This web site provides resources and model best practices for student-athletes who become pregnant and/or are parents and the institutions where they study and compete.

Resources

• Complete NCAA Pregnancy and Parenting Handbook for Student-Athletes
  •  Please note a correction on page 60 of the hardcopy version the third bullet should read:  Our athletics department will allow a pregnant student-athlete to continue to participate in a limited manner on the team, including all team-related activities, unless the student-athlete’s physician or other medical caregiver certifies that partial participation is not medically safe.
  • Why Develop Policy?
  • Review of Federal Law and NCAA Rules Impacting Treatment of Pregnant and Parenting Student-Athletes

  
  Policy Models and Best Practices

  • Model Athletics Department Administrative Policy

    Resources

    • Athletic Trainer Best Practices Please note a correction on page 60 of the hardcopy version the third bullet should read:  Our athletics department will allow a pregnant student-athlete to continue to participate in a limited manner on the team, including all team-related activities, unless the student-athlete’s physician or other medical caregiver certifies that partial participation is not medically safe.
    • Cases studies: Competing Safely; Coming Back to Competition after Pregnancy; and Balancing Parenting and College
    • Additional Resources list

    Policy Models and Best Practices

    • Model Student-Athlete Handbook Statement
    • Decision-making Chart

    Medical Resources

    • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    News and Articles

    • Pregnant Malaysian shooter eyes Olympic gold
    • Dear Colleague Letter from Stephanie Monroe, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education, June 25, 2007, available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20070625.html

    NCAA Articles:

    • Fall 2008 Champion Magazine- Profile: Anna Mapes, Back on the Court
    • 9/30/2008 Cedar Crest’s ‘Super Mom’ returns – 15 years later
    • 07/30/2007 CWA takes educational approach to pregnancy issue