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Return to School

• Best Staff RTLearn: CMT’s BrainSTEPS

• Best Return to School Plan from ORCAS and OCAMP

• The Headbangers’ Ball – a concussion ed dance

Sports Concussions

• 10 Questions to Ask Your Youth Sports Org

• Sports Officials: Your Best Friend

• Is the “Onus” Really on the Schools?

• Misleading Quote of 2013 Award: “Sports are 2nd leading cause of TBI”

Multiple Concussions?

• Overlapping Concussion Syndrome by Dr. Wang

More Blog Posts...

• NFL Grants $30 Million in Funds to FNIH

• Army-NFL’s Joint Health/Wellness Initiative

• Overlapping Concussion Syndrome by Dr. Wang

• Got Brains? Donate them, Leave a legacy.

• Did Roger Goodell “snooker & bamboozle” me?

• Ur kid play football? B part of a safer game!

• Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports

• Why Roger Goodell invited me to The NFL

• About Carmen A. Roda – “The Westport Way”

• “Westport Way” Concussion Case Study

• Off to the NFL Youth Health & Safety Luncheon!

• The Fencing Response

• Sports Dr: ‘Would I let my son play football?’

• July’s Sports CAPP’s BEST EVER…

• Info for School Staff & Nurses

• Proven Benefit Cognitive plus Physical Rest

• When CT/MRI Recommended?

• Beware of products to reduce concussions

• Why Riddell should be concerned about Litigation

• Big 10, Ivy League to study sports head injuries

• 1st do Baseline Testing or Coaches’ Ed?

• Football Safety Night – June 14

• CT scans can increase risk of brain cancer

• Pop Warner to limit practice contact

• Concussions: Parents, are you prepare to respond?

• When to call 911

• Girls & young athletes more severe Concussions

• Connecticut Concussion Law of 2009

• How to help reduce risks of Concussions

• What Can I Do to Help Feel Better After a Concussion?

• Heading in Soccer: The Investigation Continues

• Hard Hits, Hard Numbers

• HeadStrongPlayer, A Program for Kids

• Concussions 101, a Primer for Kids and Parents

• YouTube posting of “Big Hits, Broken Dreams”

• Girls at greater risk from Concussions

• What is a Concussion?

• Teen Brain takes longer to heal

• Former NFL players sue over Concussions

• Welcome to the Sports CAPP Site

• Equipment Limitations part of Dr. Kutcher before US Senate Committee

Sports-Related Information

• Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports

• Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports

• Materials that are sports specific – Football, Lacrosse, Field hockey, Softball, Soccer, etc

• US Lacrosse Safety Section

Search Websites

• Brain Injury Association of America

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Heads Up” Program

• Children’s National Medical Center “SCORE” program

• Connecticut Concussion Task Force

• Sports CAPP

• SportsConcussions.org

• Stop Concussions