Academic Support for Kids with Concussions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in a car accident with my child in the car. We both had concussions from the accident.

My employer accepted a note from my neurologist and I took one month off of work to recover. My child on the other had no break because there was no relief from the work piling up and no instruction offered for missed classes. No IIS was offered, no support from the school team, and no help in reducing the workload to an appropriate level with the focus on the core curriculum. The school administrators viewed concussions as a "temporary" condition and therefore said it did not qualify my child for support and accommodations. They however, were quick to pull her from school sports but could care less about help needed academically.

IIS isn't "offered." You have to request it by completing a form and having a doctor sign off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in a car accident with my child in the car. We both had concussions from the accident.

My employer accepted a note from my neurologist and I took one month off of work to recover. My child on the other had no break because there was no relief from the work piling up and no instruction offered for missed classes. No IIS was offered, no support from the school team, and no help in reducing the workload to an appropriate level with the focus on the core curriculum. The school administrators viewed concussions as a "temporary" condition and therefore said it did not qualify my child for support and accommodations. They however, were quick to pull her from school sports but could care less about help needed academically.

IIS isn't "offered." You have to request it by completing a form and having a doctor sign off.

How does a parent know to "apply" if no one at the school level tells you the program exists?

[Anonymous]

I've been following this thread and find it sad that there's such a lack of support in public schools. DS attends private and was diagnosed with a concussion in early fall. He is still not 100% but the school has been patient. They've supported him in every way imaginable. My younger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been following this thread and find it sad that there's such a lack of support in public schools. DS attends private and was diagnosed with a concussion in early fall. He is still not 100% but the school has been patient. They've supported him in every way imaginable. My younger

PP here. Wanted to add my younger is in public and now I'm worried what will happen should he ever have a concussion.

[Anonymous]

My child has had periodic checkups at the SCORE Clinic since her accident. The doctors there see kids all over the Washington Metropolitan area, including those in Montgomery County. Support provided varies from school district to school district to even school by school. School Boards need to continue to look at the overwhelming data coming out about children who receive traumatic brain injuries. The impact is long lasting, months to years after the accident. Some kids never fully recover but usually these are kids (such as mine) who had underlying issues prior to the accident. There is a strong need for Boards to develop more uniform policies so kids are not overworked at a time their brains are struggling to recover.

It seem incomprehensible that school systems will support and pay for contact interscholastic sports that are know to cause such injuries but have failed to look at the academic side of the coin and help kids who are injured on their fields of play and off.

[Anonymous]

School administrators could care less about the health and well being of their students. The school is putting my child through hell and is forcing her to take assessments on material she was never taught while she was at home recovering. I think the stress of making up the mountain of work has been worse for her health than the concussion.

You would think a school that has a history of student suicides would be more sensitive to needs of students who have long lasting health issues. One of the symptoms that children often feel with a concussion is depression. My child is extremely depressed trying to persevere through unrealistic demands with not a care in the world to the concerns voiced by her medical providers.