ASSOC FOR EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION
2315 18th Street South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33712 www.aee.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To elevate and expand the global capacity of experiential education by building an inclusive and accessible community for experiential education professionals.

Conferences - The organization conducts conferences and seminars throughout North America, and has co-sponsored conferences in other countries. The purpose of these conferences and seminars is to promote experiential education and to provide opportunities for teachers, educators, therapists, administrators and professional practitioners from a broad spectrum to continually update and improve professional practice sills, learning new techniques and explore research.

Accreditation In 1994 AEE developed the most comprehensive standards for common practices in the industry, becoming the nations first recognized accreditation process focusing on experiential adventure programming. Since then, the AEE Accreditation Programs standards-based evaluation process by objective, independent reviewers have become the industry-accepted level of professional evaluation for experiential, outdoor and adventure and outdoor behavioral healthcare programs. Attaining accredited status through the AEE Accreditation Program is solid evidence of an organizations commitment to quality and safety, belief in professional standards, and allocation of resources toward continued excellence and improvement. Programs that achieve AEE Accredited status can be confident that they meet or exceed recognized industry standards.

Membership AEE is a professional membership organization. Our members influence and inspire over one million individuals each year, with our accredited programs working with over 300,000 people annually. AEE members represent a broad spectrum of professional fields that utilize experiential education methodologies and practices: outdoor, classroom, human service, organizational training, therapeutic and adventure settings. We recognize and champion the fact that experiential education can take place in many different settings and contexts, and work hard to create a community of inclusion, open dialogue and access to facilitate the connection between individuals from all areas of professional focus, perspective and background. While use of the outdoors is not a requirement for experiential education, challenge is often achieved through activities in the outdoors. Accordingly, we recognize the value of nature and the outdoors. Becoming a member of AEE allows you to participate in a supportive community dedicated to promoting, defining, developing and applying the theories and practices of experiential education.

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