DHC Pediatric Webinar - Optimizing Pediatric Concussion Care: Clinic, Classroom & Community

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 8:00 AM - Saturday, September 9, 2028, 9:00 AM

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

This Pediatric Lecture Series will discuss important pediatric topics that may lead to the improvement of child health from an individual, health care system and/or societal level. This presentation provides information on screening, reporting, diagnosis, treatment, and referral options for pediatric concussion care.

Presenter

Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA
Director of Neuropsychological Services
Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH

Dr. Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA is the Director of Neuropsychological Services at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, where he also leads the Pediatric Neuropsychology and Sports Neuropsychology programs. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Dr. Lichtenstein is a consultant to concussion management programs at middle schools, high schools, and colleges in New Hampshire, and is the Team Neuropsychologist for Dartmouth College Athletics, also serving as Site Co-PI for the Big Ten-Ivy League Epidemiology of Concussion Study. Dr. Lichtenstein’s concussion research examines the effects of age, environment, and exercise on post-concussion assessments. His team also studies novel interventions to improve recovery, reconfigures systems to change concussion culture and education delivery in schools, and tests innovative brain-based biomarkers for diagnosis, monitoring, and recovery. As an educator, Dr. Lichtenstein trains interns and advanced post-doctoral fellows in pediatric and sports neuropsychology, introduces graduate students to neuropsychological practices, and mentors undergraduates on clinically-focused research projects. He lectures widely on neuropsychology, addressing the specific applications of neuropsychological principles to concussion management in scholastic and clinical settings.

1. Identify at least three key principles of return-to-learn programming after concussion.
2. Define at least three practices of acute concussion care that supports recovery.

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

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Bibliographic Material

• Aita, S. L., Holding, E. Z., Bolander, R. P., Marshall, K., Oberg, C., Schuler, B., Derosier, M., Teevens, E. F., & Lichtenstein, J. D. (2025). Associations of Tackling Characteristics, Player Position, and Head Contact Risk During Game Play in College Football. Journal of athletic training, 10.4085/1062-6050-0669.24. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0669.24

• Aita, S. L., Muchintala, R., Suresh, A., Patel, S., Schuler, B., & Lichtenstein, J. D. (2024). Association of Use of a Mobile Tackling Dummy During College Football Practice With Reduced Sport-Related Concussion: Results of a Pilot Investigation. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 12(2), 23259671241228316. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671241228316

• Burke, M. J., & Silverberg, N. D. (2025). New framework for the continuum of concussion and functional neurological disorder. British journal of sports medicine, 59(3), 145–147. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2024-108154

• Cairncross, M., Yeates, K. O., Tang, K., Madigan, S., Beauchamp, M. H., Craig, W., Doan, Q., Zemek, R., Kowalski, K., & Silverberg, N. D. (2022). Early Postinjury Screen Time and Concussion Recovery. Pediatrics, 150(5), e2022056835. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-056835

• Davis-Hayes, C., Baker, D. R., Bottiglieri, T. S., Levine, W. N., Desai, N., Gossett, J. D., & Noble, J. M. (2018). Medical retirement from sport after concussions: A practical guide for a difficult discussion. Neurology. Clinical practice, 8(1), 40–47. https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000424

• Echemendia, R. J., & Gioia, G. A. (2018). The role of neuropsychologists in concussion evaluation and management. Handbook of clinical neurology, 158, 179–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63954-7.00018-5

• Esopenko, C., Coury, J. R., Pieroth, E. M., Noble, J. M., Trofa, D. P., & Bottiglieri, T. S. (2020). The Psychological Burden of Retirement from Sport. Current sports medicine reports, 19(10), 430–437. https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000000761

• Kirkwood, M. W., Peterson, R. L., Connery, A. K., Baker, D. A., & Forster, J. (2016). A Pilot Study Investigating Neuropsychological Consultation as an Intervention for Persistent Postconcussive Symptoms in a Pediatric Sample. The Journal of pediatrics, 169, 244–9.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.014

• Kirkwood, M. W., Howell, D. R., Brooks, B. L., Wilson, J. C., & Meehan Iii, W. P. (2021). The Nocebo Effect and Pediatric Concussion. Journal of sport rehabilitation, 30(6), 837–843. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsr.2020-0519

• Leddy, J. J., Haider, M. N., Ellis, M., & Willer, B. S. (2018). Exercise is Medicine for Concussion. Current sports medicine reports, 17(8), 262–270. https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000000505

• Leddy, J. J., Burma, J. S., Toomey, C. M., Hayden, A., Davis, G. A., Babl, F. E., Gagnon, I., Giza, C. C., Kurowski, B. G., Silverberg, N. D., Willer, B., Ronksley, P. E., & Schneider, K. J. (2023). Rest and exercise early after sport-related concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British journal of sports medicine, 57(12), 762–770. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106676

• Lichtenstein, J. D., Linnea, K. S., & Maerlender, A. C. (2018). Patterns of referral in high school concussion management programs: A pilot study of consultants from different disciplines. Applied neuropsychology. Child, 7(4), 334–341. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2017.1340158

• Lumba-Brown, A., Yeates, K. O., Sarmiento, K., Breiding, M. J., Haegerich, T. M., Gioia, G. A., Turner, M., Benzel, E. C., Suskauer, S. J., Giza, C. C., Joseph, M., Broomand, C., Weissman, B., Gordon, W., Wright, D. W., Moser, R. S., McAvoy, K., Ewing-Cobbs, L., Duhaime, A. C., Putukian, M., … Timmons, S. D. (2018). Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: A Systematic Review. JAMA pediatrics, 172(11), e182847. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2847

• Maerlender, A., Rieman, W., Lichtenstein, J., & Condiracci, C. (2015). Programmed Physical Exertion in Recovery From Sports-Related Concussion: A Randomized Pilot Study. Developmental neuropsychology, 40(5), 273–278. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2015.1067706

• Maerlender, A., Lichtenstein, J. D., Parent-Nichols, J., Higgins, K., & Reisher, P. (2019). Concussion competencies: a training model for school-based concussion management. Concussion (London, England), 4(1), CNC61. https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2018-0008

• O'Reilly, M. A., Hammond, J. B., Marschall, K. P., Barros, K., & Lichtenstein, J. D. (2025). Recovery, interrupted: persisting symptoms after concussion and the power of iatrogenesis. Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence, 31(6), 825–836. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2025.2451322

• Patricios, J. S., Schneider, K. J., Dvorak, J., Ahmed, O. H., Blauwet, C., Cantu, R. C., Davis, G. A., Echemendia, R. J., Makdissi, M., McNamee, M., Broglio, S., Emery, C. A., Feddermann-Demont, N., Fuller, G. W., Giza, C. C., Guskiewicz, K. M., Hainline, B., Iverson, G. L., Kutcher, J. S., Leddy, J. J., … Meeuwisse, W. (2023). Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport-Amsterdam, October 2022. British journal of sports medicine, 57(11), 695–711. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-106898

• Thomas, D. G., Apps, J. N., Hoffmann, R. G., McCrea, M., & Hammeke, T. (2015). Benefits of strict rest after acute concussion: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics, 135(2), 213–223. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-0966

• Thomas, D. G., Erpenbach, H., Smith, C. N., Hickey, R. W., Waltzman, D., Haarbauer-Krupa, J., Nelson, L. D., Patterson, C. G., McCrea, M., Collins, M. W., & Kontos, A. P. (2025). Impact of Early Activity and Behavioral Management on Acute Concussion Recovery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of pediatrics, 283, 114596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114596

• Vaughan, C. G., Ledoux, A. A., Sady, M. D., Tang, K., Yeates, K. O., Sangha, G., Osmond, M. H., Freedman, S. B., Gravel, J., Gagnon, I., Craig, W., Burns, E., Boutis, K., Beer, D., Gioia, G., Zemek, R., & PERC 5P Concussion Team (2023). Association Between Early Return to School Following Acute Concussion and Symptom Burden at 2 Weeks Postinjury. JAMA network open, 6(1), e2251839. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.51839
  
  

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