The School Academic Team is the individuals at the school who will watch, monitor, and track the academic and emotional effects of the concussion. The following content may be especially relevant to members of the School Academic Team; however, you may wish to review content available on the other team pages as well.
Teacher's Acute Concussion Tool (TACT)
The Iowa Departments of Public Health and Education have partnered together, in collaboration with Get Schools on Concussions, the Iowa Concussion Coalition and the Advisory Council on Brain Injuries, to make a statewide subscription to the Teacher's Acute Concussion Tool (TACT) available to all Iowa schools. TACT is a "just in time" concussion management resource for educators at all levels. Included in the 2020-2021 subscription is, access to tip sheets, informational videos, and sample concussion return-to-learn plans.
Learn more about TACT athttps://www.getschooledonconcussions.com/.
Interested in bringing TACT to your school? Contact brain.injury@idph.iowa.gov to learn how to get started.
References for Concussion Management & Return-to-Learn
For Information about Return-to-Play, please visit the School Physical Team Page
Brain Injury Association of America's Return-to-Learn Protocol
Educational Videos
Healthy Habit All Stars concussion video for children aged 5 to 10(support materials availablehere)
Helping Students with Brain Injuries online video series (module 4: Concussion)
Handouts and Forms
Classroom Concussion Assessment
- Lista de Verification de Signos y Sintomas de una Conmocion Cerebral (Concussion Symptom Checklist in Spanish)
Get Schooled on Concussions one pagers for educators
Teacher Feedback Form (for printing) Teacher Feedback Form(fillable pdf)
