EDUC 566 - Students with Brain Injuries

(3 credits)

This course focuses on understanding and educating students with complex bodies and complex communication and instructional needs. Specific attention is given to children and adolescents with brain injury, both congenital and acquired. The concepts of Least Dangerous Assumption and Presuming Competence are essential to serving this population and are emphasized. Course content covers creating and measuring both functional and academic goals for students aged 3 to 21. Transition from early intervention to school age programs and transition back to school following a traumatic brain injury are addressed. Spring.

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