How education should respond to students with traumatic brain injury.
This article focuses on the educational implications of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It details the conceptual issues surrounding TBI and discusses how assessment of this group differs from that of other groups with disabilities. Finally, the article offers suggestions for an integrated intervention approach based on the idea of bringing order to the life experiences of these students. The S. O. S. (Structure, Organization, and Strategy) Approach offers a framework from which to consider the variable needs of these learners.
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Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley 80639, USA.
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D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching