Review
When a student with a brain injury joins a classroom, there are new challenges for everyone involved. Students With Acquired Brain Injury: The School's Response serves as both an introduction and a practical handbook for working with children who have acquired brain injury. Designed for school professionals, it describes the full range of issues facing this growing student population and presents innovative, proven strategies for improving the quality of the school experience for all children regardless of the school setting -- from special education classrooms to fully inclusive programs. Also discussed are hospital-school transitions, assessment strategies, behavior challenges, friendships, counseling, IEP planning, in-service training, team support, model programs in public schools, classroom modifications, interventions to assist teachers, and family-professional partnerships. Students With Acquired Brain Injury also has much to offer the parents of these students, guiding them in their efforts and the efforts of the teachers and school staff to support them in the school setting. -- Midwest Book Review
Product Description
When a student with a brain injury joins a classroom, there are new challenges for everyone involved. This book serves as both an introduction and a practical handbook for working with children who have acquired brain injury (ABI). Designed for school professionals, it describes the full range of issues facing this growing student population and presents innovative, proven strategies for improving the quality of the school experience for all children regardless of the school settingfrom special education classrooms to fully inclusive programs. School professionals and parents can rely on this functional book for dependable, accessible information to guide them in their efforts to support children with ABI in the school setting.
