HEADS UP Online Training Courses

Are you a coach, school teacher, or a healthcare provider? Maybe you would just like to know what signs and symptoms you should watch for. Check out these free robust online training courses:

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Learn Steps to Improve the Care of Your Pediatric Patients with mTBI

HEADS UP to Healthcare Providers is a free online training developed by CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The goal of the training is to provide an overview of the evidence-based recommendations outlined in the CDC Pediatric mTBI Guideline and to equip healthcare providers with practical strategies to integrate these recommendations into clinical practice.

Earn free continuing education credits through the American Academy of Pediatrics.

CDC Heads Up. Youth Sports Coaches. Online Concussion Training. Take the Training.

CDC’s HEADS UP to Youth Sports: Online Concussion Training for Coaches shares the latest guidance on concussion safety and prevention. The training provides essential information to help coaches spot signs and symptoms of possible concussions and take action.

Online concussion training for school professionals

The HEADS UP to Schools: Online Concussion Training for School Professionals is designed to help classroom teachers (grades K-12), school administrators, paraprofessionals, teacher’s aides, and other staff who work with students understand the following:

  • How a concussion may affect a student’s learning, emotions, and behavior
  • How to identify and monitor signs and symptoms of concussion
  • How to help students successfully return to school and recover from a concussion.
Online concussion training for athletic trainers.

The HEADS UP to Athletic Trainers: Online Concussion Training shows ways athletic trainers can improve concussion prevention, evaluation, and management—from implementing safety and response plans to ongoing concussion care and stakeholder education. This training was developed through a partnership between CDC and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) to share the latest guidance on concussion prevention and management. Following completion of the training, athletic trainers have the opportunity to earn 2.0 continuing education credits through NATA and receive a certificate of completion from CDC.

HEADS UP to Sports Officials: Online Concussion Training Banner

The HEADS UP to Sports Officials: Online Concussion Training was developed through a partnership between CDC and the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) to share the latest guidance on concussion safety and prevention. The training provides essential information to help sports officials spot possible concussion signs and symptoms that can help keep athletes safe.

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The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) teamed up with CDC’s HEADS UP to educate coaches, officials, parents and students on the importance of proper concussion recognition and management in high school sports.

Learn the impact of sports-related concussion on athletes, how to recognize a suspected concussion, and protocols to manage a suspected concussion with steps to help players return to play safely after a concussion.

Each state’s requirements for concussion management are included as part of the course.

Note: This course is hosted on the NFHS’s web site.