An innovative approach to meeting the educational needs of children following acquired brain injury in the UK

Issue title: Pediatric Brain Injury and Recovery

Guest editors: Peter D. Patrickx and Ronald C. Savagey

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wicks, Beth

Affiliations: 13 St Helen's Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6EX, UK. Tel.: +44 115 9234861; Fax: +44 115 9234861; E-mail: b.wicks@bethwicksconsultancy.com | [x] University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA | [y] North American Brain Injury Society, Chairman, International Pediatric, Brain Injury Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Abstract: Children with acquired brain injury encounter problems both in terms of academic attainment and in other aspects of their lives in relation to social, behavioural and independent life skills. Many previous rehabilitation programmes for these children have been inappropriately adapted versions of adult models but there has often not been a recognition that successful current adult models of vocational rehabilitation can translate to educational rehabilitation models for children and adolescents. This article considers the historical basis of provision for these children in the UK and describes the development of a new programme of education as rehabilitation.

Keywords: Education, rehabilitation, functioning, interdisciplinary

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2012-0745

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 199-203, 2012