| Sign/symptom | Potential adjustments in school setting |
| Headache | - Permit frequent breaks
- Identify aggravators and reduce exposure to them
- Provide rests, planned or as needed, in nurses office or quiet area
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| Dizziness | - Allow student to put head down if symptoms worsen
- Give student early dismissal from class and extra time to get from class to class to avoid crowded hallways
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| Visual symptoms: light sensitivity, double vision, blurry vision | - Reduce exposure to computers, smart boards, videos
- Reduce brightness on the screens
- Allow the student to wear a hat or sunglasses in school
- Permit use of audiotapes of books
- Turn off fluorescent lights as needed
- Seat student closer to the center of classroom activities (blurry vision)
- Cover one eye with patch/tape one lens if glasses are worn (double vision)
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| Noise sensitivity | - Allow the student to have lunch in quiet area with a classmate
- Limit or avoid band, choir, or shop classes
- Avoid noisy gyms and organized sports practices/games
- Permit the use of earplugs
- Give student early dismissal from class and extra time to get from class to class to avoid crowded hallways during pass time
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| Difficulty concentrating or remembering | - Avoid testing or completion of major projects during recovery when possible
- Provide extra time to complete nonstandardized tests
- Postpone standardized testing (may require formal academic accommodation)
- Consider one test per day during exam periods, as tolerated
- Consider the use of preprinted notes, notetaker, scribe, or reader for oral test taking
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| Sleep disturbances | - Allow for late start or shortened school day to catch up on sleep
- Allow rest breaks
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