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Brain Injury
A trauma to the head can cause an equal trauma to the brain. This is commonly known as a brain injury of which there are two types, a concussion and a contusion. The concussion is a situation in which the brain is shaken and disturbed. There are a great many studies being done lately regarding the concussion as it happens frequently in sports accidents and scientists are trying to discover what the affect of more than one can be.
A more serious injury is the contusion, which is a bruise on the brain. In addition to sports, other causes of injury to the brain are automobile accidents, motorcycles, falls, workplace injuries, assault with a heavy object and assault with a foreign object such as a bullet. Many of these are milder injuries, but the more serious injuries can cause severe damage to the brain.
A serious brain injury can cause coma, chronic headaches, dizziness, loss of speech function, loss of cognitive function and paralysis. The brain is very important to most functions of the body and an injury to it can stop some of these functions from working correctly. This type of injury can easily have life changing effects on the patient. They may no longer be able to work and support themselves and their family. They may have large medical bills that are not all covered by medical insurance or they might not have medical insurance at all. They have to get used to living with a disability and need the rehabilitation necessary to make this less disabling.
Learning Pods and Classroom Setup
Setting up small learning groups, or communities, in your class requires planning, not just in your instruction, but also in the physical space of your room.
When I decided to change my teaching style from a teacher-centered, lecture format to a student-centered, project format, I had to seriously contemplate how my room and its instructional resources were arranged.
I knew I wanted to set up student ‘pods’ of four to five students. Four makes a great sized group, but five is starting to push it. These sizes also fit with the number of computers I had available. Each pod needed one computer for the group to use, as well as workspace, achieved by placing desks next to each other forming a table.
I placed the pods at the outside walls for a few important reasons. First was to get some elbow space between students and groups. I wanted to eliminate interaction between groups so students could concentrate on their own group’s activities. Secondly, this arrangement allowed me to monitor the computers at all times. Third, this setup created better traffic flow through the room, since students would often need to move back and forth to the central resource center.
Your Baby Is Going To School! – How To Register For Kindergarten
It may seem like just yesterday you were getting up in the middle of the night to feed your newborn baby. You thought he was so tiny and small – you’d sit in his nursery just to make sure he was breathing. His little life is precious – the kind of gift you never could have imagined until the day he arrived.
Five years later, the time has flown by and the sweet bundle of joy that depended on you for everything is starting to display his own independence. He probably likes to dress himself in mis-matched clothes and insists on doing most things himself. He stuns you with his wit and sense of humor – sometimes you’re amazed at the things that come out of his mouth. He is excited – ecstatic – to ride the big yellow school bus and go to kindergarten. You are anxious and may feel that this rite of passage is a little bittersweet. As a mother, you want to protect his innocence and carefree childhood; at the same time, you are thrilled to see him thrive and experience school and learn.
The good news is that the nerves wear off and you and your child will soon be in the routine of getting on the bus, going to school, coming home and doing a little homework and making friends. But how do you take the first steps of registering your son or daughter for school? The best place to start is on the Internet. If you aren’t sure what school district you live in, you can search for your local public school. Most schools have a website that will provide school resource information, including a map of the district zones.
