TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
TITLE
AUTHOR
YEAR
DESCRIPTION
Alex’s Journey-Video
American Brain
Tumor Assn.
2000
This video provides families with information
about brain tumors and the procedures used in
treating the disease. It follows a family through
diagnosis and surgery. (not after care)
30 Min.
Behavioral Interventions
After Brain InjuryNotebook
GWAEA
1996
This notebook includes information and
strategies that might be helpful in working with
children after brain injury. It provides users with
summary tips for understanding and handling
the behavioral problems that might occur after
head injury.
Brain Facts-A Primer on
the Brain and Nervous
System
Book
The Society for
Neuroscience
2001
This book provides an overview of what is
known about the nervous system, disorders of
the brain, and some of the avenues of research
that promise new therapies for many
neurological disorders.
60 Pages
Brain Injury Kit
GWAEA
2000
The boxed kit contains:

What Educators Need To Know About Brain
Injury-Book

Pieces of the Puzzle-Video

Facts About Concussion And Brain InjuryBooklet

Collection of pamphlets on brain injury
Brain Injury Packet
Research and
Training Center in
Rehabilitation and
Childhood
Trauma-New
England Medical
Center
19941996
This is a packet of information, newsletters, and
brochures covering the topic of brain injury and
related topics such as violence, children’s
hospital stays, and cultural awareness. Some
material is in Spanish.
David With Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome
Video
Films For The
Humanities
2001
This program provides a unique personal look
at what it is like to grow up and live with the
effects of FAS, through the words and
experiences of David, who has FAS, and his
family.
45 Min.
Disabilities, Dragon and
Other Magical
Discoveries-A Kid’s
Guide to Understanding
And Living With
Disabilities
Enright, Rick
1998
67
This book was written to help children with
disabilities understand their disability better and
to understand the impact of the disability in
many areas of their lives.
The disabilities describe in this book are:
1. Cerebral Palsy
2. Muscular Dystrophy
3. Spina Bifida
4. Spinal Cord and Brain Injury
68 Pages
Educator’s Manual, AnWhat Educators Need
to Know About Students
With Brain Injury-Book
Brain Injury
Association, Inc.
Edited by
Savage, Ron
Wolcott, Gary
Families Living With
Brain Injury
Division of
Developmental
Disablities
1992
A Video and pamphlet guide telling the story of
three families coping with brain injury in a family
member.
Head Injury And The
Family: A Life And
Living Perspective
Orate, Arthur and
Power, Paul
1994
This book focuses both on how the family can
adjust and survive the trauma related to head
injury, as well as become a partner in the
treatment, rehabilitation and adaptation
process.
245 Pages
Outside to the InsideIncluding Students with
Brain Injury
Video
University of Iowa
Hospitals and
Clinics
2001
This video shows a process to use in planning
for the return of a student to school following
brain injury. The steps are:

Assign leadership

Gather information

Prioritize Problems

Identify and try solutions

Evaluate and try again
1995
The editors, to help educators prepare
for the return of students with brain
injuries to their classrooms, put this
third edition collection of articles,
papers, and case studies together.
Some topics included are:

Educational Issues

Understanding Brain Injury

Assessment

Educational Programming
180 Pages
23 min.
Source For Executive
Function DisordersBook
Phillips-Keeley,
Susanne
2003
Trauma And
Rehabilitation-Folder
New England
Medical Center
1999
This folder contains information and resources
for parents and educators about the effects of
traumatic head injury and other traumatic injury
to the body.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Boxed Information
Specialized
Services Group
Iowa Dept. of
Education
2006
Included in this kit are pamphlet, videos, books,
and room to include handout and other
information that may need to be added.
Visual Strategies For
Hodgdon, Linda
1995
68
The manual is devoted to
rehabilitation of those who have
executive function disorders due to
ADHD, brain injury, or other
disabilities that impair these executive
functions of the frontal lobe of the
brain:

Anticipation

Goal selection

Planning

Self-monitoring

Use of feedback

Completion of purposeful
activities
211 pages
This is a “how-to” book designed to assist
Improving
Communication:
Practical Supports for
School and Home-Book
teachers, speech-language therapist, and
parents in devising solutions to the
communication and self-managing challenges
that are common to students who experience
autism and other moderate to severe
communication disorders.
230 Pages
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