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About
The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) is the largest organization of professionals supporting and assisting those involved in physical education, leisure, fitness, dance, health promotion, and education and all specialties related to achieving a healthy lifestyle.
AAHPERD is an alliance of five national associations and six district associations and is designed to provide members with a comprehensive and coordinated array of resources, support, and programs to help practitioners improve their skills and so further the health and well-being of the American public.
The organization dates to November 27, 1885, when William Gilbert Anderson,
two years out of medical school and an instructor of physical training at Adelphi
Academy in Brooklyn, invited a group of people who were working in the gymnastic
field to come together to discuss their profession. Today AAHPERD serves 25,000
members and has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia, 25 miles west of Washington
DC. Members who are visiting in the area are welcome to visit the headquarters.
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"In AAHPERD, I don't feel like a member with a number. Rather I am treated as a worthy colleague whose opinion matters. I am a member of the Alliance and all it stands for."
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AAHPERD National Associations
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The American Association for Health Education
(AAHE) serves health educators and other professionals who promote
the health of all people. AAHE encourages, supports, and assists health
professionals concerned with health promotion through education and
other systematic strategies. |
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The National Dance Association (NDA) seeks to
increase knowledge, improve skills, and encourage sound professional
practices in dance education through high quality dance programs.
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The American Association
for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR) seeks to increase public awareness, support and understanding
of lifelong physical activity and recreation, through continuing
education for professionals who serve diverse audiences of all
ages. AAPAR supports a broad spectrum of community-based programs,
issues, and populations including services in aquatics, adapted
physical activity, outdoor recreation, lifelong recreational sport,
facility design and management, fitness for older adults, leadership,
family fitness, wellness, professional recreation, safety and
risk management— and more!
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The mission of National Association for Sport and Physical
Education (NASPE) is to enhance knowledge,
improve professional practice, and increase support for high quality
physical education, sport, and physical activity programs through
research, development of standards, and dissemination of information. |
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The Research Consortium provides services
and publications which assist the HPERD researcher and promote the
exchange of ideas and scientific knowledge within the HPERD disciplines.
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