Baseline Cognitive Testing For High School Athletics
In February 2006, the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey announced the availability of grant funds for New Jersey high schools to implement computerized preseason baseline and concussion management for athletes.
Initially, 35 high schools in New Jersey implemented ImPACT which stands for Immediate Postconcussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing, a computerized testing developed by Micky Collins, Ph.D. in Pittsburgh, PA.
Presently, almost 100 New Jersey high schools have signed on to the project. The actual cost to the high school is less than $1,000.
The strength of this test and the program was recently highlighted and demonstrated as major league baseball has announced that it will begin to obtain baseline test scores from major league athletes.
For those parents, coaches and school board members interested in having ImPACT in your high school, please call the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey at 732-745-0200.