Traumatic Brain Injury
About Traumatic Brain Injury
Common Learner Characteristics
- Impaired executive functioning skills in such things as:
- Initiating or starting up an activity, organizing or planning the steps
- Involvement in a project, and carrying out intended plans
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Lack of organizational skills and failure to adjust mistakes
How might these characteristics affect a child in the classroom?
- Sitting idle until another person specifically directs him or her
- Lacks energy
- Takes too long to complete a task
- Trouble following a sequence of directions
- Difficulty with thinking ahead to what is needed in a given activity
- Inability to notice and correct errors
- Difficulty taking suggestions and using them to improve performance
- Confused with time and/or spacial orientation
- Fatigues easily
- Could exhibit characteristics noted under Other Health Impairments and Physical Impairments
- Difficulty with social skills
- Difficulty shifting topics
Next Steps
- Discuss concerns with parents
- Review student's past history (academic, medical, etc.)
- Talk to previous teachers. Talk to counselors
- Explore interventions and document the results
- Follow school district's referral procedure