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Alternative Title:
J Sch Health
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.13221
Personal Author:
McAvoy, Karen ; Halstead, Mark ; Radecki, Linda ; Shah, Amy ; Emanuel, Anjie ; ... More +
McAvoy, Karen ; Halstead, Mark ; Radecki, Linda ; Shah, Amy ; Emanuel, Anjie ; Domain, Stephanie ; Daugherty, Jill ; Waltzman, Dana Less -
Description:
BACKGROUND:

Return to learn (RTL) after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) presents unique challenges for school professionals. A multidisciplinary team approach is necessary yet training school professionals is logistically difficult. This paper describes an innovative pilot RTL program and its evaluation.

METHODS:

Utilizing the telehealth/telementoring program Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), this study utilized a multidisciplinary team of subject matter experts to deliver five 1-hour sessions across 5 cohorts of school-based professionals (total of 133 participants). The evaluation used a mixed-methods approach of post-session and post-program participant surveys and post-program participant focus groups.

RESULTS:

Participants who completed a post-program survey reported statistically significant improvements in essential aspects of RTL knowledge and self-efficacy. This included improvements in how to manage a student with an mTBI (44.8% to 86.9%), benefits of early return to school for students following mTBI (31.8% to 86.9%), and the importance of written RTL policies/procedures (55.1% to 97.1%).

CONCLUSIONS:

This study demonstrates that RTL training via a telementoring approach may be a positive and effective way to train school-based professionals and improve knowledge and self-efficacy, especially when attending face-to-face trainings are difficult. This model has the potential to produce programmatic and systematic improvements for RTL education.


Subjects:
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Brain Concussion Child Humans Learning Return To School Schools Students
Source:
J Sch Health. 92(12):1194-1201
Pubmed ID:
36375807
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC9680044
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; NU38OT000282/CC/CDC HHSUnited States/
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; NU38OT000282/CC/CDC HHSUnited States/ Less -
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CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:77b7bcb807a2e2e36a20ad124d6ab64d700b4f69d1eaa4091d4c9b6bb1ae972a
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