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September 1, 2026 by Beth Sitzler

NATA EducATe: New Courses in August

As your source of lifelong learning, NATA EducATe provides users with an extensive educational library, customizable experience, ability to interact with peers and more.

New courses are constantly being added to the platform to ensure you have the knowledge needed to stay up to date in your practice and earn CEUs.

Don’t forget: The NATA EducATe Enhanced Access Catalog is free with your NATA membership.

October 12, 2018 by NATA Staff

From the SLC: For Students; By Students

Welcome to the first-ever “For Students; By Students” blog post, a way for you to keep up with the world of athletic training. Here’s what’s going on:

October 8, 2018 by NATA Staff

2018 Salary Survey Launching Soon

NATA is conducting its biennial Salary Survey this October and needs your help to ensure the athletic training profession is properly represented.

October 8, 2018 by NATA Staff

Advocate by Sharing

This week At Your Own Risk, NATA’s public awareness campaign, will co-host two Facebook Live events aimed at educating the public on two important sports-related health issues: concussions and athlete mental health, and the ATs role in each. Designed to educate the public, these events provide easy ways for the AT to engage with their community and raise awareness on these important topics.

October 5, 2018 by NATA Staff

Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act Signed into Law

After several years of collaborative work with members of Congress, the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act (H.R 302/S. 808) was signed into law by President Trump Oct. 5, a monumental event for NATA and the athletic training profession.

October 5, 2018 by NATA Staff

From the SLC: ATs Care's Future

Hello students and welcome to the SLC’s To The Students, an open letter from ATs Care Part 2! ATs Care is a program designed to offer crisis management training opportunities for athletic trainers with the effects after a critical incident. This is a peer-to-peer system to assist ATs and AT students when dealing with a difficult event.

October 3, 2018 by NATA Staff

Senate Passes Licensure Clarity Act

UPDATE: The Senate passed the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act Oct. 3. The bill will now go to the President for signature.

October 3, 2018 by NATA Staff

From the SLC: ATs Care's Beginnings

Hello Students and welcome to the SLC’s To The Students, an open letter from ATs Care! ATs Care is a program designed to offer crisis management training opportunities for athletic trainers with the effects after a critical incident. This is a peer-to-peer system to assist ATs and AT students when dealing with a difficult event.

October 3, 2018 by NATA Staff

AT’s Suicide Prevention Video Becomes Social Media Sensation

By Kim Diggs

Every day, Cari Wood, ATC, athletic trainer for Redmond High School, in Redmond, Oregon, and former NATA District Ten director, wades through hallways brimming with chatting students and smiling faces.

September 27, 2018 by NATA Staff

AT Recounts Experience with Special Olympics

By Kim Diggs

After years of service as an athletic trainer – treating countless injuries, providing emotional support and guidance to hundreds of athletes – Larry Cooper, MS, LIAT, ATC, former chair of the NATA Secondary School Athletic Trainers’ Committee, is now retired.

But, he’s not ready to wrap up the gauze just yet.

September 24, 2018 by NATA Staff

Bullying, Hazing Handout Available

Athletes at both the secondary or collegiate level have been affected by bullying and hazing. Bullying is defined at any unwanted aggressive behavior that involves an observed or perceived imbalance of power and is repeated multiple times. Hazing, a form of bullying, is defined as any potentially humiliating or dangerous activity expected of someone to belong to a group, regardless of his or her willingness to participate.