knowledge and experience of in-service, secondary and post-secondary teachers on mild traumatic brain injuries: return to learning in the classroom
abstract
mild traumatic brain injuries (mtbi) are becoming more prevalent in adolescents. as these
injuries can occur during the school year, returning to school and learning can prove to be
difficult for some individuals. as each mtbi affects individuals differently, teachers need to be
prepared to use a variety of different strategies and have sufficient knowledge of both the injury
and accommodations/strategies to assist the student in returning to learn. i examined what
knowledge, strategies, experience, and training in-service, secondary and post-secondary
teachers have pertaining to the issue of mild traumatic brain injuries and returning to learning.
an online survey was used to collect data responses related to mtbi, symptoms, strategies, etc.,
to see what teachers knew and what they want to know more about pertaining to the issue of
mtbis. the results from this study showed that current secondary and post-secondary teachers
have some, but not extensive knowledge, and fewer than expected educators have received
training in the area of mtbis. these findings suggest that there are knowledge gaps in both mild
traumatic injuries themselves and working with them, and that to fill these gaps and instill
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post mtbi, mandatory training should be
implemented.