In an educational partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campaign, the NCAA has supplied each member campus with two posters and two sets of fact sheets addressing concussion awareness, prevention, and management. The following high resolution materials are available for downloading and printing.

• CDC and NCAA Team Up on Concussion Safety
• CDC Resources on Concussion in Sports

Policy and Planning

• Webinar on Concussion Management sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine
• NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook - Guideline on Concussions in the Athlete and recommended best practices
• NCAA requires Concussion Management Plan
  • Example Plans Note: Each institution/conference should consult with its own sports medicine staff, legal counsel and athletics staff during the development and implementation of a plan. The following plans are campus specific and shared with permission.
    • University of Georgia Concussion Management Guidelines
    • Princeton University Princeton Concussion Program
  • Example Forms Note: Each institution/conference should consult with its own legal counsel prior to developing and using a form.
  • The following sample form was developed by the Big Ten Conference for use within its conference and is shared with other NCAA members with its permission.
    • Student-Athlete Injury and Illness Reporting Acknowledgement Form
  • The following sample form was developed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for use within its athletics department and is shared with other NCAA members with its permission.
  • Student-Athlete Concussion Statement
  • Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2 (SCAT2) Demonstration - produced by the Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center ( Score Card)
  • Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) Demonstration - produced by the Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center ( Manual and Score Card)
  • Example Resources

Educational Materials

• Fact Sheet for Student-Athletes
• Fact Sheet for Coaches
• Video on Concussions: Don't Hide It, Report It, Take Time to Recover.
• Concussion Symptoms Awareness Poster for Men's Sport and for Women's Sport
• Sports-Specific Concussion Awareness Posters

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