Traumatic Brain

Injury (TBI)
Names: Mahra Bhakeet and Shaikha Salim
Teacher name: Antoinette Wiseman
Course name: Teaching learners with Special Needs
Table of contact
CLO 3
What is TBI? 4
Definition 5
History timeline of the TBI 6
Policy of integration relating to this SEN: 7
Organization of the learning environment: 8
The classroom environment for the student: 9
Student centered activates 10
How to assessment, care and education of a 11
child with this special?
Accommodations Modifications: 12
Famous person with TBI 13
Conclusion 14
Reference 15&16
 CLO:

- Talk specifically about Traumatic brain Injury in

education. and how school support the student with
TBI in UAE.

(Group)
 What is TBI?
Traumatic brain injury is a mental problem that happened
when an external mechanical force causes brain
dysfunction

There are certain things that occur due to brain injury

such as: cognitive changes, physical changes,
personality and behavioral changes.

(Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVhBTfXCEhQ
 Definition
Children with TBI they have identified disability, health, or mental health conditions
requiring early intervention, special education services, or other specialized services and
supports

People who have had mental or physical disorders since

birth and sometimes find it difficult to cope with the
outside world.

(Traumatic Brain Injury , n.d.)

(Group)
(What are special educational needs, n.d.).
History Timeline(TBI):

Dr. Kurf Goldstein, the director of the Institute for research into the effect
Brain lesions, he published an English version of his work on TBI sustained
in war in 1942.

In 1990 Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) was

renamed Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and amended
to include new classification categories for student including those with a
TBI.

Shaikha
Policy of integration relating to this
SEN:
- School for all rule which is include (SEN) students.
- Schools in the cannot refuse the special needs students.
- Providing the appropriate environment for people with special
needs.
- Extra fees to parents who want any special education services.
- (SEN) students should all be the same ages in the class.

Mahra (Special Education, n.d.)

(Special Needs Education in the UAE, 2010)
 Organization of the learning environment:
The classroom environment that the student will be in it should be comfortable for their
illness.

students physical and mental endurances may be limited during their initial return to
school and steadily improve over time.

Student should be allowed to take their time in thinking more. that the other normal
students.

Shaikha
(Bowen, 2008)
 The classroom environment for the
student:
1- The routine for the student with TBI is really helpful to remember things.

2- Rest time for the student between the classes and activity to help them to
rest their brain between time to time.

3- Written or picture checklists of task steps and maps.

4- Using auditory or visual cues to signal changes in the routine.

Shaikha
 Student centered
activates

Playing with sand (develop fine motor skills)

Develop their fine and

motor skills and thinking
skills

Playing with clay (develop fine motor skills) Matching colors activity
to develop the students
thinking.
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 How to assessment, care and education of a child with this
special?

The special needs, need support form the school there are in and the one who
should care about them they are:

Special education teacher.

Social worker.

Speech and language pathologist.

Psychologist.

Social therapy

Shaikha (General Rules for the Provision of , 2017)

Accommodations Modifications:
The classroom learning environment(Accommodations):
1- Control lighting.
2- Reduce destructions.
3- Eliminate noise.

The classroom learning environment (Modifications):

. 1- Summarize the information.
2- Written instructions.
3- Make the activities and lessons simple.
 Famous person with TBI:

Rik Mayall
The late actor, director and writer Rik Mayall suffered a brain injury in
1998 when the quad bike he was riding crashed.

(Group work)
(5 famous people who suffered brain injury, n.d.)
Conclusion

As teachers, we should take care about the students with all

special need and even it is hard to deal with the student with

their illness, we should read and study about this needs to know

how to control the classes if we have one in our classroom.

group
 Reference
5 famous people who suffered brain injury. (n.d.). Retrieved from roydswithyking.com: https://www.roydswithyking.com

Special Education. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.uaecd.org: http://www.uaecd.org

Special Needs Education in the UAE. (2010, May 21). Retrieved from www.dubaifaqs.com: http://www.dubaifaqs.com

Traumatic brain injury. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.mayoclinic.org: http://www.mayoclinic.org

Traumatic Brain Injury . (n.d.). Retrieved from www.caregiver.org: https://www.caregiver.org

What are special educational needs. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.nidirect.gov.uk: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk

What are special educational needs? (n.d.). Retrieved from www.nidirect.gov.uk: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk

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 Reference

Bowen, J. M. (2008, july 25). Classroom Interventions for Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries. Retrieved from
brainline: https://www.brainline.org/article/classroom-interventions-students-traumatic-brain-injuries
General Rules for the Provision of . (2017). Retrieved from Ministry of education Special Education Programs and
Services:mylearn.hct.ac.ae
Tjaden, M. (2015). Traumatic Brain Injury Timeline. Retrieved from prezi:
https://prezi.com/lmhn47alxquh/traumatic-brain-injury-timeline/

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