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How Education Should Respond to Students with Traumatic Brain InjuryRik Carl D'mato, PhD, is a professor of school psychology and director of the Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory at the University of Northern Colorado, and Distinguished University of Northern Colorado Scholar for 1995. He is known for his research concerning neuropsychological correlates of learning and nontraditional approaches to school psychology. Address: Rik Carl D'Amato, Director, Programs in School Psychology, McKee 248, PPSY Division, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Barbara A. Rothlisberg, PhD, is an associate professor of educational psychology and director of the MA/EdS Program in School Psychology at Ball State University. Dr. Rothlisberg is interested in the fields of assessment, learning disabilities, and in issues of collaboration among educational professionals. 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.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 29, No. 6,
670-683 (1996) |
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