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Return To Learn Echo: Telementoring For School Personnel To Help Children Return To School And Learning After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Karen Mcavoy, Mark Halstead, Linda Radecki, Amy Shah, Anjie Emanuel, Stephanie Domain, Jill Daugherty, Dana Waltzman
Return To Learn Echo: Telementoring For School Personnel To Help Children Return To School And Learning After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Karen Mcavoy, Mark Halstead, Linda Radecki, Amy Shah, Anjie Emanuel, Stephanie Domain, Jill Daugherty, Dana Waltzman
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BACKGROUND:
Return to learn (RTL) after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) presents unique challenges for school professionals. A multidisciplinary team approach is necessary yet training school professionals is logistically difficult. This paper describes an innovative pilot RTL program and its evaluation.
METHODS: Utilizing the telehealth/telementoring program Project ECHO®(Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), this study utilized a multidisciplinary team of subject matter experts to deliver five 1-hour sessions across 5 cohorts of school-based professionals (total of 133 participants). The evaluation used a mixed-methods approach of post-session and post-program participant surveys and post-program participant focus groups.
RESULTS:
Participants who completed a post-program …