Week 2, Day 1

Welcome to Week 2! We’ll still be bringing you educational materials and resources so you can continue to learn about mTBI, this week we’ll be transitioning to a heavier focus on content creation. On Monday you’ll begin writing your first Newsletter synopses, hear from PM&R doctor and author Dr. Elizabeth Sandel, and learn tips and tricks of Squarespace from Malayka.

There are two tasks to do today:

• Newsletter: Under ‘Docs & Files’ in our ‘Newsletter - Concussion Update’ Basecamp project, you can access the source document for the December 10th Newsletter. Use the procedures established in the style guide (available in Docs & Files) to claim your first topic; please select only one topic at first to allow others time to choose theirs. When you’ve written your synopsis, you may need to select another topic and write a further synopsis; we’ll be covering this in our Monday Meeting.

• Thank you’s to Dan Fogarty. Please write a sentence (or a couple of sentences) of appreciation in this document by the end of Tuesday night.

Educational Resources:

1. Read through these two pages, which were created by summer interns Caroline Saksena and Elena Morales-Grahl, with help from leadership team member Julian Szieff and Dr. Elizabeth Sandel:

• What Happens to Your Brain When You Get a Concussion?

• What Happens to Your Brain When You Get a Concussion: a Deeper Dive

2. Read chapter 4 of Shaken Brain, “Long-Term Risks” (p. 94-127)