A majority of US states have now enacted youth concussion laws. Certain schools are going above and beyond requiring a baseline concussion test so that if an injury arises they will have something to measure it against to see the extent of the injury. Read more at (http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/schooled_in_sports/2012/01/schools_expanding_reach_of_concussion_policies_for_students.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB )
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- PACE (Protecting Athletes through Concussion Education) baseline concussion screening initiative
- National Athletic Trainers’ Association
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- National Football League
- Hackney Publications
- Brain Injury Association of America
- National Federation of State High School Associations
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