Health Class
Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI) is the most common cause of death and disability for
children in the America. Each year,
over one million children undergo TBI.
Of these children, only 9% to 38% are referred for special
education. In the 1999-2000 school year,
nearly 14,000 students were served in special education programs because of
TBI. Many children with Traumatic Brain
Injury are not in special education, but need modifications from the general
education teacher. (Smith, Polloway,
Patton, & Dowdy, 2004)
NINDS
Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page, Traumatic Brain Injury, (2004)
Retrieved January 25, 2005 from
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tbi/tbi_pr.htm
Smith,
T. E., Polloway, E., Patton, J.R., and Dowdy, C.A., (2004) Teaching Students
with
Special
Needs, Boston, MA. Pearson Education Inc.