Table 2.
Number of Children Receiving School Services and Parent Ratings by Group
| Traumatic Brain Injury Groups | Comparison Groups | Severe TBI vs Healthy Comparison |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complicated- mild/Moderate |
Severe | Orthopedic | Healthy | ||
| Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval |
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| School Support Services n (%) | n=23 | n=56 | n=28 | n=42 | |
| Any Support Service* | 15 (65) | 40 (71) | 7 (25) | 7 (17) | 12.50 |
| 4.61–33.89 | |||||
| Special Education Plan* | 5 (22) | 20 (35) | 1 (3) | 0 | 47.74 |
| 2.79–817.19 | |||||
| Self-contained Classroom | 0 | 4 (7) | 0 | 0 | 7.28 |
| 0.38–139.15 | |||||
| Classroom Accommodations* | 7 (30) | 24 (43) | 3 (11) | 0 | 64.08 |
| 3.75–1093.44 | |||||
| Pull-Out Services* | 3 (13) | 10 (18) | 1 (4) | 0 | 19.19 |
| 1.09–337.64 | |||||
| Tutoring at School* | 6 (26) | 21 (38) | 4 (14) | 2 (5) | 12.60 |
| 2.76–57.50 | |||||
| Reading Intervention* | 5 (22) | 13 (23) | 1 (4) | 0 | 26.38 |
| 1.52–457.96 | |||||
| Grade Repetition* | 6 (26) | 11 (20) | 1 (4) | 1 (2) | 10.02 |
| 1.24–81.06 | |||||
| Parent Ratings M (SD) | Effect Sizes | ||||
| Cohens d | |||||
| Functional Academicsa | 9.7 (3.4) | 8.8 (3.8) | 9.5 (3.0) | 11.8 (1.9) | −.99 |
| School Competence b, c | 42.2 (10.8) | 41.8 (9.1) | 47.3 (7.3) | 50.6 (6.2) | −.99 |
*
Cell type chi-square p<.01 for Severe TBI versus Healthy Comparison Group.
Tukey’s HSD Test:
a
Healthy Comparison Group > Orthopedic and Severe TBI,
b
Healthy Comparison Group> both TBI groups,
c
Orthopedic > Severe TBI.