Registration is NOW OPEN for Fall Teacher Programs at the Chicago Botanic Garden!
To register and see more detailed information about the programs, please click this link: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/teacherprograms
2010 NATIONAL CONFERENCE: IN OUR NATURE
Oct. 13 – 16 at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Preconference Tours and Workshops: Oct. 13, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Welcome Cocktail Reception: Oct. 13, 5 – 7 p.m.
Begin your Conference experience by joining fellow attendees for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at new Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Science Center. Tour the science center, sip a cocktail, and take a tram ride around the 2.6 perimeter of the Garden. Trams are wheelchair accessible.
Conference Sessions: October 14 – 16, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
To register: visit www.ahta.org
Chicago educators are eligible to register for Saturday only and receive CPDUs.
Grade level: PreK-12
CPDU credit: 1 per hour, CPS Lane credit: 1, Graduate credit: 1
Recent research on psychological development and education has demonstrated the positive influence of exposing individuals of all ages and abilities to the natural world and plant rich environments. The Chicago Botanic Garden and the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) will address the programs and benefits of interaction with nature at the 2010 AHTA Annual Conference / Chicago Botanic Garden 13th Annual School Garden Conference. Specifically, the conference program will focus on how nature, horticulture, and environmental studies are integrated in a variety of contexts to support educational, vocational, social, and therapeutic goals. Individuals with special challenges are recognized as an increasing segment of the general population, particularly as early diagnoses, medical technologies, and “mainstreaming” or “inclusion” programs improve. Welcoming individuals of all abilities, particularly those with special challenges – physical, cognitive, and behavioral – to a plant rich environment poses particular challenges to educators, therapists, and human services workers alike.
