Each year, over 3,000 of Pennsylvania’s children survive severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI) significant enough to require hospitalization. Many are left with life-altering difficulties in physical, cognitive, or behavioral functioning.

Brain STEPS (Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, and Students) is working to make sure that those who provide educational support to school-age children with TBI have a good understanding of brain injury, the resulting challenges, and supports and interventions that will help these children achieve educational success.

• Download a  Brain STEPS local program fact sheet.
• Contact the local Brain STEPS team at IU 13 – Anita Heller, M.A. NCSP, 717-606-1713. 
• Learn more about traumatic brain injury and the Brain STEPS program from the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania.
• BrainSTEPS Brain Injury Accommodations Framework - revised November 2011. This is a worksheet to help educators identify areas of need and possible accommodations that can help support students following a brain injury, whether they have experienced a concussion or a greater brain injury.