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Multiple Perspectives: Traumatic Brain Injury

Multiple Perspectives: Traumatic Brain Injury. Ashton Hale. Traumatic Brain Injury. Injury to the brain resulting in total or partial disability or psychosocial maladjustment that affects educational performance

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Multiple Perspectives: Traumatic Brain Injury

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  1. Multiple Perspectives:Traumatic Brain Injury Ashton Hale

  2. Traumatic Brain Injury • Injury to the brain resulting in total or partial disability or psychosocial maladjustment that affects educational performance • Does not include conditions present at birth, birth trauma, or degenerative diseases or conditions

  3. Causes • Blows to the head, vehicular accidents, violent shaking, etc. • Common military injury – bullet, shrapnel, explosives • Open – penetrating head wound • Closed – no open head wound, damage caused by compression, stretching, or other shearing motion of neural tissues

  4. Symptoms • Memory • Learning new things • Speech and language • Sequencing • Information processing • Uneven performance and progress • Inappropriate manners/mannerisms • Unable to understand social situations/humor • Easily tired, frustrated, angered • Unreasonable fear or anxiety • Mood swings • Depression • Aggression • Perseveration (repetition of one thought or behavior)

  5. Surviving Head Traumaby Terry Smith • Marine in truck accident • Coma, flat lined twice during brain surgery “After experiencing massive head trauma, the world seemed like the gates of hell opening before my eyes. With the love, support, and understanding from those around me the world has become lifelike again, but the healing process lasts forever.” (20)

  6. Terry’s experiences • Memory • Physical damage • Seizures • Emotional effects • Trouble in school • Relationship problems

  7. Source Format • Chronological • Journal/ stream of consciousness • Self as two characters • Repetitive

  8. Memento • Head injury during home invasion • Anterograde Amnesia • Notes and photos to remember • Feelings about disability

  9. Source Format • Time and sequencing skewed • Systematic • DVD clip • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvljC8HTgwA&feature=related

  10. Differences • Autobiography vs. Fictional • Cause of TBI • Type of memory loss • Support • Acceptance vs. denial

  11. Myths and Stereotypes • A person with TBI can be expected to recover completely and function with out disabilities over time. • Memento: Faking it, judgment from others, gullibility

  12. Conclusions • Life changing • Can be dealt with through systems, routines, and support

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