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ERIC Number: EJ795379
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 16
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Memory Strategies to Use With Students Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Pershelli, Andi
Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, v26 n1 p31-46 Fall 2007
Following a traumatic brain injury, including a mild concussion, most students will have some degree of memory impairment. It can take 1-3 years for a child's memory to improve to its maximum capability following injury. Children cannot wait that long before returning to school. Teachers need to know how to diversify their instruction in order to assist children with traumatic brain injuries in transitioning back to school. Students cannot simply be provided with a list of memory strategies and be expected to use them successfully; a variety of memory strategies is only the beginning. Teachers should know how to select one or two strategies that will work best given a student's individual strengths. These strategies must then be taught through repetition, practice and assisted use until the employment of those strategies becomes automatic. This article will (1) explain a variety of memory strategies and how to select strategies based on students' strengths, (2) compare several scan-and-read software programs presently available to schools and explain how to use them as memory aides, and (3) provide memory tools to use in studying for tests. (Contains 3 figures.)
Division for Physical and Health Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. 1110 North Glebe Road Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22201. Tel: 888-232-7733; TTY: 866-915-5000; Fax: 703-264-9494; e-mail: barbara.kulik@csun.edu; Web site: http://www.cec.sped.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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