The Nature Champion Course aims to build capacity among health care providers, clinicians, and mental health professionals to be leaders in prescribing nature​ and connecting children and families with nature for health benefits​.

The objectives of this course include:

• Build capacity among health care providers, clinicians, and mental health professionals to be leaders in prescribing nature​
• Establish knowledge competency surrounding the effects of nature, or lack thereof, on children​
• Engage individuals and families in accessing parks or nature sites within economically, racially/ethnically, and culturally diverse communities​
• Identify opportunities to leverage partnerships with local federal, state, and local park agencies and others providing active nature programming

This is a self-paced course that is broken into modules.  The modules of this course are comprised of slide decks that enable self-paced learning with quiz short quizzes after each module and final case studies for thought and discussion:

• Module 01-Burden of Nature Deficiency in Childhood
• Module 02-Health Benefits of Nature and Outdoor Activity-Physical
• Module 03-Health Benefits of Nature and Outdoor Activity-Mental
• Module 04-Building Partnerships by ​Prescribing Nature​
• Module 05-Cases and Discussion

This is a free course, only registration is required.