Another of our group activities was to research and produce an artifact informing people of the issues surrounding Traumatic Brain Injury. Although I have never knowingly taught a child living with the effects of a TBI I do know a girl who suffered one as the result of a fall. This issue is also in the media quite a lot recently die to the issues of child head injuries becoming a national concern. In fact coaches are now receiving better education regarding this growing problem.
As a result of this exercise I feel that I would be better able to work with a child with this difficulty. Our group benefited from Josh's first hand experience of having worked with a child living with a TBI.
Lerner & Johns report that only 0.04% of the total school enrollment are living with this disability, and so it falls in with category of "Low-Incidence" along with:
- Autism
- Hearing Impairment
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Visual Impairment
- Developmental Delay
- Multiple Disabilities
- Deaf-Blindness
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