Blog Posts

Academic accommodation is one thing, but protecting a student recovering from a concussion from bullies who want to injure the student even more, is equally important. For accommodation to be successful, they must be holistic addressing all aspects of a student’s school life.

Change is hard for individuals, and harder for society.  But, when change is necessary to help protect our children’s health, we should strive to find the collective will to make those changes happen. 

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in students is often undetected, leading to a lack of specialized educational support for the majority who suffer from its effects. To address this, there's a need for increased awareness, better communication between medical and educational sectors, and improved identification protocols to ensure affected students receive necessary assistance.

We don’t allow students with concussions to play sports until they’re fully recovered from their brain injury, but we’ll let a student recovering from a concussion take a physics test. Something is seriously wrong with this picture.