Free CDC Tool Kit on Concussion for High School Coaches!
To reduce the number of this type of injury, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the support of partners and experts in the field, has developed a tool kit for coaches titled, Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports. This kit contains practical, easy-to-use information including a video and DVD featuring a young athlete disabled by concussion, a guide, wallet card and clip board sticker for coaches, posters, fact sheets for parents and athletes in English and Spanish, and a CD-ROM with downloadable kit materials and additional concussion-related resources.
(PDFs require Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Information for Athletes
Information for Parents
Videos with Script
Windows
For Media View the press release*
For Promotion
Download the "Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports" flyer PDF only.
To download the web banner and/or button to feature on your website, right click on web button or banner and then save to your computer. The banner/button should be linked to: http://www.cdc.gov/TraumaticBrainInjury/coaches_tool_kit.html.
View and download tool kit evaluation report
CDC conducted an evaluation study to assess the use and impact of the “Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports” tool kit. Findings from this study are complied in the "Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports, Final Report," PDF only.
Please email your questions and comments to cdcinfo@cdc.gov with the subject line “Concussion Tool Kit.”
don’t assess it yourself.
Take him/her out of play, and seek the advice of a health care professional.
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