A recently enacted state statute in Vermont directs the Vermont Department of Education to develop guidelines designed to assist schools in taking reasonable steps to prevent, and to minimize the effects of, school athletic team-related concussions.
The law, a K-12 requirement, requires that schools educate their coaches, their youth athletes, and the youth athletes’ parents and guardians regarding the prevention and mitigation of concussion-related injuries. It takes effect with the beginning in the autumn 2011 sports season.
Media report:
Brattleboro Reformer: New state law takes concussions head-on (26 AUG 11)
Background information and resources:
Vermont Department of Education: Concussion Guidelines
CDC: Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports
CDC: Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports
CDC: Training Course: Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports
CDC: Concussion in Youth Sports: Fact Sheet for Athletes
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