Communication in Children after Brain Injury

Communication in Children after Brain Injury

Roberta DePompei Ph.D. and Jean Blosser EdD
Brain injury can affect a child's speech, language and communication. Tip card gives information for parents, educators and therapists to identify changes in language development and learning in school.
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Brain injury tip card describes effects on a child’s speech, language and communication over time as the child recovers and the brain matures. Identifies changes in information processing, memory and attention with tips on communication and evaluation. Quarterly checklist helps families, teachers, and therapists track changes in cognitive communication skills over two years. Helps educators identify impact of communication skills on reading, writing and comprehension in the classroom.

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Item COMM
Pages 8
Year 2008, second edition

Authors

Roberta DePompei, Ph.D.

Roberta DePompei, Ph.D., is a Professor and Clinical Supervisor at the Audiology and Speech Center at the University of Akron in Ohio.  An advocate of the needs of youths with brain injuries and their families, she is on numerous national task forces and committees, as well as former co-chair of the Special Interest Group on Children and Adolescents with Brain Injuries for the Brain Injury Association of America.  Widely published and a national and international presenter, Dr. DePompei specializes in the impact of brain injury upon speech, language and communication.  She is especially interested in developing transitional opportunities for students as they progress through school and prepare for adulthood.  Dr. DePompei is Vice President and Senior Author at Lash & Associates Publishing/Training Inc.

Contents

This tip card helps families, friends, educators, and therapists...
  • understand how a brain injury affects speech, language and communication
  • identify changes over time
  • refer a child for an evaluation
Communication and the Brain

Changes in Communication
  • What is speech?
  • What is language?
Cognitive-Communication
  • Information processing
  • Memory
  • Shorter attention
Communication Checklist
  • Receptive skills
  • Expressive skills
  • Cognitive-communication skills
  • Speaking or writing
  • Concentration and attention
  • New ideas
  • Rate of handling information
  • Learning new vocabulary
Growing up

How can families, friends, teachers, and others help?
  • Tips on communicating
  • Tips to prevent confusion
  • Tips on educating others
Finding a speech and language pathologist

References

Excerpts

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Communication disorders after a brain injury can result in...

  • isolation and loss of friends
  • frustration
  • problems learning
  • difficulty writing, speaking, reading or understanding

Speech and language can be affected in many different ways when a child’s brain is injured. Difficulty talking and understanding language is often most noticeable during the first days, weeks or even months after the brain injury. This can be frustrating, frightening, and upsetting for the child and family. Friends and classmates may be uncertain how to help, and may even avoid the child. Educators may be uncertain how the child can learn.

Most children regain their ability to speak. However, as the child starts to talk, read and write again, subtle changes in communication can easily be overlooked. Some changes may not even show up until the child is older.

What is language?

  • Language refers to the use of words and sentences to convey ideas. After a brain injury, the following conditions may be seen.
  • Hyperverbal or non stop talking. A child talks all the time and seems to monopolize the conversation. When the conversation is analyzed, a lot has been said but it has little meaning.
  • Tangential use of language. A child talks beyond the topic or the question asked. Answers are long, but not related to what was asked.

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