Other Resources:
Websites, Podcasts, and Books
Websites
Canadian Awareness Training Tool Their resource page has sports-specific return to sport strategies
Canadian Concussion Centre webinars Numerous 1-hour webinars on all topics about concussions
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Heads UP
VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline For The Management Of Concussion-Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines pdf
Concussion Legacy Foundation Concussion and post-concussion resources.
MomsTeam MomsTeam Post-Concussion Syndrome: When Symptoms Persist
Love Your Brain Develops programs for brain injury and prevention, including yoga programs and retreats
Headway, the brain injury association United Kingdom website addressing minor head injury and concussion
Elizabeth Sandel, M.D. Recommended author, speaker, and researcher
Headway Foundation Support for athletes with concussions and concussion prevention
International Concussion Society Concussion.org
The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training CBIRT.org
Alaska Brain Injury Network Focuses on prevention of traumatic brain injury and promotion of wellness for Alaskans with all brain injuries
Brain Injury Hope Foundation Resources, education, and Emergency Financial Funds to help pay for living expenses for concussion survivors in Colorado
Brain Injury Association of America http://www.biausa.org
United States Brain Injury Alliance http://usbia.org/
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Concussion Center | SCHOOLFirst return to learn handbook
Podcasts
Concussion Corner Podcast Hosted by Dr. Jessica Schwartz, interdisciplinary conversations related to concussion in healthcare, advocacy, and sport
Conor Gormally, student, radio journalist This is What a Concussion Sounds Like - A KUOW Radioactive Radio Feature
Books
Shaken Brain: The Science, Care, and Treatment of Concussion, by Dr. Elizabeth Sandel (Harvard University Press, 2020)
The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, The Myths, and the Future, by Dr. Julie Stamm (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021)
Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career Excellent book by sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher, M.D. and award-winning sports journalist Joanne Gerstner. Review by Brooke De Dench (momsteam).