Adventure Basics
| Skill Level: All Skill Levels | |
| Tuition: $520 | Course Length: 5 days (45 hrs) |
| Food: $210 | Graduate Credit: 3 (additional fee) |
| Lodging: $210 (Single: 365) | CEU: Available (additional fee) |
Course Description:
Our five-day Adventure Basics training is your gateway to adventure education and challenge course programming skills.
Participants will learn both the basic technical skills of operating a challenge course as well as the facilitation skills essential to sequencing a program to maximize outcomes with participants.
Adventure Basics provides an important first step for both understanding the flow and interplay of a group experience and for learning the skills to run an effective challenge course program.
What you'll learn:
- Essential challenge course skills for the operation of low and high challenge course elements including spotting, spotting skills training, equipment use, knot tying, belay skills and risk management techniques
- Knowledge of a wide variety of icebreakers, warm-ups, cooperative games, and problem solving exercises
- Creating a positive environment for learning, positive group norms and reflection/processing techniques
- Curriculum Development ideas: selecting and sequencing activities for optimal outcomes with groups
