U.S. Organizations Opposed to School Corporal Punishment National Organizations That Oppose Corporal Punishment In Schools American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy of Family Physicians American Academy of Pediatrics American Counseling Association American of School Administrators American Bar Association American Civil Liberties Union American Humane Association American Humanist Association American Medical Association American Orthopsychiatric Association American Psychiatric Association American Psychological Association American Public Health Association American School Counselor Association Association for Childhood Education International Association of Junior Leagues Council for Exceptional Children Defense for Children International Friends Committee on Legislation International Society for the Study of Trauma and Disassociation National Association for State Departments of Education National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Education of Young Children National Association of Elementary School Principals National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners National Association of School Nurses National Association of School Psychologists National Association of Secondary School Principals National Association of Social Workers National Association for State Boards of Education National Council of Teachers of English National Education Association National Foster Parents Association National Indian Education Association National Mental Health Association National Organization for Women National Parent Teachers Association National Women's Political Caucus Prevent Child Abuse America Society for Adolescent Medicine Unitarian Universalist General Assembly United Methodist Church General Assembly U.S. Department of Defense: Office of Dependents Schools Overseas Attachment Parenting International News organizations that have published editorials condemning corporal punishment in schools: Akron Beacon Journal Atlanta Journal-Constitution Celina Daily Standard Charleston Gazette Chillicothe Gazette Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Post Cleveland Plain Dealer Dallas Morning News Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Hartford Courant Houston Post Huntsville Times Indianapolis Star Inverness Chronicle Jackson Times Marietta Journal Middletown Journal Minneapolis Star Tribune Nashville Tennessean Newark Advocate Pittsburg Post-Gazette San Antonio Light St. Croix Valley Press St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch Stuart News Tulsa World USA Today Washington Post Wheeling Intelligencer A Scholarly Position Paper from the Society for Adolescent Medicine in the Journal of Adolescent Health 2003:32:385-3 Updated: August 2008