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Traumatic Brain Injury
IDEIA 2004 Definition
An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Traumatic brain injury applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such as cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem-0solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. Traumatic brain injury does not apply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or to brain injuries inducted by birth trauma.
An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Traumatic brain injury applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such as cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem-0solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. Traumatic brain injury does not apply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or to brain injuries inducted by birth trauma.
- www.traumaticbraininjury.com - Information about Traumatic Brain Injury
- www.biausa.org - Brain Injury Association of America
- www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tbi/detail_tbi.htm - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: Hope through Research
- www.braininjury.com/children - Brain Injury in Children
| Head Injury : The Facts By: Dorothy Gronwall, Philip Wrightson, Peter Waddel |
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| The Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook: Your Program for Regaining Cognitive Function & Overcoming Emotional Pain By: Douglas J. Mason, Gottfried Jean-Louis |
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| Coping With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury By: Diane Roberts Stoler, Barbara Albers Hill |
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| Children With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Parent's Guide By: Lisa Schoenbrodt |
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| Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury : Devastation, Hope, and Healing By: William J. Winslade |
