Concussion Policy
Please find below information related to “Rowan’s Law” and P.W.S.A specific guidelines related to concussion management.
P.W.S.A. Concussion Policy
Concussion Acknowledgement Form
On-Field Concussion Management and Return to Play Criteria
Concussion Awareness Resources
Rowan’s Law – Overview of Requirements and FAQs
Rowans’s Law Booklet for Ages 10 and Under
Rowans’s Law Booklet for Ages 11 to 15
Rowans’s Law Booklet for Ages 15 and Up
Ontario is a national leader in concussion management and prevention. Rowan’s Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 makes it mandatory for sports organizations to:
- ensure that athletes under 26 years of age,* parents of athletes under 18, coaches, team trainers and officials confirm every year that they have reviewed Ontario’s Concussion Awareness Resources
- establish a Concussion Code of Conduct that sets out rules of behaviour to support concussion prevention
- establish a Removal-from-Sport and Return-to-Sport protocol
The new rules requiring the review of Concussion Awareness Resources and Concussion Codes of Conduct came into effect on July 1, 2019. https://www.ontario.ca/page/rowans-law-concussion-safety
Starting in 2020 and every year thereafter, every coach, manager, and support personnel on a P.W.S.A. Team Certificate must now review and sign the Concussion Code of Conduct form. In addition, every director on the Affiliation/League affiliation form must do the same.
Click here to download the Concussion Code of Conduct
Tucker Centre Video on Concussion Protocols
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women In Sport has created an excellent video resource about concussion and the female athlete. Are concussions as or possibly even more common in female athletes as they are in men? Discussion about concussions in sport have become more prevalent in the past few years, but the majority of discussions surround male athletes and frequently male dominated team sports. With this video resource, the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport presents a thorough investigation and discussion focused exclusively on the potentially additional causes and effects of concussion in women and girls.
The video is presented free of charge thanks to a partnership between the Tucker
Center and TPT and is available at:
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/multimedia/concussions.html
