Students with brain injuries face additional challenges in middle school and high school where communication and coordination of information among teachers and staff is essential with more complex schedules.   Written by national experts on brain injury in children and adolescents, this series is for teachers, advocates, clinicians, and parents and includes:

Changes in Self Awareness

Among students with brain injuries

By McKay Moore Sohlberg, Bonnie Todis and Ann Glang ~ 1999

  This manual explains five factors that contribute to unawareness after a brain injury.  It shows how to work with the student by using awareness activities consistently over time. Awareness exercises show how to:

  This manual explains the causes of unawareness and gives practical suggestions and worksheets for working with students in middle, junior high and high school.

 This manual addresses the increasing complexity of school work for students with brain injuries in middle through high school. Shows educators how to...

• gather information about student functioning in school and at home
• organize and conduct educational planning meetings
• check progress on action plans
• reconvene the educational team
• select, implement and monitor strategies.

  It is especially useful when students have multiple teachers and classes.  Worksheets and interview guides help identify goals and give step by step information on running effective meetings.

By Ann Glang, McKay Moore Sohlberg and Bonnie Todis ~ 1999

  The activities in this manual help educators select a compensatory system, teach students how to use it, and monitor how well the system is working for the student. Includes practical guidelines to help students with brain injuries use compensatory systems successfully. Has forms for selecting a system, monitoring homework, using the system, tracking schedules, and monitoring student notebook.