Teacher Resources

Supporting you and your student is our number one priority. Students with a brain injury is more common than you probably can imagine. Brain Injury impacts each individual differently and severity of the impacts can look different in each person, as well differ from mild to severe. 

Juvenile Symptoms Questionnaire (1).pdf

MindSource Symptom Questionnaire

Recommended to use with students with prolonged symptoms, not necessarily with students with acute brain injury or initial concussion symptoms.

CATT-Return-to-School2023.pdf

CATT Return to School Protocol

This document is great for student with an acute injury such as a concussion.  As the student returns to school it is recommended to use the following documents and team approach on the Alaska Return to School Page.  Guidance and consultation may be provided by referring the student to our program. 

Triangle of Cognitive Heirarchy. On the bottom working its way to the top we have the foundational level; arousal, alertness, awareness, counsciousness, attention and concentration. Next is memory, short and long term. Then problem solving and sequency, then reasoning and organization. After that is judgement and insight and last is executive functions.

Triangle of Cognitive Hierarchy

Cognitive Hierarchy

Educational Challenges 

Education Impact

Long Term Outcomes



Alaska Return to School

(most students)


504

(a few students)


IEP

(very few students)

CATT-Poster-Concussion-Pathway.pdf

Concussion Awareness, Response and Managment

SERRC Youth Brain Injury Program FlowChart.pdf

Traumatic vs Non Traumatic Injuries

tbi_classroom_tips_for_teachers-a.pdf

CDC HeadsUp Document is a great resources helping students recover from a consussion with classroo tips for teachers. 

tbi_returning_to_school-a.pdf

CDC HeadsUp Returning to School after a concussion and classroom awareness 

factsheet_athletes_ages11-13-a.pdf

Fact Sheet for Athletes

TBI_factsheet_NURSE-508-a.pdf

CDC Tip Sheet for School Nurses

BI Manua for educators.pdf

A Manual for Educators

CLASS Parent FU v3.2 (Gioia).pdf

CLASS

CLASS Parent Initial v3.2 (Gioia) (2).pdf

CLASS

CLASS Student FU v3.2 (Gioia).pdf

CLASS

CLASS Student Initial v3.2 (Gioia) (1).pdf

CLASS

PACE SE Self version 10+.pdf

PACE

If a student as moved through the process of temporary accommodations, or has been determined eligible for Special Education Services per Evaluation, the student may meet the eligibility guidelines per the Alaska State Special Education Guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury. 

"To be eligible for special education and related services as a child with traumatic brain injury, a child must 

(1) exhibit an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment or both, that adversely affects educational performance; (

2) exhibit impairments in one or more areas, including cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem-solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech caused by open or closed head injuries; 

(3) not have brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or induced by birth trauma; 

(4) require special facilities, equipment, or methods to make the child's educational program effective; 

(5) be diagnosed by a physician as having a traumatic brain injury; and 

(6) be certified by the group established under 4 AAC 52.125(a) (2) as qualifying for and needing special education services."


Administrators

School Administrators Guide to Academic Concussion Management.pdf

Administrator's Guide to Academic Concussion Management

ConcussionManagementPlan_a.pdf

Concussion Management Plan

If you would like to consult about a process or about a particular situation, please contact us.