HEADS UP to Schools: Online Concussion Training

Overview

After finishing this training, learners will be able to:

• Explain how a concussion may affect a student's learning, emotions, and behavior.
• Monitor a student's school performance during recovery from a concussion and be able to adjust accommodations as needed.
• Understand the benefits of matching accommodations to a student's individual symptoms and needs.
• Identify how to improve communication about a student's recovery with parents and healthcare providers.

Tools for teachers, counselors, and school professionals

• Concussion Fact Sheet for Teachers, Counselors, and School Professionals
• Hoja informativa para maestros, consejeros y personal escolar profesional
• Helping Students Recover from Concussion: Classroom Tips for Teachers
• Returning to School After a Concussion: A Fact Sheet for School Professionals
• Concussion Recognition and Response for those with Intellectual Disabilities
• Talking to parents and students about concussions
• Conversación sobre conmociones cerebrales con padres y estudiantes

Tools for parents

• Fact Sheet – Parents
• Hoja informativa para los padres
• للوالدين صحيفة الوقائع

Tools for nurses

• Fact Sheet – School Nurses
• Hoja informativa para enfermeras escolares
• Concussion Signs and Symptoms Checklist
• Lista de verificación de signos y síntomas de una conmoción cerebral
• Concussion Signs & Symptoms card (7.25 x 5.5 in.)
• Signos y síntomasde una conmoción cerebral (7.25 x 5.5 in.)