FOR PARENTS

From the beginning, the goal of our program has been to enhance the health and safety of Maine high school athletes. One of the ways we’ve accomplished our goal – besides the important baseline and post-concussion testing that we do – is through education.

When it comes to concussion recognition and management, there is nobody more important than the parent. In this section of our web site, look for news of the latest research and tangible advances in the understanding of concussion – a preventable injury that strikes ten-percent of the athletes playing contact sports.

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We want to hear from you and learn how we can make this site more useful. Please send us an email with your thoughts, questions and ideas.

Your can reach MCMI’s director by email: concussionmanagement@gmail.com.

We have a lot of information on concussion for you. Let’s start with two videos

“Concussion 101” by Dr. Mike Evans

Concussion 101

Here is a link to the Sports Concussion Library which features useful learning and videos. Sports Concussion Library

The Sport Concussion Library is a legacy project of the Hockey Neurotrauma and Concussion Initiative. The library is a free, regularly updated, public- and researcher-accessible site that contains published peer reviewed information on the important topic of concussion in sport.

CDC: Signs and symptoms of concussion?

CDC: Keep Your Child Safe

CDC: What’s a Baseline Test?

NFL Concussion Prevention Guide

CDC: Heads-Up Tool Kit

CDC: Heads-Up Tool Kit

CDC: Heads Up Training Kit

CDC: Video – a Mother’s Story

CDC: Concussion Signs & Symptoms

Maine DOE: Expectations

Brain Injury Association of America

Here is a blog by Paige Decker, who played hockey during her time at Yale University. “I want people to know they’re not alone in what they’re going through and that there’s help out there,” Decker said. “The hardest part for me was not knowing how to get healthy.”

Paige Decker’s concussion blog

Thanks to MCMI Board of Directors member Nancy Dube, RN MPH (School Nurse Consultant at the Maine Department of Education) we have put together a set of links that will help you learn more about concussion and a few of our own. Let us know if you find something worth sharing here.

FOR PARENTS

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