ZCHS Summer Impact Testing Dates

June 22, 12:30pm-3:30pm

July 13, 5:00pm-7:30pm

July 29, 9am-11:30am

All juniors and incoming freshmen and any athlete new to the program need to take the test regardless of when they last took it.

A couple of things to note:

1. All testing at the high school will be done in the computer lab, room 512

2. Athletes need to come any time during the testing time listed. The test will take 20-30 minutes to complete once at a computer

3. All juniors and incoming freshmen and any athlete new to the program need to take the test regardless of when they last took it

4. This is required to be completed before your first official practice to be eligible to participate. So make it a priority to attend one of the testing sessions!!! No testing will be done the first two days of fall practices.

5. If you cannot attend any of the testing sessions at any of the schools, please contact Nancy LaFon prior to July 1 to make arrangements for testing.

6. Baseline Impact testing is free. They just need to come and get it done.

7. Impact testing provides us with a baseline neuropsychological evaluation of each individual athlete. Basically, it is a snapshot of how that person functions cognitively. This then becomes a tool that we use to help us determine when an athlete is ready to return to participation after having sustained a concussion - have they returned to their former state of cognitive function? Can they cheat the test? No they cannot. It used to be that kids could purposely perform poorly on the baseline so it wouldn't so it wouldn't take as much effort to get back to that baseline to be cleared for participation. The programmers have now put markers into the test that let us know if that is occurring. The test then comes back invalid and they have to take it over. Therefore, all athletes need to do their best when doing the baseline testing.

If you have any questions, please email Nancy LaFon at nlafon@zcs.k12.in.us. Email will be checked daily on weekdays.

We look forward to seeing you!

Nancy LaFon