Concussion Management
Training:
Encourage parents to hold us coaches accountable. Parents should ask if the child’s coaches are
trained in concussion management – identifying symptoms and following “return
to play” policies.
Education: Parents are absolutely
responsible for learning about concussion management to protect their
athlete. Provide parents with concussion
resource material.
Align
Goals: Parents must be
aligned on what sports their child will play.
Especially when it comes to contact sports like football. There are a lot of team sports to choose
from. Parents should listen to the
spouse’s or ex’s concerns about what sports they are comfortable allowing the
child to play. And listen to child –
don’t “force” him (or her) to play a contact sport like youth football. It is not worth it. Football is not the place to “toughen up.”
