Books on Development in Children after Brain Injury
Developmental effects of brain injury in children
A child's brain is a developing brain. It is constantly changing as the child recovers from an injury and as the brain matures with the child's age. These books describe the immediate and long term effects of a traumatic injury to the child's brain. Information includes the effects of a traumatic injury on the brain's development and how it may change physical abilities, behavior, cognition, social skills, thinking and learning at home and in school.
The early days and weeks after a child has a traumatic brain injury are very stressful for parents and families. This booklet on the emotional trauma of families is based on experiences and suggestions of families with children who have brain, spinal cord or other traumatic injuries. It includes tips for coping with the hospital stay, understanding the meaning of loss, helping sibilings, getting hlep and preparing for the child's discharge from the hospital. It is ideal for families with a child in the intensive care unit (ICU), pediatric hospital or trauma unit.
This booklet helps parents and educators understand how the child’s brain develops and why an acquired brain injury can have both immediate and long-term consequences. It shows how a traumatic injury can disrupt the brain’s development and why changes may show up as the child grows up. By understanding how various regions of the brain develop, families and educators will recognize the relationship between and injury and changes in the child’s physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, and communicative skills.
Interactive booklet helps elementary school age children identify the physical, cognitive, and behavioral effects of traumatic brain injury and describes help needed in school.
This booklet is the Spanish version of All About Me! It helps pre school and elementary school children and students describe the physical, cognitive, and behavioral effects of traumatic brain injury and post concussion syndrome.