Current Paediatrics
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 275-278, August 2002

Rehabilitation after brain injury

  • Rob Forsyth (Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Neurology)

      Affiliations

Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon, Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK

Abstract 

The needs of children with acquired brain injury (ABI) frequently highlight deficiencies in services for children with disability that often struggle to achieve the flexibility and responsiveness these children demand. This article aims to provide the reader with an understanding of some of the needs of the child and family after ABI so as to inform personal practice and local service planning.

Keywords: head injuries, closed, rehabilitation, early intervention (education), education, special, mainstreaming (education), cognitive therapy

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  • f1 Correspondence to RF: Tel.:+44(0)191 202 3033; Fax: +44 (0)191 202 3022; E-mail r.j.forsyth@newcastle.ac.uk

PII: S0957-5839(02)90298-8

doi:10.1054/cupe.2002.0298

Current Paediatrics
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 275-278, August 2002

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