Pediatric traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: challenges in care delivery

Issue title: Pediatrics

Guest editors: Marilyn LashGuest Editor and Ron SavageGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Christensen, James R.^{; *}

Affiliations: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 5509440; Fax: +1 410 5508503; E-mail: christensenj@kennedykrieger.org

Abstract: The provision of rehabilitation and long-term services to children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury is a challenge, in part related to the issues of growth and development. The needs of and the demands on the child change over time with different stages of development. This can be further complicated by the emergence of new deficits which often become apparent during transitions requiring more independent functioning. Additionally, changing models of care delivery and the need to improve efficiency and effectiveness of services present challenges for the systems providing services to these children and adolescents and their families. Communication and cooperation between and within these systems (medical and educational) must be optimal, to encourage appropriate, effective services and timely transitions.

Keywords: Pediatric traumatic brain injury, Rehabilitation, Transitions, Development

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-1997-9202

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 105-112, 1997