Nature Deficit Disorder: Research, Trends and Hopeful Signs
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Four GenerationsBy David Derbyshire June 15, 2007
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Indicators of NDD
•Playscapes
•Safety
•Time outside
•Technology
•Physical activity and health
•Obesity
•Freedom and autonomy
•Low eco-literacy
WHAT THE RESEARCH INDICATES
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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
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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
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EXPERIENCE LANDSCAPE
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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)
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NEEDED EVIDENCEWells, Butler, & Koke, 2012
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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.