OSEP Releases a new Fast Facts on Students with Traumatic Brain Injury Served Under IDEA, Part B

U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs. OSEP Fast Facts: Students Identified With Traumatic Brain Injuries. Bar graph shows: Percent of School Aged Students With Disabilities Identified With Traumatic Brain Injury, Ages 5 to 21, Served Under IDEA, Part B, in the US, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated States: Between SY 2014-15 and 2021-22. 2014=.43%; 2015 = .42%; 2016 = .42%; 2017=.41%, 2018=.40%; 2019 = .36%; 2020 = .36%; 2021 = .38%. Students with traumatic brain injury are less likely to be served in the age range 5-11 and more likely to be served in the age range 12-17 than all students with disabilities.

By the Office of Special Education Programs

Less than 1% of school aged students with disabilities are identified with traumatic brain injury. OSEP‘s latest Fast Facts takes a closer look at data from the data collections authorized under IDEA Section 618, including those collected through child count, educational environments, discipline and exiting data collections with a lens on students identified with traumatic brain injury.

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