Head Injury Tips and Information on Teenagers
Head injury teen tips
Adolescents and teens are at risk for head injury due to falls, sports injuries, assaults, bicycling and motor vehicle crashes. Some head injuries will result in a brain injury. These head injury teen tips cards have information on brain injury in adolescents to help teachers, parents, counselors and teens. They identify common changes in behavior and learning after an acquired brain injury and show how to prepare teenagers for school transitions, going to college and adulthood.
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Keeping Children Safe after Brain Injury
Helping Teens after Brain Injury
Information on effects of brain injury on social development in adolescents and challenges for independence. Discusses how friendships among teenagers change. Gives tips for parents and educators to help teens avoid risky behaviors and stay safe.
This Tip card is included in the Tool Kit for Life Care Planners and Case Managers on Teens with Brain Injury.
Legal Issues: When Teenagers become Adults after Brain Injury
Social Skills in Teens after Brain Injury
Tip card explains changes in social skills seen in children and adolescents after head injury (TBI). Gives tips to help parents and educators teach social skills at home and in school.
This Tip card is included in the Tool Kit for Life Care Planners and Case Managers on Teens with Brain Injury.
High School to Adulthood: For a Student with a Brain Injury
Tips for educators and parents with information for planning a student's transition to adulthood after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and choices for training, education, and community integration.
This Tip card is included in the Tool Kit for Life Care Planners and Case Managers on Teens with Brain Injury.
