Pediatric Brain Injury: Mechanisms and Amelioration

Abstract

The chapter begins with a discussion of the physiological, epidemiological, and psychological mechanisms that are associated with pediatric brain injury and characterize the child who suffers the brain injury. Discussion emphasizes the unique nature of brain injury in young children as it differs from that typically occurring in brain injury of adolescents and adults. Finally, a description of the impact of pediatric TBI on neurodevelopmental and neuropsychological functioning and recommendations for how these deficits should be addressed within the home and school environment to meet the unique needs of these children and their families are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)