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Faculty

Gerry Gioia, PhD
Division Chief, Neuropsychology, Director, Safe Concussion Recovery and Education (SCORE) Program, Consultant for CDC, Heads Up. Children’s National Health System
Dr. Gioia is the Division Chief of Pediatric Neuropsychology at Children’s National Health System, where he directs the SCORE Concussion Program. He is Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the GWU School of Medicine. He has developed a number of post-concussion tools for children, and worked with the CDC on their “Heads Up” concussion educational toolkits. Dr. Gioia has participated in the International Concussion in Sport Group Consensus meetings, American Academy of Neurology Sports Concussion Guideline panel, and the CDC’s mild TBI guideline development. He provided concussion management services to youth, high school, college and professional teams. He is the current President and Fellow of the Sports Neuropsychology Society.

Melissa McCart, DEd
Director of Oregon Traumatic Brain Injury Teams, The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT)

Melissa McCart, Ed.D,is a national and international speaker and author on the topic of brain injury and return to school following injury. She earned her doctorate in Educational Methodology, Policy and Leadership, her M.S. in behavioral disorders and applied behavior analysis, and her administrator’s licenses from the University of Oregon’s nationally ranked College of Education. She has worked extensively with at-risk children and families as a behavior specialist, behavior consultant and special education teacher. She is currently the co-director of the Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT) at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on evidence-based educator training, advancing best-practices for return to school following brain injury, and aligning educational policy with the evidence base. Prior to joining the CBIRT team, Melissa spent 7 years as a school administrator, 2 years as a behavioral consultant, and 8 years as a special education teacher to students with emotional/behavioral disorders. Melissa currently is a member of the National Collaborative on Childhood Brain Injury and serves on the Return to Learn, Policy, Common Data Elements and Community of Practice Committees.

Viviane Ugalde, MD
Physiatry, Medical Director Concussion Management for The Center Foundation 
Dr. Viviane Ugalde is a board certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation doctor with a subspecialty certification in Brain Injury Medicine. Dr. Ugalde has practiced concussion management since 1990 and serves as the Medical Director for The Center Foundation’s concussion management program in Central Oregon. She joined the team of physicians at The Center in 2007 and runs a weekly concussion clinic to help coordinate care for both pediatric and adult patients.

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Learning Objectives

Concussion Management update ~

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

1) Review current concussion protocol    

2) identify concussion team   

3) Show the new tools we are using    

4) Discuss the research ongoing

Mental Health & TBI ~

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

1) To understand concussion and mental health symptom presentation                                                         

2) How to aid and support the individual in the recovery from concussion

CDC Study: Research Updates ~ 

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

1) Provide an overview of new and emerging research.                                                                                     

2) Discuss implications to practice for research

The Importance of Schools in the recovery of Concussion ~

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

1) Describe the underlying nature of a concussive injury, and it’s typical course of recovery.                   

2) List the 3 types of stressors that school creates for the concussed student, that can affect recovery, and require management. 

3) Indicate the typical “optimal” timing of return to school.    

4) Define the range of sy;mptoms that “typically” present, their academic manifestations, and the targeted supports to help the student.

5) Recognize the importance of a progressing monitoring and communication system with the healthcare provider(s).

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