Department of Kinesiology, Resources, Professional Organizations

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Professional Organizations

General Links

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance - http://www.aahperd.org/

American College of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org/

American Educational Research Association - http://www.aera.net/

American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education - http://www.aakpe.org/

National Collegiate Athletics Association - http://www.ncaa.org/

American Occupational Therapy Association www.aota.org

American Physical Therapy Association www.apta.org

California Association of Health, P.E., Rec. & Dance http://www.cahperd.org/index.html

American Psychological Association - http://www.apa.org/

American Psychological Society - http://www.psychologicalscience.org/

Motor Behavior and Biomechanics

American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/

American Geriatric Society http://www.americangeriatrics.org/

American Occupational Therapy Association http://www.aota.org/

American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org/

American Society of Biomechanics http://www.asbweb.org/

Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation http://www.achper.org.au/

Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology http://www.scapps.org/

Centers for Disease control http://www.cdc.gov/

International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development http://www.issbd.org/

International Society on Infant Studies http://www.isisweb.org/

National Association for Sport and Physical Education http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm

Society for Neuroscience http://web.sfn.org/

Society for Research in Child Development http://www.srcd.org/

The Gerontological Society of America http://www.geron.org/

American Society of Biomechanics: www.asbweb.org

International Society of Biomechanics: www.isbweb.org

International Society of Posture and Gait Research www.ispgr.org

International Society of Biomechanics in Sports www.twu.edu/biom/isbs/

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Association for Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) - www.aaasponline.org

APA Division 47 - http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47/

International Olympic Committee - http://www.olympic.org/flat/index.html

International Society of Sport Psychology - http://www.issponline.org/

North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity - http://www.naspspa.org

Exercise Physiology

Southwest Chapter of ACSM (SWACSM): http://www.swacsm.org/

National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA): http://www.nsca-lift.org/

Fitness Personnel and Enthusiasts www.ideafit.com

National Athletic Training Association www.nata.org/

Physical Education and Adapted PE

American Dance Therapy Association: www.adta.org

American Occupational Therapy Association: www.aota.org

American Physical Therapy Association: www.apta.org

American Therapeutic Recreation Association: www.atra.org

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: www.asha.org

Socio-Cultural Studies

NASSS (North American Society for the Sociology of Sport): http://www.nasss.org/

International Committee for the Sociology of Sport: http://www.issa.otago.ac.nz

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