John is a 20-year-old college student who was involved in an auto accident while texting and driving. Due to the accident, John suffered a traumatic brain injury commonly referred to as TBI. A traumatic brain injury is caused by an external blow or penetrating force to the head. It is a complex, acquired injury in which the symptoms and disabilities vary from individual to individual (Traumatic Brain Injury, 2017). It is also an injury like no other. In one moment, the person can be completely normal and next thing you know, life has completely changed. This is because the brain defines who a person is. As a result of a TBI, all aspects of life can change, including personality. This injury is not like breaking a bone, because that broken bone
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The Glasgow Coma Scale is an instrument that has become widely accepted to evaluate the seriousness of the brain injury. This scale measures the level of consciousness that ranges from alertness to coma. Scores are given according to response levels in three areas: eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. The scores range from the numbers three to fifteen. Three being the most severe and fifteen a mild injury. These scores also fall into three categories: Mild GCS: 13-15, Moderate GCS: 9-12, and Severe GCS: 3-8. Based on his injuries John experienced a severe level of injury scoring a 7 in the Glasgow Coma Scale. Patients with those scores are usually said to be in a coma (Rowlett, 2001). A coma refers to prolonged unconsciousness with little to no response from an individual and cannot be wakened up. To really know the extent of John’s residual effects, it will require that he wakes up from the coma, if he is in a coma. From there allow some time, since some manifestations can take a while to present themselves or they may not be noticeable at the …show more content…
For example, this may include keeping a notepad and listing events, schedules, assignments with the individuals at all times that will remind him of the tasks he must complete. In addition, there are resource centers at the universities that will accommodate students with disabilities. One of these accommodations may include letting the teacher know that this individual will have a bigger trouble comprehending material and writing it down at the same time. Therefore, assigning another student to write the notes for that person could make studying the material more accessible. Multitasking can become very difficult with Also, assigning that same student to remind of them of assignments that need to be turned in or of projects that will be due. In addition, it is important that the teacher is aware that since information process has been affected accomplishing a task can be more difficult than for other students. An example of this could be, letting the student take an exam in a room by himself, where distractions are less likely to occur. Also, information or questions on exam should be made to be straightforward so that individuals may comprehend material. It is said that individuals with difficulty information processing take things in a literal sense. However, the small things like writing down notes of what they need to accomplish daily will help that individual go on
The Glasgow Coma Scale is an instrument that has become widely accepted to evaluate the seriousness of the brain injury. This scale measures the level of consciousness that ranges from alertness to coma. Scores are given according to response levels in three areas: eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. The scores range from the numbers three to fifteen. Three being the most severe and fifteen a mild injury. These scores also fall into three categories: Mild GCS: 13-15, Moderate GCS: 9-12, and Severe GCS: 3-8. Based on his injuries John experienced a severe level of injury scoring a 7 in the Glasgow Coma Scale. Patients with those scores are usually said to be in a coma (Rowlett, 2001). A coma refers to prolonged unconsciousness with little to no response from an individual and cannot be wakened up. To really know the extent of John’s residual effects, it will require that he wakes up from the coma, if he is in a coma. From there allow some time, since some manifestations can take a while to present themselves or they may not be noticeable at the …show more content…
For example, this may include keeping a notepad and listing events, schedules, assignments with the individuals at all times that will remind him of the tasks he must complete. In addition, there are resource centers at the universities that will accommodate students with disabilities. One of these accommodations may include letting the teacher know that this individual will have a bigger trouble comprehending material and writing it down at the same time. Therefore, assigning another student to write the notes for that person could make studying the material more accessible. Multitasking can become very difficult with Also, assigning that same student to remind of them of assignments that need to be turned in or of projects that will be due. In addition, it is important that the teacher is aware that since information process has been affected accomplishing a task can be more difficult than for other students. An example of this could be, letting the student take an exam in a room by himself, where distractions are less likely to occur. Also, information or questions on exam should be made to be straightforward so that individuals may comprehend material. It is said that individuals with difficulty information processing take things in a literal sense. However, the small things like writing down notes of what they need to accomplish daily will help that individual go on