Enduring Material

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• Define early sports specialization
• Discuss the position statements for early sports specialization
• Review training approaches for the specialized athlete

• Children’s Health Andrews Institute (BOC AP# P10197) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers. This program is eligible for a maximum of 1 Category A hours/CEUs. Athletic Trainers should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
• The Children's Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) NCPD (ANCC Contact Hours). Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The Children's Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The Children's Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Stay at the forefront of athlete development with the Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Lecture Series: Early Sport Specialization, an on-demand activity designed for athletic trainers navigating a complex and evolving topic. Through an engaging video lecture and accompanying quiz, this course defines early sport specialization and examines current professional position statements that emphasize balanced participation and long-term health. Participants will also review practical, evidence-informed training approaches to support specialized athletes while reducing the risk of overuse injury and burnout. Earn 1 Category A CEU while enhancing your ability to guide athletes, families, and stakeholders toward safe, effective, and developmentally appropriate training strategies.

The Course Director, Troy Smurawa, MD, is an employee of an affiliate of Children's Health and does not have any relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.

The Committee and Planners are employees of Children's Health and do not have any relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.

Alvin Chi, MD has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Ben Gloff, PT, DPT and Jeffrey Baggett, ATC, LAT, ATC have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

• Children’s Health is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
• Children’s Health System of Texas is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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