Orthopedically Impaired/Traumatic Brain Injury
The Orthopedic Impairment program serves students from kindergarten to age 21. To receive an educational disability of Orthopedic Impairment, a student must have a medically diagnosed orthopedic impairment and have difficulty performing school activities as a result of that impairment. Eligible students are provided a continuum of individualized programs ranging from general education with consultative services from an itinerant teacher to education in a special education school. Itinerant teachers for students with Orthopedic Impairments work with school staff to teach them how to modify both the facilities and the instruction in order to provide optimal education for students with Orthopedic Impairments.
Traumatic Brain Injury Itinerant teachers serve as district-wide consultants for students with an educational disability of Traumatic Brain Injury. The teachers help transition students back into school after a head injury and provide support to parents and school staff once the student is back in school. Consultation is gradually decreased as the student’s performance improves. The teacher may be contacted for consultation as expectations change or physical changes occur. Contact may be made through the department for Orthopedic Impairments and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Key Contacts
Orthopedic Agencies & Resources
- Adapt-Ablility Inc.
- Brain Injury Association of Missouri
- Children’s Hospital Family Resource Center
- Disabled Athlete Sports Association (DASA)
- LifeBridge Partnership
- Missouri Assistive Technology Project
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Paraquad Independent Living Center
- Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital
- Shriner's Hospital
- St. Louis HELP (Health Equipment Lending Program)
- Starkloff Disabilities Institute
- The Center for Head Injury Services
- The Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Heartland
- Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis