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Understanding Students with Traumatic Brain Injury

Understanding Students with Traumatic Brain Injury. ED 222 Spring 2011. Defining Traumatic Brain Injury. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an acquired injury caused by external physical force Two types of TBI: Closed head injury Open head injury

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Understanding Students with Traumatic Brain Injury

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  1. Understanding Students with Traumatic Brain Injury ED 222 Spring 2011

  2. Defining Traumatic Brain Injury • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an acquired injury caused by external physical force • Two types of TBI: • Closed head injury • Open head injury • Does not include congenital, infections, degenerative, or birth trauma • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmAML1-F2LE&feature=related

  3. Prevalence of TBI • In fall 2006, 23,967 students (0.4% of students 6-21 in special education) • Other prevalence data indicate the effects to TBI • 1.1 million Emergency department visits each year • 235,000 hospitalizations • 50,000 deaths • Males are approximately 1.5 times as likely to sustain a TBI as a females • Highest risk groups: birth to four years of age and 15-19 years of age • 10% are severe, 10% moderate and 80% mild

  4. Characteristics • Characteristics will vary according to: • Site and extent of injury • Length of time student was in a coma • Student’s maturational stage at the time of injury • Possible changes due to TBI: • Physical • Cognitive • Linguistic • Behavioral, emotional, and social

  5. Phineas Gage • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4fGlny5cPg

  6. Determining the Causes • Accidents • Most are motor vehicle • Falls • Assaults • Firearm (2/3 are suicide attempts) • Child abuse • Shaken-baby syndrome • Sports and recreational injuries

  7. Determining the Presence • Evaluation must be comprehensive and ongoing • Glasgow Outcomes Scale classifies injuries into broad groups: • Death • Persistent vegetative state • Severe disability • Moderate disability • Good recovery

  8. Determining the Nature of Specially Designed Instruction and Services • Students with TBI need frequent evaluation and re-evaluation • Classroom observation checklist • Memory • Attention and concentration • Executive functioning • Self-awareness • Language

  9. Partnering for Special Education and Related Services • For successful hospital to school transitions: • Involve educators during hospital stay • Keep school personnel updated on student medical progress • Make the time for homebound instruction as short as possible • Frequently monitor the student’s progress after re-entry • Assign someone to be the point person for coordinating the transition

  10. Determining Supplementary Aids and Services • Teaching memory aids, including: • Following a routine schedule • Keeping appointments that are not routine • Taking medication • Remember to perform a new task • Marking when to start or end a task • Using technology; visual assistants; PDA’s; pagers/digital beepers, electronic watchers; There is an App for that!

  11. Planning for UDL • Instructional Pacing • Appropriate instructional pacing • Frequent student responses • Adequate processing time • Monitoring responses • Frequent feedback

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