Special chapters on the effects of traumatic brain injuries on children's abilities to learn, the use of special communication systems, and safe transportation are included. A description of federal laws covering children with disabilities is provided with tips on finding local resources. This book provides educators and parents with an overview of the consequences that brain injuries can have upon a child's learning and functioning in school. It helps plan the child's return to school and provides information and transition strategies for the student's multiple moves from teacher to teacher, grade to grade, and school to school. One million children are taken into emergency rooms each year with brain injuries.
Traumatic injuries occur when a child's head is struck or hits an object.
Common causes of these injuries are car crashes, bicycle collisions, falls, sports, or beatings. Penetrating brain injuries are caused by an object, such as a bullet, entering the brain. Children may also have acquired brain injuries as the result of illness, infections, loss of oxygen, tumors, strokes, or metabolic disorders. The brain controls the body's many functions and actions. Consequently, traumatic and acquired brain injuries can interrupt, delay, or alter a child's development.