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Ensuring Successful Outcomes for Children with Brain Injury Across the Continuum of Mild to Severe

Brain Injury Basics. Definition Causes Incidence and Statistics. A TBI is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. CDC 2011Acquired Brain Injury (ABI): an injury to the brain that occurs following birth, and

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Ensuring Successful Outcomes for Children with Brain Injury Across the Continuum of Mild to Severe

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    1. Ensuring Successful Outcomes for Children with Brain Injury Across the Continuum of Mild to Severe Karen McAvoy, Psy.D., Director Center for Concussion, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children and Principal Consultant on Brain Injury, CO Department of Education karen.mcavoy@healthonecares.com & mcavoy_k@cde.state.co.us Judy Dettmer, Director TBI Program, Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation: judy.dettmer@state.co.us

    2. Brain Injury Basics Definition Causes Incidence and Statistics

    3. A TBI is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. CDC 2011 Acquired Brain Injury (ABI): an injury to the brain that occurs following birth, and can be classified as traumatic or non-traumatic Educational Dimensions of Acquired Brain Injury, Savage, Wolcott, 1994. Definitions of Brain Injury

    4. IDEA Definition of TBI Sec. 300.8(c)(12) Traumatic brain injury means 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-solving; 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 induced by birth trauma.

    5. Infants: Physical abuse Toddlers: Falls Young Children: Passengers in vehicles School-aged Children: Bicycle and pedestrian collisions with vehicles Adolescents: Drivers and passengers in motor vehicle accidents

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