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Summer 2012 Term 2 Articles (Dr. Herr's section) Katha McGowan Traumatic Brain Injury Voice Thread

Traumatic Brain Injury using Voice Thread Your brain is affected by everything that comes into contact with it, whether it is chemical, what you eat/ingest, anything that makes the brain think, or an external force such as a brain injury, your brain will respond. IDEA defines Traumatic Brain Injury as “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 a child’s educational performance…” Individuals who are challenged with a Traumatic Brain Injury have difficulty with thinking and reasoning, need more time to respond to questions and complete assignments due to poor attention span and difficulty remembering the concepts taught. Individuals who struggle with a Traumatic Brain Injury need strategies to acquire the necessary skills to navigate through their everyday lives, I believe that using Voice Threads as a strategy will enable individuals to succeed. The technique of Voice Threads allow individuals the luxury of revisiting the concepts whenever they need a gentle reminder of what needs to be understood, at their comfort level as often as needed. Individuals who have a Traumatic Brain Injury have difficulty with thinking and responding in a timely manner, and voice threads allow them to listen and process at their speed, not at the speed of the instructor. Individuals, who struggle with focusing their attention on a specific task, need to find safe and reliable outlets to enable them to scaffold their learning. Strengthening these skills of individuals who have a Traumatic Brain Injury using Voice Threads is a way to scaffold this learning. These individuals often have trouble with processing their thinking and reasoning, using Voice threads can allow them time to revisit a concept as often as needed for the individual to think and reason through a difficult concept. Voice Threads allows individuals practice time so they can respond to assignments hence, an added benefit could be to help strengthen their organizational skills. Addressing the needs of an individual who has a Traumatic Brain Injury can be supported by the use of Voice Threads, allowing the individuals to build their self-confidence by exercising their own style of processing learned information.

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