{"title":"Return-to-learn after concussion in Washington state public high schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Shyam J Deshpande, Aspen Avery, Julian Takagi-Stewart, Brianna Mills, Qian Qiu, Monica S Vavilala","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2022-0011","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To understand academic support structures for Washington state public high school students with concussion during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Materials & methods: </strong>Prospective, repeated cross-sectional study of 21 schools in 2020 and 2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>About 28% of schools reported not providing any return-to-learn (RTL) accommodations for students with concussion throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. RTL accommodation provision was associated with larger student body size (<i>β</i> = 0.002) and higher graduation rate (<i>β</i> = 0.261) but was not associated with presence of RTL school policy. About 38.1% of schools received no guidance on how to provide RTL accommodations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many reported that students with concussion struggled more.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Schools struggled to provide RTL accommodations for students with concussion during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for evidence-based guidance and resource allocation to vulnerable schools.</p>","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9937029/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Concussion","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2022-0011","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aim: To understand academic support structures for Washington state public high school students with concussion during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials & methods: Prospective, repeated cross-sectional study of 21 schools in 2020 and 2021.
Results: About 28% of schools reported not providing any return-to-learn (RTL) accommodations for students with concussion throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. RTL accommodation provision was associated with larger student body size (β = 0.002) and higher graduation rate (β = 0.261) but was not associated with presence of RTL school policy. About 38.1% of schools received no guidance on how to provide RTL accommodations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many reported that students with concussion struggled more.
Conclusion: Schools struggled to provide RTL accommodations for students with concussion during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for evidence-based guidance and resource allocation to vulnerable schools.