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safe psychological space for building competence. These gains can
Professional Liability
be ampliied through the development of social capital that can help

youth create a bridge to education, jobs, and community stakeholders.

Insurance Offered
However, often in the absence of positive relationships, sport can

become an additional risk factor when athletes develop an addiction

to a maladaptive sport identity, are used by their coaches and family, by AASP

or are forced to play within an abusive sport system. Finally, sport can

remain value neutral, in which the larger social-ecological system

diminishes any positive or negative developmental impact of sport.

Moving forward, we are currently working to deconstruct the role AASP is proud to announce that we have

that the development of social capital plays in this process; we are
partnered with Healthcare Providers Service
also seeking to better understand how and when sport becomes a

distraction or escape for disadvantaged youth who are experiencing Organization (HPSO) to offer Professional

ongoing developmental trauma.
Liability Insurance for AASP Certified

Consultants (CC-AASP). To be eligible to apply,

REFERENCES
you must be an AASP member and CC-AASP

Camiré, M., Trudel, P., & Forneris, T. (2009). High school athletes’ perspectives on
certified (Active status) or working toward
support, communication, negotiation and life skill development. Qualitative

Research in Sport and Exercise, 1, 72-88.
becoming AASP certified. Depending on the

Danish, S. J., & Nellen, V. C. (1997). New roles for sport psychologists: Teaching life
multiple variables used to determine risk and
skills through sport to at-risk youth. Quest, 49, 100-113.

thus rate it is hard to provide a pay range
Dubrow, J. K., & Adams, J. (2012). Hoop inequalities: Race, class and family structure
background and the odds of playing in the National Basketball Association.
scale. However, those who choose to submit
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 47, 43-59.

an application and obtain a quote are not

committed to purchasing insurance from HPSO.

Policies are per individual and a quote can be

obtained by emailing a completed application to

Ilya Pitin at Ilya@sequoia.com.

Application forms are available at

www.appliedsportpsych.org/site/assets/

files/14395/aasp_app_jg_rev_ia.pdf.

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