Schools have a duty of care to ensure injured students aren't participating in activities before they're medically ready. When a student is injured and the Incident is reported in Clipboard, a 'return to play' date can be set. This date indicates when the student will recover from the injury and return to their extracurricular activities.
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Instead of adding Pre-Explained Absences for students who are injured but still attending school or other extracurricular Activities, it is preferable to use the Return to Play feature as part of the Incident follow-up. This way, students won't appear as 'potentially absent' on all rolls — instead, they'll show as 'unable to play due to injury (or concussion).' This allows staff in other extracurricular Activities to mark the student as unexplained absent if they do not attend.

Once a return to play date has been set, an injury alert symbol (bandaid icon) will appear on the student's profile on any roll they are on.
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When the symbol is clicked, it will show details of why the student is unable to play and when they should be expected to recover.
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[Screenshot: a roll being marked with the bandaid icon clicked, showing return to play details]

When an Incident is logged with a concussion and a return-to-play date is set, a concussion-specific icon will appear on the Roll and Teams pages — separate from the standard band-aid icon. This makes it immediately clear to coaches and staff that the student has a Potential or Confirmed Concussion, so the right precautions can be taken to fulfil your school's duty of care — without any guesswork.
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[Screenshot: concussion icon displayed on Roll]

Return to Play information and follow-up notes can be added when submitting the Incident Report, and after the Incident Report has been submitted. Simply:

Once a return to play date has been set, an alert will appear next to their name on any rolls they are on, plus:
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On the Student’s Profile:

The Incident Report:

And on the Team List:

Example: If a student broke their arm, you can set a return-to-play date 2 months from the date of injury. When marking rolls, the bandaid icon will appear mext to the student's name.
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If the Incident was logged as a concussion, the concussion icon will appear instead.

[Screenshot: Incidents report — select ‘Confirmed concussion’ from the drop-down box]

Use Column View in Teams!

This view shows all Teams in the Activity, with students listed in descending order, making it easy to see at a glance which students are injured and awaiting a return-to-play date — including those with a concussion icon.

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