SPED7071-JP.Intro to Concussion and TBI.Sp16.Polson,Jennifer

Faculty Name

Jennifer Polson

Document Type

Syllabi

School

HSE

Department

CS

Course Subject

SPED

Course Number

7071

Course Section

JP

Course Title

Intro to Concussion and TBI

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2016

Credits

2.00

Course Description

Learn more about brain injury from concussion to traumatic brain injury and how they affect K-12 school performance, including measures used to assess degree of injury. Topics: How to accommodate these injuries, responsibilities of the school to facilitate learning across settings (hospital, home, classroom); the roles of coaches, teachers, and school personnel in accommodating concussions; and how to interpret medical reports and recommendations from doctors to return to school of play for athletes. Explore classroom instructional strategies. Become familiar with MN special education criteria for traumatic brain injury.

Recommended Citation

Polson, Jennifer, "SPED7071-JP.Intro to Concussion and TBI.Sp16.Polson,Jennifer" (2016). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 10401.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/10401