title: Building statewide infrastructure for effective educational services for students with TBI: promising practices and recommendations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify promising practices in educational service delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consensus-building process with a multidisciplinary group of researchers, policy makers, and state Department of Education personnel.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This white paper presents the group's consensus on the essential components of a statewide educational infrastructure to support students with traumatic brain injury across the spectrum of injury severity: (a) identification, screening, and assessment practices; (b) systematic communication between medical and educational systems; (c) tracking of child's progress over time; and (d) professional development for school personnel. The white paper also presents key outcomes for measuring success and provides recommendations both for policy change and for furthering research in childhood brain injury.
authors: Brain Injury Program, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Colorado Department of Human Services, Denver, Colorado (Ms Dettmer); Center on Brain Injury Research and Training, University of Oregon, Eugene (Drs Ettel and Glang); Colorado Department of Education and Center for Concussion, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Denver, Colorado (Dr McAvoy).
authors: Judy
authors: J
authors: Dettmer
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Ettel
authors: Ann
authors: A
authors: Glang
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: McAvoy
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000193:education*; D004519:Education, Special / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008403:Mass Screening; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011050:Policy Making; D012944:Social Support; D013219:State Government; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States