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This list identifies and links to some key organizations with interests similar to the American School Health Association that adopt position statements. No list of groups that support all the issues important to ASHA is ever complete and additions and deletions to the list will occur periodically.  

• The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) adopts policy statements on a variety of issues related to the health of children and youth.


• The American Public Health Association (APHA) adopts policy statements on public health issues, including some related to school health education and services.
  
• The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) takes positions on many education issues. A list of its positions related to school health are available.
  
• The Coalition of National Health Education Organizations (CNHEO), of which ASHA is a member, hosts an annual Health Education Advocacy Summit. The fact sheets from the most recent summits are posted.
  
• The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) represents state-level superintendents of education. They adopted a position statement regarding school health in 2004.
  
• The Healthy Schools Network has a position statement on a healthful physical school environment. ASHA has signed on to this statement.
  
• The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) adopts positions related to school nursing.
  
• The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) issues position statements related to students' mental health needs and to psychological testing.
  
• The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) maintains position statements on its web site that address school clinics.
  
• Both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have sites that track education issues currently before Congress. They are not necessarily related to school health issues.
  
• The National School Boards Association (NSBA) also tracks education issues and issues positions on many school health-related issues. The NSBA web site has an excellent search feature that you can use to locate specific school health issues of interest.
  
• The School Nutrition Association (SNA) has positions related to school nutrition and food services.