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With cancellations of public pool openings and reduced swim lesson capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic, many families missed opportunities to educate their families about water safety. Whether swimming in a backyard pool, lake, pond, or river, every resident should know the essentials of water safety in an effort to reduce drownings. To help raise awareness about water safety in our communities, CRPA has developed a Water Safety Social Media Toolkit with graphics, statistics, and suggested social media messages.
Interested in hyping up your hiking trails! Join us at the Spring Quarterly to learn how you can get your town involved in CT Trails Day! Learn about registering and hosting your own event on Trails Day, about developing a volunteer base, and about employing innovative trail engagement strategies, and an introduction to management and maintenance of trail systems including trail sustainability and climate resilient strategies. Finally, we will end the day with Murtha Cullina's Kari Olsen where she will teach us how customer service is essential in managing your response to 1st amendment audit videos.
Epi Pen training will teach you to recognize signs and symptoms of severe allergic reaction and understand appropriate handling, use, and disposal of an epinephrine auto-injector. Municipalities are authorized by the State to have staff certified in Epi-Pen administration without taking the full medication course. This certification is good for 1 year. The CT Department of Public Health mandates that all youth camps administering medications to campers comply with the requirements set forth in CT statute and regulations. Learn what this means for your camp and become certified to dispense medication at your camp site. This certification is good for 3 years.
The CPSI program offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date training on playground safety as well as provides certification for playground safety inspectors.
Many of our members are reporting an increased frequency of suicide crises and mental health issues among the youth enrolled in their programs. The isolation resulting from the pandemic paired with the anxiety and depression that come from places like social media and cyberbullying has had a huge impact on adolescents. CPRA feels it is critical to offer this training for parks and recreation professionals as well as directors and senior staff of camps and before and afterschool programs Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR): the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. QPR is an emergency mental health intervention for suicidal persons aimed at identifying and interrupting the crisis and directing that person to the proper care. Just as people are trained in CPR to help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Both are part of a "Chain of Survival" and both are part of systems designed to increase the chance of survival in the event of an emergency. This certification is valid for 3 years.
This annual conference brings together over 300 parks and recreation professionals from across Connecticut and the surrounding states. Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your product or service and promote your brand to the largest gathering of industry professionals in New England. If you provide products, services, or benefit programs to parks & recreation departments, agencies, or other groups you can't afford to miss this show!
Camp College offers a unique and convenient training opportunity for your seasonal camp staff and camp directors. This year we are offering 13 educational sessions on topics such as programming, team building, behavior management, inclusive recreation, and more! Plus, the day will start and end with some awesome team building challenges. Use this to supplement your seasonal staff training or in lieu of it.
Many of our members are reporting an increased frequency of suicide crises and mental health issues among the youth enrolled in their programs. The isolation resulting from the pandemic paired with the anxiety and depression that come from places like social media and cyberbullying has had a huge impact on adolescents. CPRA feels it is critical to offer this training for parks and recreation professionals as well as directors and senior staff of camps and before and afterschool programs Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR): the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. QPR is an emergency mental health intervention for suicidal persons aimed at identifying and interrupting the crisis and directing that person to the proper care. Just as people are trained in CPR to help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Both are part of a "Chain of Survival" and both are part of systems designed to increase the chance of survival in the event of an emergency.
Join us for a day of networking, equipment demonstrations, and product testing with the leading providers of products and services for the parks profession!
CRPA offers our members discounted tickets to Lake Compounce, the Connecticut Science Center, Adventure Park & more! Book your summer camp, vacation camps, and afterschool programing field trips through CRPA's bulk discount program or order tickets through CRPA to sell to your residents at a discounted rate!
Epi Pen training will teach you to recognize signs and symptoms of severe allergic reaction and understand appropriate handling, use, and disposal of an epinephrine auto-injector. Municipalities are authorized by the State to have staff certified in Epi-Pen administration without taking the full medication course. This certification is good for 1 year. The CT Department of Public Health mandates that all youth camps administering medications to campers comply with the requirements set forth in CT statute and regulations. Learn what this means for your camp and become certified to dispense medication at your camp site. This certification is good for 3 years.