Traumatic Brain injury
Low tech: Checklists- a visual to help the student remember to bring everything to class, what they need to do next. this checklist idea is very simple to the point that for young students it can be used in picture form. the con of this is that there is a possibilty of the student forgetting the checklist.
Mid tech: A Small voice recorders on keychains or message recorders can be pre-recorded with reminder messages including appointments, telephone numbers, grocery lists, or prescription refills. Slightly more elaborate memo recorders, like the Voice Cue have clocks and alarms that can be programmed to make specific announcements, some at the same times each day of the week. When set ahead of time, a device called the Watch Minder® can remind a person to do specific tasks like “call home” or “go to work”. this is a great device for being able to get information quickly, but the downside is that this could be hard to use in a loud classroom.
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High tech: Handheld microcomputers, such as the Palm Pilot ®, use touch screen capability and allow an individual to easily input, save, and retrieve notes, telephone numbers, dates and daily reminders, and to-do lists. A built-in calendar displays the entire month at a glance while cursor controls allow scrolling from day-to-day or month-to month. the great thing about this is that it give the student a hand held device that can be easily used and accessed. the down side it that the stuednt needs to rememebr to plug it in and charge it.
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