Support for Families of Children with TBI

When a parent is injured, sons and daughters often feel confused, scared, anxious and angry. This guide helps parents explain the physical, cognitive, behavioral, social and communicative changes that can follow a brain injury, blast injury or PTSD. Using examples from children of all ages, it helps them understand their emotional reactions to a parent’s injury or PTSD. Each chapter has an exercise for children and practical tips for children, parents and professionals.

Story book helps children understand their emotions and reactions when a parent has a brain injury. Describes coma, rehabilitation, coming home, and therapy from a child's perspective. Recommended for families of injured veterans and service members.

This brain injury book for families explains consequences of traumatic brain injury and gives strategies for coping with changes in the survivor's physical abilities, memory, attention, thinking and emotions.

Workbook for parents of children and youth with acquired brain injury shows how to work more effectively as partners with educators by applying 6 essential skills used by professional case managers. Included with the manual is a CD with over 60 pages of printable worksheets.

This TBI booklet for families is based on experiences and suggestions of families with children who have brain, spinal cord or other traumatic injuries. It discusses the emotional impact of a child’s injury on all family members.

This colorful activity booklet for children helps them understand a parent or sibling’s brain injury through puzzles, descriptions, artwork, and answers to common questions.

"I'm just a Mom," may be the greatest understatement ever made. This book is for every mother raising a child with special needs due to a brain injury, birth related condition or chronic illness.

This booklet helps parents understand their child's brain injury, identify legal issues, create a blanket of support, and identify resources in Florida.