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This tip card helps families, educators, nurses, therapists and doctors...
- understand childhood development
- guide parents after an injury
- correct common misunderstandings
Early Brain Development
Myth… It isn’t a problem when a baby or toddler’s brain is injured, because the uninjured brain will take over for the injured part.
Myth…When a baby or toddler falls, or is in an accident and loses consciousness, the injury to the brain is so slight that there will be a full recovery.
Myth…This will never happen again.
Myth…Very young children are too young to benefit from rehabilitation.
Myth…Therapy just seems like play to a child.
Myth…It is best for parents to stay away from therapy so the child doesn’t cry.
Myth…Babies and toddlers are too young to work on their thinking and memory.
Myth…They are too young to get therapy and educational support from the local school.
Myth…Telling people about a brain injury early in the child’s life will result in the child being labeled or put in the wrong educational category.
Myth... Babies who are shaken and receive a brain injury will eventually recover and be normal.
Myth... Playful tossing and catching a baby in the air is such fun for the child that it must be harmless.
Myth…It’s too hard to protect young children from brain injury.
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