Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Traumatic brain injury means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairment in one or more areas, such as cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical function; information processing; and speech. The term does not apply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or brain injury-induced birth trauma.
Kim Fratto
Specialist – Phone: (801) 538-7716 | kim[dot]fratto[at]schools [dot] utah [dot] gov(E-mail)
October 13, 2011
Brain Injury Alliance of Utah's (BIAU) Families and Professionals' Conference
Classroom Behavior Strategies for Students with TBI
Stacy Acor, Ed.S., NCSP
Function-Based Strategies
Stacy Acor, Ed.S., NCSP
October 5, 2010
BIAU's Families and Professionals' Conference
IDEA Eligibility Determination: Grades K-12 for Special Ed Services
Janet Gibbs, M.Ed.
Utah State Office of Education
Learning Strategies for Students with TBI (Darn that hurt! Band-aids for Teachers)
Laurie D. Fue, MS, CCC-SLP
Canyons School District
October 7, 2009
BIAU's Families and Professionals' Conference
"I Didn't Mean to Do It, It Just Happened"
Teresa Flenniken
Safe School Intervention Coordinator, Davis School District
October 9-10, 2008
BIAU's Families and Professionals' Conference
Karen McAvoy, Psy.D.k, Greenwood Village, CO Presenter
Reports
CDC Report on TBI 2010
Resources
Brain Injury Alliance of Utah (BIAU)
The Brain Injury Alliance of Utah (BIAU) was created in 1984 as a 501©(3) non-profit organization. BIAU is the only non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to education and support for the issues of prevention and recovery of brain injury in the state of Utah. BIAU have coalitions with major hospitals, governmental agencies, and rehabilitation centers to provide a network of support, information, and help.
Mild TBI Guide for Educators - English
Mild TBI Guide for Educators - Spanish
Mild TBI Guide for Parents - English
Mild TBI Guide for Parents - Spanish
Head Injury Policy
Injury Prevention and Control: Traumatic Brain Injury
Presented by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CD)
Parent/Athlete Concussion Information Sheet
Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries Training
Sports Concussion
Traumatic Brain Injury Collaboration Space (TBICS)
Traumatic Brain Injury and Teens: Information for School Administrators
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Information for Parents