This is a comprehensive, must-have reference that provides parents with the support and information they need to help their child recover from a closed-head injury and prevent further incidents. Coping with traumatic brain injury (TBI) involves a complex process of readjustment to the changes in a once healthy child and affects everyone in the family. Traumatic brain injury occurs when the brain abruptly and violently moves within the skull as a result of extreme force to the head during an automobile, biking, or playground accident, for example. The effects of TBI can range from mild to severe and recovery can take from weeks to years. Although each child's condition is unique, all TBI patients experience impairment in one or more of the following areas: cognition; emotion/behaviour; and motor skills. While TBI can happen to anyone, children, particularly teens, are susceptible. And, children who have already had one TBI are at greatest risk. Written by a team of medical specialists, therapists, educators, and an attorney, the book covers: what is traumatic brain injury?; medical concerns; rehabilitation and treatments; coping and adjustment; effects on learning and thinking, speech and language, and behaviour; educational needs; and legal issues. Throughout the book, a case study of a boy who was injured at age eight, illustrates the effects of TBI on education, socialisation and independence. Parent statements at the end of each chapter attest to the variety of response families have, and offer insight about the experience of raising a child with TBI. A resource guide of support and advocacy organisations, a reading list, and glossary round out this authoritative guide. This book is useful to professionals who provide services to children with TBI and their families. General and special educators will find it essential reading to help their students with TBI. But most of all, the book gives parents the hope and facts they need to improve the outcome of their child's recovery.
Pediatric Head Trauma
In this sweet story, she makes a difficult situation approachable and something to discuss. This is a wonderful story to share and educate children about TBI.
"This book, New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, aims to evaluate what we have learned about TBI in childhood to date and, perhaps more importantly to articulate the challenges we face and how we should go forward in the ...
Edited by two experts from the cerebral palsy unit at the distinguished SARAH Network of Hospitals in Brasilia, Brazil, this book is designed for rehabilitation professionals and provides important guidelines for training parents and ...
Dr. Ylvisaker, a well-respected leader in the study and practice of rehabilitation, has completely rewritten this second edition of his best-selling Head Injury Rehabilitation: Children and Adolescents. Drawing upon the...
Emerging narrative discourse skills at 18 months after traumatic brain injury in early childhood. Journal of Neuropsychology, 6(2), 143–160. Ward, H., Shum, D., Dick, B., McKinlay, L., & Baker-Tweney, S. (2004).
Blosser (education, Villa Julie College) and DePompei (speech-language pathology and audiology, U. of Akron) present a textbook on the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children that emphasizes the...
To that end, we continue to appreciate and honor the work of Vickie Anderson, Sandi Chapman, Linda Ewing-Cobbs, Janet Farmer, Ann Glang, Julie Haarbauer-Krupa, Chris Hagen, Marilyn Lash, Ellen Lehr, Danese Malkmus, Sue Pearson, ...
The contributors of this volume not only present detailed analyses of the present state of knowledge of the diverse determinants of outcome in children with head injury, but they also emphasize the gaps and limitations in our knowledge.
Brain Neurotrauma: Molecular, Neuropsychological, and Rehabilitation Aspects provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account on the latest developments in