Donald Collins, J.D.
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Ahead of the Game: The Parent's Guide To Youth Sports Concussion
Rosemarie Scolaro Moser's new book, Ahead of the Game: The Parent's Guide to Youth Sports Concussion (University Press of New England) is just what it says it is: a practical, no-nonsense guide for parents about sport concussions.
Moser brings to the subject matter a unique background: As a clinician who has treated hundreds if not thousands of concussed student-athletes at the Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey, she brings real world experience to the subject, not just as a neuropsychologist with specialized expertise on baseline and post-concussion neurocognitive testing but in the management and treatment of concussions, including the academic accommodations that are often needed during the sometimes long road to recovery.
Read moreAbout Donald Collins
Donald C. Collins is an attorney, long-time basketball referee, and Commissioner of Athletics for the California Interscholastic Federation, San Francisco Section. He also serves on the MomsTEAM Institute Board of Directors. The author of numerous articles on sports administration, sports officiating, legal issues affecting sports officials, and sportsmanship, Mr. Collins has also been involved in the drafting of legislation to give sports officials independent contractor status and criminalizing assaults and batteries on officials.
A former staff attorney at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Mr. Collins has taught legal writing at Hofstra University Law School, taught in the paralegal program at Sonoma State University, where he served in the compliance office of the university's athletic department.
He received his B.A. in Accounting from Xavier University of New Orleans and his J.D. from Yale Law School.