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The Inclusive Playground Planning Workbook: Hands-On Planning Worksheets & Evaluation Tools
Planning an inclusive playground requires more than selecting accessible playground equipment. The Inclusive Playground Planning Workbook is a practical, hands-on resource for creating play environments that support meaningful access, movement, challenge, sensory choice, social connection, caregiver participation, and a genuine sense of belonging.
Inside this 44-page professional workbook, you’ll find 28 planning worksheets and four scored evaluation tools covering community engagement, user personas, accessible routes, ground-level and elevated play, sensory experiences, graduated challenge, social play, quiet spaces, caregiver needs, landscape integration, amenities, operations, and long-term maintenance. Each tool helps project teams identify barriers, compare playground concepts, prioritize improvements, document decisions, and turn inclusive-play goals into specific design actions.
The workbook also includes an inclusion charter, complete playground journey map, movement spectrum, sensory map, challenge ladder, concept scorecard, accessible-route audit, gap register, priority matrix, action plan, and post-opening review. These reusable tools can support stakeholder workshops, design meetings, community engagement, accessibility reviews, and project planning from early vision through opening day.
Created for parks and recreation departments, schools, municipalities, HOAs, churches, childcare centers, landscape architects, playground designers, accessibility advocates, and community planning committees, this workbook provides a structured framework for planning more connected, welcoming, and inclusive commercial playgrounds.
Playbook 07 · Playground Perspectives Field Guide Series
Digital PDF · 44 pages · Instant download
The Inclusive Playground Planning Workbook: Hands-On Planning Worksheets & Evaluation Tools
Planning an inclusive playground requires more than selecting accessible playground equipment. The Inclusive Playground Planning Workbook is a practical, hands-on resource for creating play environments that support meaningful access, movement, challenge, sensory choice, social connection, caregiver participation, and a genuine sense of belonging.
Inside this 44-page professional workbook, you’ll find 28 planning worksheets and four scored evaluation tools covering community engagement, user personas, accessible routes, ground-level and elevated play, sensory experiences, graduated challenge, social play, quiet spaces, caregiver needs, landscape integration, amenities, operations, and long-term maintenance. Each tool helps project teams identify barriers, compare playground concepts, prioritize improvements, document decisions, and turn inclusive-play goals into specific design actions.
The workbook also includes an inclusion charter, complete playground journey map, movement spectrum, sensory map, challenge ladder, concept scorecard, accessible-route audit, gap register, priority matrix, action plan, and post-opening review. These reusable tools can support stakeholder workshops, design meetings, community engagement, accessibility reviews, and project planning from early vision through opening day.
Created for parks and recreation departments, schools, municipalities, HOAs, churches, childcare centers, landscape architects, playground designers, accessibility advocates, and community planning committees, this workbook provides a structured framework for planning more connected, welcoming, and inclusive commercial playgrounds.
Playbook 07 · Playground Perspectives Field Guide Series
Digital PDF · 44 pages · Instant download