Brain 101 Concussion Playbook: new interactive tool
Brain 101: The Concussion Playbook is an expanded package of web-based programs designed to train coaches, athletics staff, teachers, school administrators, young athletes and their parents about proper concussion recognition, response, and management.
“It requires a school-wide effort with full community support to change the culture around concussion management,” says Ann Glang, Ph.D. principal investigator at ORCAS and SportsConcussions.org Advisory Board member.
A unique quality of the training is its use of entertaining animations to deliver the message to teen athletes. All content was developed by leaders in the fields of sports concussion, with input from athletic trainers, coaches, parents, and student athletes.
Every day, high school athletes sustain concussions during practice and games: A cheerleader falls doing a stunt, a soccer player collides with an opponent, a basketball player takes an elbow to the head as she grabs a rebound. Concussions in athletics are a reality and are difficult to avoid. Effective concussion management, then, is essential for keeping young athletes safe and healthy.
Effective concussion management requires more than just effective coach's training. To protect athletes from further injury and to support their safe return to activity also includes making decisions about how to manage the effects of concussion at home and in the classroom. “Although coaches now have a variety of options for learning about concussion, young athletes, teachers, school administrators and parents have fewer resources designed to answer their specific questions,” says Dr. Ann Glang. “Our goal with Brain 101 was to provide clear, practical information for each of these groups.”
Brain 101 is a new resource developed with funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development by researchers at ORCAS.
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