Lessons from the Playing Field: The Impact and Scope of Childhood Sports Injuries

Susannah Briskin, MD
Pediatric Sports Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Amanda Weiss-Kelly, MD
Director, Pediatric Sports Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Mary Solomon, DO
Pediatric Sports Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Thursday, January 24, 2013
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center (formerly Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations)
Room 115

                              

Susannah Briskin, MD    Amanda Weiss-Kelly, MD Mary Solomon, DO

With community respondents Jim Doyle, Director of Athletics, Hawken School and Beth Tsvetkoff, JD, Executive Director, Ohio Alliance of YMCAs.

Co-sponsored by Cleveland Council of Independent Schools, CWRU Athletics, and the National Youth Sports Program. 

Recent injury trends and developmental risks for children and teens, common concussion signs and symptoms, treatment, and recovery, as well as a review of HB 143 and its implications for parents, coaches, and future policy efforts, will be discussed.

Download a policy brief on childhood sports injuries.

Schubert Conversations on Children in Research, Policy, and Practice are monthly seminars featuring cutting-edge research by CWRU faculty, with corresponding commentary by local professionals. These events stimulate an ongoing dialogue about child-related research, policy, and practice among faculty, students, policy experts, advocates, and professionals from Northeast Ohio. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

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