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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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