Intermediate Processes

The intermediate level (green) building blocks denotes all learning and language and visual-spatial processing.

Additional Resouces

(*indicates free)

• Aggression Replacement Training. Goldstein, A, Glick, B. & Gibbs, J. Research Press
• American Speech Language Hearing Association 
• Assessment and treatment of TBI with school age children & adults. 1992. Ylvisaker, M. Buffalo NY: Educom Associates
• *Brain Injury in Children and Youth: A Manual for Educators. 2018. Colorado Department of Education. 
• Brain Injury Survival Kit, 365 Tips, Tools, & Tricks to Deal with Cognitive Function Loss. 2008. Sullivan, C.
• *BrainLine – Children with TBI  
• BrainSTARS: Brain Injury—Strategies for Teams and Re-education for Students. 2002. Dise-Lewis, J., Calvery, M. & Lewis, H.  
• BrainWise: 10 wise ways to stop and Think 1996. Barry, P.G. Denver, CO: Innisfree Press.
• Bully Proofing Your School. 2004. Garrity. C. Longmont, CO: Sopris West.
• *The Center on Brain Injury Research & Training. Evidence-based strategies for students with Brain Injury. https://cbirt.org/back-school
• *Center on the Developing Child: Harvard University. http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/activities-guide-enhancing-and-practicing-executive-function-skills-with-children-from-infancy-to-adolescence/
• Circle of Friends.  https://www.circleofriends.org/
• Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment, Second Edition. 2013. Miller, D.C. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice. 2007. Meltzer, L. NY: Guilford Press.
• Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, 2nd Edition. 2010.  Dawson, P. & Guare, R.  NY: Guilford Press.
• Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children. 2014. Greene, R.W. Harper Paperbacks
• Helping the Child who Doesn’t Fit In. 1992. Nowicki, S. and Duke, MP. Peachtree Publishers
• How does your engine run? Alert Program for Self-Regulation. 1996. Williams, MS. & Shellenberger, S. TherapyWorks, Inc.
• In Focus: Improving Social and Emotional Intelligence One Day at a Time. 2013. McSheehy, T. Burlington, WI: Thoughtful Learning.
• Incredible 5 Point Scale. 2012  Burone, K. D. & Curis, M. Lenexa, KS: AAPC
• Incredible Years, Incredible Years Program, Seattle, Washington http://www.incredibleyears.com/
• *Interventioncentral.org – Interventions, suggestions, tools for social/emotional strategies. www.interventioncentral.org
• Kidspiration (Grades K-5) & Inspiration (Grades 6-Adult) Software programs – http://www.inspiration.com/
• Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children with Executive Funtioning. 2008. Cooper-Kahn, J. & Dietzel, L. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House, Inc.
• *LEARNet, Ylvisaker, M, HibbardM & Feeney, T. www.projectlearnet.org
• Lifeskills Training http://www.lifeskillstraining.com
• Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them. 2014. Greene, R.W. New York, NY: Scribner.
• Make social learning stick!: How to guide and nurture social competence through everyday routines and activities. 2012. Sautter, E. Shawnee Mission, KS: AAPC Publishing.
• The MindUp Curriculum: Brain Focused Strategies for Learning and Living. 2010. Hawn Foundation. New York, NY: Scholastic Teaching Resources.
• *Positive Behavior Intervention Support. https://www.pbis.org
• Project Achieve: Stop & think social skills program. 2001.  Knoff, H. Longmont, CO: Sopris West.
• Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom. 2010. Meltzer. L. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Providing Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS), Kusche, C. and Greenberg, M., Channing Bete Company.
• Sarah Ward: Cognitive Connections: 360 Thinking.  http://efpractice.com/
• SecondStep: Skills for Social and Academic Success. 2011. Goldstein, A & McGinnis, E. Research Press Publishers http://www.cfchildren.org/second-step SkillStreaming.
• Smart but Scattered. 2009.  Dawson P & Guare R. NY: Guilford Press.
• Smart but Scattered Teens. 2013. Guare, R., Dawson, P. & Guare. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Social Thinking Worksheets for Tweens and Teens. 2014. Garcia Winner, M. San Jose, CA: Think Social Publishing, Inc.
• Superflex: A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum. 2008. Madrigal, S. & Garcia Winner, M.  Think Social Publishing.
• Teachers Encyclopedia of Behavior Management 100 Problems/500 Plans. 2012. Sprick, R and Howard, L. Pacific Northwest Publishing
• *Think:Kids – Rethinking Challenging Kids. Massachusetts General Hospital.  http://www.thinkkids.org/
• Tools for Teaching, 3rd Edition. 2013. Jones F. CA: Frederic H Jones & Associates, Inc.
• Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach. 2005. Greene, R.W. & Ablon, J.S. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Visual Spatial Portals to Thinking, Feeling and Movement 2012. Wieder, S., & Wachs, H. Mendham, New Jersey: Profectum Foundation
• *What Works Clearinghouse. 2002. U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences.   www.whatworks.ed.gov
• Why Try – Building Resilience in the Workplace, at School and at Home.  Moore, C. https://www.whytry.org/
• You are a Social Detective. 2008.  Garcia Winner, M. & Crooke, P. San Jose, CA: Think Social Publishing, Inc.
• The Zones of Regulation: A Framework to Foster Self-Regulation & Emotional Control. 2011. Kuypers, L. San Jose, CA: Think Social Publishing.

Building Blocks of Brain Development & Glossary Developers/Authors (2018): Nicole Crawford, Patricia Colella, Judy Dettmer, Heather Hotchkiss, Karen McAvoy, Peter Thompson, Janet Tyler. Special Thanks to Tami Cassel, Donna Detmar-Hannah, Laura Dosch, Jayne Dougherty, Mary Linz, and Jennifer Mathis.

Revise only with permission.

Revised Brain Injury Matrix & Glossary Developers/Authors (2015): Nicole Crawford, Patricia Colella, Donna Detmar-Hannah, Judy Dettmer, Heather Hotchkiss, Corey Klein, Karen McAvoy, Peter Thompson, Kristy Werther.

Traumatic Brain Injury Networking Team Steering Committee (TNT)-Original Developers/Authors of the Brain Injury Matrix (2012): Nicole Crawford, Judy Dettmer, Jeanne Dise-Lewis, Priscilla Hurley, Megan Koepsell, Karen McAvoy, Kathy Patrick, Peter Thompson, Liz Wilburn.