Ahead of the Game: The Parent's Guide To Youth Sports Concussion
Rosemarie Scolaro Moser's [4] new book, Ahead of the Game: The Parent's Guide to Youth Sports Concussion (University Press of New England) is just what it says it is: a practical, no-nonsense guide for parents about sport concussions.
Moser brings to the subject matter a unique background: As a clinician who has treated hundreds if not thousands of concussed student-athletes at the Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey [5], she brings real world experience to the subject, not just as a neuropsychologist with specialized expertise on baseline and post-concussion neurocognitive testing [6] but in the management and treatment of concussions, including the academic accommodations [7] that are often needed during the sometimes long road to recovery.
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