Katherine “Price” Snedaker is the founder or “coach” of Team Concussion, a social media/web based support group for teenagers with concussions. She also works as an Independent Concussion Consultant to 
assist recreational teams, town leagues and private schools with her website, SportsCAPP.com. She designed this website around her work with local lacrosse leagues and is working to bring concussion awareness to all sports teams across the state.
Katherine has her Masters in Social Work and has worked as a school social worker. In addition to being a lifelong athlete, she has over ten years experience coaching boys lacrosse and co-ed soccer with children aged 5 to 15. She has vast experience with concussions as an athlete, a professional, a coach, league advisor and a parent of three active sons.
To help with research, Katherine has agreed to donate her brain to the study of CTE after she dies and encourages all adult athletes with concussion histories to consider this option (click here for more info).
CURRENT POSITIONS
- Consultant for Concussion Awareness and Policy for town and rec leagues, and private schools
- Concussion Advisor 2011-2012, CONNY Science & Safety Committee
- Founder of Team Concussion: Teen to Teen Support via social media
- Founder and Web Designer at Priceless Sites, Social Media linked Websites
PAST EMPLOYMENT
- Director of Counseling and Community Education at The Concussion Center of Fairfield County
- Founder at Kids and Concussions – Website and Facebook Page for Concussion Information
- Social Worker, Adoption, Home Studies and Search at Family and Children’s Agency, Norwalk CT
- Social Worker, Child Therapist, Family and Children’s Agency, Norwalk CT
- Social Worker PTSD Intern at Veterans Administration
CERTIFICATIONS
- Licensed Master Social Worker in New York and Connecticut – current 2012
- Advanced Concussion Training from The Sports Legacy Institute – current 2012
- Certified Coach in MODULE 15: Concussion Management – current 2012
- US Lacrosse Coaching Education Program Level 1 Boys Lacrosse Coach – current 2012
- Community First Responder Training Certification, Norwalk Community College
- CPR and First Aid Certified – current 2012
- Former Re-adjustment Therapist for Combat Veterans, Manhattan Veteran’s Administration’s Vet Center
- Former Certified School Social Worker in Connecticut
CONCUSSION EXPERIENCE
- Serves as the Counseling Director, The Concussion Center of Fairfield County.
- Provides Community Education for local private schools and town sports leagues, The Concussion Center of Fairfield County.
- Serves as the Concussion Reference Advisor for Norwalk Junior Lacrosse, 2008-present.
- Serves as Concussion Advisor to CONNY Connecticut-New York Youth Lacrosse Association (CONNY), 2009-present.
- Counsels concussion-distressed families via her volunteer organization, www.kidsandconcussions.com
SOME PRESENTATIONS ON CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT
- New Canaan County School, CT Concussion Awareness For Staff and Coaches, Jan 2012
- Connecticut-New York Youth Lacrosse Association (CONNY), Team Concussion Guidelines 2011
- Norwalk Youth Lacrosse Parent Meetings, 2008 – present
- CONNY, various board meetings, 2009 – present
- Bridgeport Youth Lacrosse Annual Team Breakfast for Players and Parents, Inc., 2009
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Thanks for posting! If you don’t mind sharing, what is your interest in concussions?
Disturbing video. These raise a concern I’ve had for some time rdnraeigg the growth of lacrosse, especially out here in the West. There’s a lot of football inserted into the game here. Lacrosse is physical, but it’s not supposed to be violent, although, based on fan responses to many hits I’ve seen, they love the take outs. As far as these videos the first two might be tough calls in live action. But video three looks to me like an intentional effort to take a star player out, slow motion or not. Targeting? Maybe. Coached to do so? I wonder. The player in white clearly had Big Hit on his mind. And you can tell by the way he walked over the downed player that he was fired up by the hit.So now what? US Lacrosse, if you’re serious, and want to stand up for the principals that you espouse, take action. Revoke the membership of the offending player. Investigate the coaches. Reprimand the refs and recommend docking of ref pay to the governing body. Make players, coaches and refs understand that you are serious about Sportsmanship and safety beyond editorials in your magazine.
At the age of 14 my daughter sunesiatd what was diagnosed as a concussion. She didn’t loose consciousness, but within 24 hours she had almost complete amnesia, had forgotten how to read and write and that she had learned a year of algebra and spanish. The effects of her concussion lasted over 3 years.Because of our journey with TBI I have written a book titled When Libby Lost Her Smile . This story takes the reader through the initial diagnosis of concussion to a year long battle with the school district to find the proper accommodation while Libby recovered. The book covers the first three years of recovery and was written to help parents while going through the CSE proccess in getting their child the proper accommodations while recovering.
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I can certainly see a case for heelmt-to-helmet on the first clip, but where’s the illegal hit in the second clip? The offense player’s own momentum propels him into one, then a second defender. The first defender clearly removes his stick from contact with a backhand swing (away) and the O-player’s heelmt comes off in the midst of contact he created Maybe he should wear the heelmt that fits or at least keep it strapped. Hit Number 3: How do you call a high hit when the player hit ducks into the contact? It certainly was a push foul, maybe a cross check to the back had the player in black not ducked’.Maybe next time the officials will have the ability to tell the teams to play in Super Slo-Mo so they’ll be able to guage what might’ve been benign plays at real speed.J.L.