Archive for January, 2012
Concussion Training Requirements of Texas Education Code
The following links contain information on the UIL Website concerning the Coaches’ Education requirement from the bill. Use this information as you plan your school districts required concussion training for coaches.
http://www.uiltexas.org/health/info/concussions
Concussion Training Requirements of Texas Education Code, Section 38.158
HB 2038 as passed by the 82nd Legislature and signed by the Governor also added section 38.158 to the Texas Education Code, which concerns training requirements for coaches, athletic trainers and potential members of a Concussion Oversight Team in the subject matter of concussions, including evaluation, prevention, symptoms, risks, and long-term effects. For purposes of compliance with TEC section 38.158, the UIL authorizes all Continuing Professional Education (CPE) providers that are approved and registered by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) and Texas Education Agency (TEA) as approved individuals and organizations to provide concussion education training. A current listing of approved providers is found here:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147486144&menu_id=2147483671&menu_id2=794
The parameters for the required training are contained in section 38.158 of the Texas Education Code.
2012 Youth Sports Safety Clinic Grant Now Available
2012 Youth Sports Safety Clinic Grant Now Available
The Youth Sports Clinic Request for Proposal (RFP) is ready. Up to 50 Clinic grants, in the amount of $1,500, are available to Safe Kids USA coalitions and chapters due to the generous support of founding sponsor Johnson & Johnson. Please complete the entire application and return to Lindsay Hansen at lhansen@safekids.org by no later than Friday, February 3rd, 2012. Please note that your team is eligible and encouraged to apply for both the Clinic grant and Safe Kids Week Game grant (see below).
US Safe Kids Coalitions and Chapters: http://www.safekids.org/in-your-area/coalitions/
Find a Safety Event in your Area: http://www.safekids.org/in-your-area/events/
Thank you again Russell for your time today, and please let me know if there is any other information you’d like me to provide you with. Also, as I mentioned, please don’t hesitate to keep me in the loops about the NATA Coaches’ Course that is in development—we’d love to be involved if it includes the our mission age range (14 years and under)!
Announcing Sports Medicine III for 2012
An application has been submitted to the Texas Education Agency for approval by the State Board of Education for a Sports Medicine III Course to be included in the TSATA sponsored Sports Medicine Instructors’ Courses. This new optional one or two semester course for seniors provides a logical progression for students that have advanced through the Sports Medicine I and II courses and provide them with an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in athletic injury recognition, evaluation, management, treatment and rehabilitation through research investigations and applications related to sports medicine. Sports Medicine III will provide opportunities for the advanced students in the sports medicine program to research, investigate, prepare, and present case studies, research projects, poster presentations, and power point presentations on instructor approved topics. Sports Medicine III will provide the senior level athletic training students the opportunity to explore a health care career of their choice. This exploration will provide observation experiences with an approved health care professional mentor in the work setting. This new course will be valuable to students needing an additional academic elective credit for working in the athletic training program to maintain their high academic standing in the graduation class.
The syllabus for Sports Medicine III will be presented in the TSATA Instructors’ Courses and the Update Courses offered in 2012.