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Children with Traumatic Brain Injury is a comprehensive, must-have reference that provides parents with the support and information they need to help their child recover from a closed-head injury and prevent further incidents. Coping with traumatic brain injury (TBI) involves a complex process of readjustment to the changes in a once healthy child and affects everyone in the family.

Traumatic brain injury occurs when the brain abruptly and violently moves within the skull as a result of extreme force to the head during an automobile, biking, or playground accident, for example. The effects of TBI can range from mild to severe and recovery can take from weeks to years. Although each child's condition is unique, all TBI patients experience impairment in one or more of the following areas: cognition; speech-language; emotion/behavior; and motor skills. While TBI can happen to anyone, children, particularly teens, are susceptible. And, children who have already had one TBI are at greatest risk. Written by a team of medical specialists, therapists, educators, and an attorney, Children with Traumatic Brain Injury covers: What is traumatic brain injury?; Medical concerns; Rehabilitation and treatments; Coping and adjustment; Effects on learning and thinking, speech and language, behavior; Educational needs; and legal issues.

Throughout the book, a case study of a boy who was injured at age eight, illustrates the effects of TBI on education, socialization and independence. Parent statements at the end of each chapter attest to the variety of response families have, and offer insight about the experience of raising a child with TBI. A resource guide of support and advocacy organizations, a reading list, and glossary round out this authoritative guide.

Children with Traumatic Brain Injury is useful to professionals who provide services to children with TBI and their families. General and special educators will find it essential reading to help their students with TBI. But most of all, Children with Traumatic Brain Injury gives parents the hope and facts they need to improve the outcome of their child's recovery..
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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the NEPSY

The NEPSY is widely used by school psychologists, neuropsychologists, and research psychologists to assess children ages 3-12 with developmental disabilities and to develop effective intervention strategies. It provides comprehensive assessment over five functional domains: Attention/Executive Functions, Language, Sensorimotor Functions, Visuospatial Processing, and Memory and Learning. To use the test properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret this test. Authored by the creators of the NEPSY, Essentials of NEPSY Assessment is that source.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help students and mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. The book also serves as a resource for advice on specific questions you may have during an assessment.

Essentials of NEPSY Assessment includes vital information about the NEPSY, including the advantage of being able to assess a child across functions and modalities. The authors provide step-by-step guidance on test administration, scoring, and interpretation, along with their expert assessment of the test's relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on its clinical applications, and several illuminating case reports..
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Teachers have to be aware of their pupils' special educational needs. Find out what an acquired brain injury is and how to maximize learning opportunities for those with the condition with this book. The book should help you to: support pupils with an ABI by using appropriate teaching methods; be alert to the social and emotional difficulties experienced by pupils with an ABI; work in partnership with families and other professionals following helpful guidelines; and access all the information you need with a glossary of terms and a list of resources and organizations..
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This monograph explores the mechanisms and timing of possible etiologic events that contribute to fetal and neonatal neurologic injury. The report presents evidence that most cases of cerebral palsy are a result of multifactorial and unpreventable causes that occur during fetal development or in the newborn after delivery, and not a result of an isolated intrapartum hypoxic event. The report contains a set of criteria that may be used to define (or rule out) an acute intrapartum hypoxic event sufficient to cause or suggest cerebral palsy..
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This outstanding new edition serves as an excellent compendium of information for all who are interested in maternal, infant, and childhood nutrition. The book reviews various scientific studies which link poor nutrition to permanent neurological damage and other handicapping conditions, discusses the pertinent medical phenomena, and unequivocally demonstrates that infant and childhood death and permanent neurological impairment are primary effects of malnutrition during pregnancy and early postnatal life. Major sections include: the effects of starvation on reproductive casualty, the influence of prenatal nutrition on maternal and infant health, the Motherwell Protocol, physiological and pathophysiological effects of malnutrition, birth weight and development, the correlation of prenatal and paranatal complications with neurological disorders, the relation of maternal health to infant health and development, nutrition during infancy and early childhood, and the biological imperative. Two new chapters have been added that assess important programs of nutritional supplementation and management of pregnancy. Those interested in the role of nutrition on reproduction will also find a mass of valid scientific data from studies of human development. Written in simple language, the book is a forceful presentation on the subject and will be stimulating reading for both the professional and the layman..
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Brain injuries are common in children, typically following head trauma but also complicating meningitis, encephalitis, cerebrovascular haemorrhage (stroke) and brain tumours Many children suffer irreversible impairments and are left with major physical, educational and behavioural disabilities. This has tremendous implications for health, education and social services. The survivors of brain injuries pose a significant burden on the NHS, the community and families. Despite this, resources are limited or non-existent in many parts of the UK and, consequently, many hospitals, schools and education authorities, and social services are unsure how to address the many problems shown by these children and their families.
The new edition of 'Management of Brain Injured Children' provides a detailed account of brain injuries in children. It considers how common they are, why they occur, and how impacts on the family. A parent's experience of having a child who suffered a severe head injury provides an invaluable contribution, as does the account of her daughter, now a teenager. The book concludes with appendices detailing useful support organisations and relevant governmental and other agencies' publications. Referencing is thorough and up-to-date, providing readers with useful sources of information for additional reading..
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