brain-damaged children

Describes brain injury effects, therapy, and recovery, and features a short story about a boy who has a serious biking accident.

Discusses a number of issues that family members face when living with someone who has had a brain injury.

It is important for school and allied professionals to be knowledgeable about traumatic head injury (THI) and its effect upon the educational performance of children and adolescents.

Although Angie cannot walk, talk, or use her arms and hands because she is brain-damaged, she goes to school in a wheelchair and enjoys life in a loving family.

Provides parents with the support and information needed to help a child recover from traumatic brain injuries, including information on diagnosis, rehabilitation, medical concerns, effects on learning, preventing further injury, legal issues, and other related topics.

A young girl describes her relationship with her brain-damaged brother.

Presents a story about Grace, a girl who suffered a brain injury after falling out of a tree, and the challenges she faces on her first day back to school; and provides information about the effects, causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of traumatic brain injury.