pretdou,

Welcome back. I am sorry to hear of your daughter's I think she needs to be head ache free before returning to school. To make a more important point, she needs to NOT do timed tests until she has SLOWLY rebuilt her tolerance for such intense cognitive and motor control work. This rebuilding should be spread over the next 6 to 12 months. She should seek care for her neck.

I would advice against the BrainState conditioning. There is only anecdotal evidence that it works. It has downsides. Input brain therapies can cause seizures. I suggest being extremely cautious about any non-volitional neuro-therapies for a brain as young as hers. Her brain is already under stress as she goes through the many maturing processes at her age.

You need to help her slow down. It is obvious she has a sensitivity to pushing either cognitive or motor or both brain functions. Keep in mind that some of her symptoms may not show up until the next day. Cognitive effort usually has a lag before some of the symptoms return.

If she needs to build keyboard speed, she should be doing it naturally rather than under pressure. Unfortunately, teachers like to measure achievement. She is not ready to be put under such pressures. The most common learning environment accommodation Post Concussion students need is a slower pace, more time for tests, and a quieter study and testing environment. It sounds like she needs the same.

I hope the NUCCA chiro can help her. Sometimes, neck injuries can lead to head aches.

The keyboarding may have been only the straw that broke the camels back with your daughter. She may have other cognitive loads that need to be moderated. I hope you can help her in these areas.

My best to you and your daughter.

For example, I had a very busy day online Tuesday. I was typing all day. Yesterday I crashed like I hit a concrete wall .