NATA Beat: Fall 2025 Advocacy Updates
Every day, NATA and the NATA Government Affairs Department are working on behalf of the athletic training profession. With staff members experienced in all aspects of the legislative process, the NATA Government Affairs Department is the sole department focused on advocacy for the profession. NATA’s goal is to ensure that all ATs can work to the fullest extent of their education and skill set.
Official Statement from the AT Strategic Alliance about the Level of the Professional Degree
Over the past two and a half years the AT Strategic Alliance (BOC, CAATE, NATA and NATA Foundation), under the lead of NATA and CAATE, have been actively engaged in a critical examination of what the appropriate professional degree level should be to best prepare athletic trainers for an integral role in the evolving health care system.
Parents and the New Concussion Paradigm
Parents are more educated, more concerned and more aware of the dangers of concussions than ever before. How we communicate with parents or guardians of our concussed athletes has entered a new paradigm. This new model of communication requires documentation and more importantly, understanding. How we ensure parents understand what has happened to their child’s brain is the ultimate goal of the athletic trainer and physician.
ATs in the News
Recently, we have come across several stories that have highlighted the lives and accomplishments of ATs. Since you might not have seen them already, we wanted to collect them here so you might have a chance to read them too. We often post articles we come across on our Twitter feed, in addition to important news and updates from NATA. So if you want to see articles like these that focus on individual ATs or that pertain to the profession as a whole, give us a follow at www.twitter.com/nata1950.
Hall of Fame Advice for AT Students
When we were interviewing our newest Hall of Fame inductees for the May NATA News, we asked them to share advice for young ATs who are just getting started in this profession. Why not learn from the best of the best, right? Read on to see what these examplary athletic trainers wanted to pass on to future ATs.
Strength a Factor in Elbow Health of Overhead Athletes
Pre-Conference Career Workshop Sessions
The day’s sessions include:
Safe Sports School Award Honorees January to March
The Safe Sports School Award recognizes secondary schools that take the crucial steps to keep their athletes free from injuries. The recipient list continued to grow in the first quarter of 2015 with 61additional schools honored. The schools represented nine districts and spanned the country from the Southeast to the Pacific Northwest. You can see the full list below.
Introducing the 2015 Johnson & Johnson Keynote Speaker
Call for Diagnostic Testing Experts for Workshop Presentation
ATs Educate Military Parents About Risks of TBI in Adolescent Athlete
As athletic trainers, we know our worth, the tools available to us and how to use them, as well as the unique skill set we possess. Due to our exposure to sustained concussions, we are also now well versed in their management and care. However, not all know the role we play and skills we can provide to offer better care and management of this sustained traumatic brain injury.