Teens Told to Wear a Helmet
In a second, a brain injury can change your life. That was the message that two re presentatives from the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey brought to students at Central Regional High School in Berkeley on Jan. 25. "But helmets are big and ugly," said Jen Farnan, 16, of Berkeley, one of the teens whose opinion was solicited by Wendy Berk, a traumatic brain injury outreach specialist, and Susan Quick, a prevention and outreach counselor for the education and advocacy group based in Edison. Berk and Quick met with small groups of students in order to solicit the teens' opinions about helmets and to assess what they know about brain injuries. She said the association wants to step up efforts to get older teens to wear helmets.
