Pediatric Brain Injury
These two age groups are at highest risk for pediatric TBI.
What are ages 0–4 and 15–19?
AHT/SBS stands for this condition.
What is Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome?
This syndrome occurs when a second head injury happens before symptoms from the first concussion resolve.
What is Second Impact Syndrome (SIS)?
This law requires schools receiving federal funds to provide reasonable accommodations.
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
This term refers to the emotional, physical, and psychological stress experienced by caregivers.
What is caregiver burden?
This transition plan must be developed by age 16, or age 14 in some states.
What is the Individual Transition Plan (ITP)?
The younger the child at injury, prognosis for previously learned skills is this.
What is better?
These three diagnostic indicators are commonly associated with AHT/SBS.
What are subdural hemorrhage, cerebral edema, and retinal hemorrhage?
About this percentage of athletes experience persistent concussion symptoms.
What is 10%?
This document outlines special education services under IDEA.
What is an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)?
Approximately this percentage of caregivers for individuals with TBI report significant caregiver burden.
What is 90%?
IDEA services end after this educational milestone.
What is high school graduation or exiting high school?
Most brain maturation occurs during these years, making injury especially devastating.
What is birth to age 5?
Approximately this percentage of AHT/SBS survivors experience long-term disability.
What is 75–80%?
These two types of rest are necessary following concussion.
What are cognitive rest and physical rest?
This plan guides schools in handling medical needs such as seizures or g-tubes.
What is an Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP)?
This theory assumes families are experts with strengths and the capacity to solve problems.
What is Family Systems Theory (FST)?
After high school, the IEP is commonly converted into this plan for accommodations.
What is a 504 Plan?
At ages 17–19, this brain system is in the process of maturation.
What are frontal executive functions?
This caregiver group most commonly commits AHT/SBS.
Who are biological fathers?
After a suspected concussion, the athlete should immediately be removed from this.
What is play or sports participation?
Instead of every 3 years, students with brain injury should receive these more frequently during the first 6–12 months post-injury.
What are re-evaluations or reassessments?
This therapy helps individuals identify and change inaccurate or negative thinking patterns.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
These organizations should become involved before graduation to support independent living and vocational planning.
What are independent living centers and community-based advocacy agencies?
This stage occurs after initial recovery and refers to later developmental disruption following pediatric brain injury
What is the latent stage?
According to prevention studies, this percentage of teens did not know shaking a baby was dangerous.
What is 25–50%?
Problems with attention, memory, sleep, dizziness, and irritability are symptoms of this condition.
What is Post-Concussion Syndrome?
Preferential seating, extended test time, and books on CD are examples of these.
What are 504 accommodations?
According to Resilience Theory, these three skill areas help families “beat the odds.”
What are belief systems, family organization, and effective communication/problem solving?
Some adult service programs require planning far in advance because they may have these.
What are waiting lists?