This manual provides Colorado educators with guidelines for serving students with brain injuries. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 provides basic information on the brain including definitions of brain injury and its severity, incidence of brain injury, and characteristics of students with brain injury. Chapter 3 considers relationships among brain injury, learning, and development. It outlines the major stages of brain development and describes effects on behavior and learning of a brain injury acquired at each developmental stage. Chapter 4 introduces the concept of transition, identifies transition issues, and provides strategies to address these issues. Chapter 5 is on changes in learning and compensatory strategies. It offers strategies for changes in sensory and motor systems; speed of mental processing; cognitive abilities; new learning; memory; attention and concentration; reasoning, problem solving, and judgment; organizational skills, emotions, social skills and behavior; and energy level. Task analysis is the focus of the sixth chapter. Chapter 7 is on brain injury resources for teachers and offers a framework for establishing a team within individual school districts or schools. Chapter 8 identifies components of an effective special education program for this population. A classroom observation guide is appended. (Contains 26 references.) (DB)