Young children are injured as passengers in car accidents. Pedestrian and bicycle collisions with motor vehicles increase among school-age children. Adolescents become injured as drivers as well as occupants of motor vehicles. Injuries due to violence increase among adolescents. Fewer rehabilitation programs are available for children than adults.
Families are the primary caregivers for children with brain injuries.
Children's physical recovery is often more rapid than their cognitive recovery. Long-term effects of injuries upon children's behavior and abilities to learn may not become evident until later in school and at home. Misunderstandings can create barriers to developing effective educational programs for students with brain injuries. A student with a brain injury may show no physical signs of a disability. However, the ability to learn may have changed.