build climate understanding, action, and agency in a changing climate.
Lindsey Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP, is the chief science officer at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, where she develops and leads the Center’s scientific agenda. She is the founding director of the Center’s Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment, a multidisciplinary group that synthesizes and translates scientific mechanisms related to the many ways that the built and natural environments impact children’s development and lifelong health.
Bernadette Woods Placky is Climate Central’s VP for engagement, chief meteorologist, and directs the Climate Matters program where she helps the public understand the importance of climate change science, impacts, and solutions.
Participants will learn how to move beyond reactive responses toward creating a shared culture of heat safety: a culture that helps staff and campers recognize early warning signs, speak up, and make safe choices without sacrificing fun. This recorded webinar will offer practical, camp-ready strategies to embed heat safety into routines, communication, and leadership, helping keep kids safe during hot conditions and building awareness they can share with their broader communities.
Earn 1 CEC for this asynchronous course. More information on CECs can be found here.
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