The coach-athlete dyad: The impact of an educational intervention on athlete’s perceptions and psychosocial variables
Presentation
Overview
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Description
Fundamental changes to the provision of sport, exercise, and performance psychology (SEPP) services have taken place across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these changes represent temporary adaptations protecting the safety and well-being of clients, undergraduate and graduate students, and SEPP professionals. However, it is plausible that some adaptations will remain and become a standard part of SEPP service delivery post-pandemic given the novel manner in which professionals are now able to conduct their work with an increased convenience to clients, students/mentees, and practitioners. With this in mind, a number of both legal and ethical issues related to distance consulting, distance mentorship/supervision, and the teaching and training of undergraduate and graduate students within SEPP have surfaced concomitant with the shift to virtual, hybrid, or in-person professional work. Thus, this symposium will identify the novel ethical and legal issues associated with distance consulting and mentorship/supervision, and the sudden shift from in-person courses to hybrid and online teaching and training resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters include leadership from AASP who are experienced professionals working extensively within (a) consulting, (b) mentorship/supervision, (3) graduate training capacities, and/or (4) University administrators overseeing these challenges among consultants and graduate students/programs. Presenters working within each of these professional capacities will provide an evaluation of those accommodations and their associated ethical and legal issues which are likely to transform the provision of SEPP services for the foreseeable future. Finally, a discussant will provide summary commentary on these challenges and the future of ethical and legal SEPP work, and offer recommendations and practical solutions regarding the evaluation, management, and decision-making process when navigating these ethical and legal issues.
