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Susan's Story - The Facts About Traumatic Brain Injury

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain caused by the head being hit by something or shaken violently. Learn the facts about this all-too-common injury along with helpful tips for parents and teachers.

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Plan Your Day Curriculum

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Learn to follow a schedule, even without being able to tell time or remember dates!

Students can learn how to follow a schedule, even if they can't tell time or remember the date. Plan Your Day Curriculum includes an instructor1s guide plus hands-on student resources. Student resources provide everything needed to implement a picture-based scheduling system. Choice cards show everyday activities and are arranged in the appointment book to reflect daily events. Users match the time written on the cards to their digital watch. Day-of-the-week, pocket calendars, and six-months-at-a-glance cards also fit in the appointment book and help students with difficult calendar skills. Plan Your Day instructor's guide describes three types of schedules that progress in complexity: Basic picture schedule, daily schedule and ongoing schedule. You choose the one that best suits each student. Detailed sample schedules, using student resources provided, help you get started.

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Plan Your Day Curriculum

Typical Access Profile

Auditory

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Hearing
Hyper-Acute

Vision

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Vision

Gross Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Gross Motor

Fine Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Fine Motor

Developmental Age Range

0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
9 - 12
13 and Over

Language

Typical
Some Spoken
Receptive Only
Sign
Assistive/Augmentitive
Not Using Language
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Language Comprehension with Switch Adapted Boom Boxes

To encourage language comprehension in children with special needs, try recording simple stories on tape and then let the child use his or her switch to independently activate any of the Switch Adapted Boom Boxes or Tape Decks and hear the story told to them in a familiar voice. Vary the stories with lots of music too!

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