Water safety expert Shawn DeRosa, J.D. is the author of various articles which focus on risk management concerns as applied to the field of parks and recreation, including aquatics.    

• A Timing Issue   (Point / Counterpoint)
  •  Published by: Aquatics International, September 2007
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• A Common Market   (Interview)
  • Five leaders from diverse industry sectors to discuss the future of aquatics. Published by: Aquatics International, July/Aug 2003
   
• Communicable Diseases in the Recreation Community: How do you include HIV+ participants in public sports?
  • Published by: Parks and Recreation magazine, January 2003, pp. 64-66.
     
• Saving Your Skin (Benton, DeRosa)
  • Published by: Aquatics International, July/Aug 2002
    
    
• The Stink Over Ink: The Intersection of Tattoos, Free Speech and Employer Mandates  (Benton, DeRosa)
  • Published by: Parks and Recreation magazine, August 2002, pp. 58-61. (PDF Format)
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• The Tide is Shifting
  • Published by: Aquatics International, April 2002
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• Do Water Wings Fly?
  • Published by: Aquatics International, October 2001
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 Other publications not available online include:

• DeRosa, Shawn P. “Leaving A Paper Trail,” Aquatics International, June 2001.
• DeRosa, Shawn P. “Safer Beaches Are Better Beaches” Aquatics International, March 2000.

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Thank you to Aquatics International  magazine, a Hanley-Wood publication, and Parks & Recreation magazine (National Recreation and Park Association) for granting permission to reprint articles on this site for educational purposes.