Oregon Traumatic Brain Injury Educational Consulting Team

Funded by:

Oregon Department of Education

Project Period:

July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2011

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TBI Education

Description:

The Oregon Traumatic Brain Injury Educational Consulting Team is funded by a contract with the Oregon Department of Education to support students age 0–21 with TBI. The Teaching Research Institute leads the Oregon TBI team by working closely with the Regional Programs for Low Incidence Disabilities to provide statewide leadership, training and consultation, a website, library services, and other supports as requested. After receiving 40–50 hours of training and mentorship, TBI team members work within one of nine state regions under the leadership of their regional TBI liaison to consult with and coach school district personnel in knowledge-based and evidence-based methods to support students with TBI and their families. 

Project Update:

November 22, 2011

CBIRT would like to welcome Debbie Ettel, PhD as the new Co-Director of the Oregon TBI Educational Consulting Team. We are sad to see Pat Sublette leave CBIRT but wish her continued success in her new position at Douglas County ESD as Assistant Director of Special Education and Douglas County Coordinator of Early Childhood and Early Intervention programs. 

Seventeen members of the TBI Team are currently enrolled in the online course, Supporting Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Schools: TBI 101.  This three-credit course is taught by Pat Sublette and is offered through the Division of Extended Programs at Western Oregon University. 

Cathy Thomas and Carol Dennis hosted a hot topics session on sports concussion management at the Oregon School Board Association’s annual conference in Portland on November 12.  If you have any questions regarding implementation of Max’s law, Oregon’s sports concussion legislation requiring graduated return to play, please refer to the Oregon Concussion Awareness and Management Program’s website or contact Cathy at 541.346.0593 or thomasc@wou.edu.  

June 18, 2011

Starting in the fall of 2011 the Oregon TBI Team will have the option of obtaining part of their training though an online course offered through Western Oregon University. The credit class will give team members the opportunity to learn about working with students who have TBI.  Participants will receive mentorship and feedback as they collaborate to find solutions and strategies to assist their students.

April 11, 2011

Between 2006 and 2011 the TBI Team grew from 16 to 162 members. Each region added at least 2 additional members.  At the latest quarterly meeting, the TBI Liaisons refined the data collection materials for tracking coaching/consultation activities and continued to develop tools and resources to help students withTBI in post-secondary transition. During the 2010-11 school year the Team has offered eleven days of training, with two more planned for May.

Publications:

Glang, A., Todis, B., Sublette, P., Eagan-Brown, B., & Vaccaro, M. (2010). Professional development in TBI for educators: The importance of context. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 25(6), 426-432. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21076243

Glang, A., Ylvisaker, M., Stein, M., Ehlhardt, L., Todis, B., & Tyler, J. (2008). Validated instructional practices: Application to students with TBI. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 23(4), 243-251. 

Glang, A., Tyler, J., Pearson, S., Todis, B., & Morvant, M. (2004). Improving educational services for students with TBI through statewide resource teams. NeuroRehabilitation, 19(3), 219-231.

Ylvisaker, M., Todis, B., Glang, A., Urbanczyk, B., Franklin, C., DePompei, R., et al. (2001). Educating students with TBI: Themes and recommendations. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 16(1), 76-93.