504/IEP Accommodations & Modifications for a Student with a Traumatic Brain Injury
This resource offers a list of accommodations for a variety of challenges a student with a traumatic brain injury might experience. Utilizing any of these accommodations will support learning, deficits, and difficulties for students with a traumatic brain injury.
Publication Date: June 2023
Publisher: The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training, University of Oregon
About Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
This article explains three types of injury to the brain. It includes a video about traumatic brain injury with children, causes, and prevention strategies.
Publication Date: November 2020
Publisher: National Institutes of Health
Academic Accommodations Matrix
Following concussion, students who receive accommodations are more successful and better able to reintegrate into school. This table describes accommodations that would benefit students after concussion divided into four categories; General, Cognitive/Thinking, Fatigue/Physical, and Emotional.
Publication Date: June 2023
Publisher: The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training, University of Oregon
Accommodations & Modifications in the Classroom for a Student with a Traumatic Brain Injury
This checklist serves as a starting point for identifying student needs and developing appropriate accommodations. Because rapid changes take place after a brain injury, the plan must be frequently reviewed and updated to meet the changing needs of the student.
Publisher: The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training, University of Oregon
Arizona Department of Education AT Short Term Loan Library
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services works in partnership with Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development Arizona Technology Access Program to make available at no cost, a wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software, and professional development materials to school personnel to improve access to assistive technology.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Assessment Strategies/Ongoing Monitoring
Assessment strategies for students who have sustained TBIs include: observations, interviews, checklists and rating scales, standardized norm-referenced tests, curriculum-based measures, functional behavior assessments, and computer-based neurocognitive tests. This resource includes information about what those assessment strategies can measure, the names of tests commonly used in schools, and the importance of implementing ongoing progress monitoring.
Publication Date: June 2023
Publisher: The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training, University of Oregon
Gaps in Concussion Management Across School-Aged Children
This study examined demographic characteristics, injury-related details, and physician recommended accommodations for 384 pre-kindergarten–12th grade students over four school years. A summary of how concussion identification and management differ across age groups and sex is provided.
Authors: Katherine Price Snedaker, Jennifer Lundine, Angela Ciccia, Mohammad Nadir Haider, and Katy O’Brien
Publication Date: February 2022
Publisher: Brain Injury
Returning to School After Traumatic Brain Injury
This article summarizes research-based practices for returning to school following concussion. Information covers a team approach, individual plans to help a student return to school successfully, extra supports for learning and play activities at school, and frequent progress checks.
Publication Date: February 2020
Publisher: Frontiers for Young Minds
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with traumatic brain injury and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: November 2019
Publisher: KidsHealth
What Do We Learn from Studying Traumatic Brain Injury?
Researchers study TBI so they can find ways to help those with a brain injury to get better. This paper reviews different types of TBI studies.
Authors: Kristin Wilmoth and Michael McCrea
Publication Date: January 2020
Publisher: Frontiers for Young Minds