New Fact Sheet: New World screwworm

While it’s been decades since the New World screwworm has been in Texas, it’s top of mind for many. Read the updated fact sheet from Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts for key information.

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Safety Perceptions and Practices in Municipal Parks and Open Spaces

Type
Course
Date of Publication
October 18, 2021
Price
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Overview

This course is intended for park and public works professionals, hourly workers, and volunteers.

Once you finish this course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate of Completion shows that you have completed the course, but do not qualify for continuing education credit, or CEU. A separate version of this course will be made available for CEU credit. Once the CEU version of the course is available, a link will be added here.

Course Information

This course aims to motivate you to design, maintain, and program parks and open spaces to enhance user perceptions. After you finish this course, you will be able to:

  • review key concepts related to perceptions and parks and open spaces
  • discuss key components of community approaches to enhancing perceptions of safety
  • brainstorm steps for applying these concepts in your community

Pros in Parks Series

This course is part of the Pros in Parks series. Here are the other courses in the series:

Certification requirements

To earn the Certificate of Completion, you will need to view all of the course material and complete the course feedback survey.

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