Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Traumatic brain injury is an injury to the brain caused by the head being hit by something or shaken violently.  This injury can change how the person acts, moves and thinks.  A traumatic brain injury can also change how a student learns and acts in school.  The term TBI is used for head injuries that can cause changes in one or more areas, such as:

Thinking and reasoning

Understanding words

Remembering things

Paying attention

Solving problems

Thinking abstractly

Talking

Behaving

Walking and other physical activities

Seeing and/or hearing

Learning

The term TBI is not used for a person who is born with brain injury.  It is also not used for brain injuries that happen during birth.

(This information was provided by the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY))

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