Secondary School

Introduced in the April NATA News , this NATA Now article series provides insight into the different athletic training settings as well as information athletic training students and interested ATs need to know. The series also provides tips from...

This year, the National Athletic Training Month theme, “From Head to Toe,” highlights the whole-body, whole-person care ATs provide their patients. Throughout March, NATA Now is highlighting members from across the settings. These eight ATs, also...

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15, the NATA Now blog is highlighting some of our athletic training leaders at the state, district and national levels . Sports and medicine are two loves that David Maldonado, MS, LAT, ATC...

Back-to-school season is right around the corner! As students approach their studies and sports return, athletic trainers also need to get equipped to serve their athletes’ health care needs. Whether in the secondary school environment or the...

Throughout the history of athletic training, the college/university, higher education, professional sports, secondary school and various emerging settings have become home to athletic trainers wanting to care for all active populations. The impact...

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan , each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA...

The next NATA Timely Topics Series event, “The AT and Management of Long COVID,” at 1 p.m. CDT Sept. 2, is an opportunity to ask the right questions, said former NATA Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine Chair and Current National Collegiate...

By Daniel J. Evans, MEd, ATC, and Douglas Mann, DPE, ATC Athletic trainers today are required to be prepared for a wide range of emergencies that may occur during their coverage of athletic events. Recent events nationwide have increased the need to...

In 2019, the NATA Secondary School Athletic Trainers’ Committee released the Wellness Screening Guidelines for the Secondary School Athletic Trainer resource to help assist ATs in creating screening surveys that tracked student athlete mental health...

In honor of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month , the NATA Now blog will highlight some of our Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders at the state, district and national levels throughout May. As president of the Hawaii Athletic Trainers’...