BrainSTEPS (Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, & Students) is a child and adolescent brain injury and support program that assists with re-entry to school. This program works to ensure that those who provide educational support to children with acquired brain injuries (ABI), or those identified previously as having a traumatic or nontraumatic brain injury (TBI/nTBI) have access to information about best practices. These supports are offered to help students achieve educational success through research-based support services until graduation.
What Does BrainSTEPS Do?
BrainSTEPS is comprised of over 230+ brain injury educational consultants serving on regional teams based out of the educational Intermediate Units. BrainSTEPS teams cover all Pennsylvania public schools and provide brain injury consultation and training to their school districts when a child has been identified as having experienced an acquired brain injury. An acquired brain injury includes traumatic brain injuries of all severities, concussions, and non-traumatic brain injuries.
Our consultants are professionals from various disciplines who receive continuous training on current trends and practices specific to children with brain injuries. As consultants they are available to provide the following services:
- School re-entry planning
- Consultation with educators and community providers
- Technical assistance with educational programming
- Consultation to parents
- Brain injury awareness training
- Long-term monitoring
Partners
Contact
Dr. LeeAnn Grisolano, CBIS
CAIU BrainSTEPS Team Leader Lgrisolano@caiu.org
717.732.8400, Ext. 8119
Refer a Student
Anyone can make a referral to BrainSTEPS for a Pennsylvania student who experiences a brain injury. Make a referral directly to BrainSTEPS for any student with a brain injury that occurred at any point after birth, including Traumatic Brain Injuries (& concussion) and Non-Traumatic Brain Injuries.