Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents

Assessment and Intervention
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-57230-686-8
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Reihe: The Guilford School Practitioner Series

The return to school following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is fraught with challenges for children and adolescents, their families, and school professionals. This volume provides the practical knowledge needed to understand the neuropsychological problems associated with TBI and facilitate students' reintegration into the regular or special education classroom. Research-based strategies are presented for assessing and accommodating each student's needs, with suggestions for testing that can be completed by practitioners without extensive neuropsychological training. Featuring numerous illustrative clinical examples, the book also includes an extended case history that brings to life the entire process of recovery from TBI.

Reviewing basic neuroanatomy, the book first discusses the functional problems and areas of learning difficulty that typically arise from different types of injury. It explores the associated emotional challenges and issues facing families, emphasizing the importance of working closely with parents and building effective home-school partnerships. Identified and briefly described are over 30 psychological measures that can be used to evaluate cognitive and academic skills; memory and learning; attention; executive and reasoning skills; visual-motor and perceptual skills; and psychosocial, emotional, and behavioral functioning. Detailed sample assessments are provided for two students with injuries of varying severity, showing how test results and other information can be integrated into a useful comprehensive report. Guidelines are then presented for managing school reentry and conducting team-based planning and decision making. General programming considerations are discussed, as are specific interventions that incorporate knowledge from the fields of ADHD, learning disabilities, and adult rehabilitation.

Written in a clear, non-technical style, this book is an essential resource for school psychologists, counselors, and social workers; special education professionals; and other clinicians working with young people. It will also serve as a text in graduate-level neuropsychological assessment courses.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Semrud-Clikeman, Margaret

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Functional Neuroanatomy
3. Neuropsychological Correlates
4. Family Influences on Children and Adolescents
5. Neuropsychological Assessment
6. Two Assessment Examples
7. Promoting Reentry into the School Setting
8. Classroom Interventions
9. Case Illustration
10. Parting Thoughts

Glossary
Appendices
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, PhD, is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her master's degree from the University of Wisconsin/n-/Madison and her doctorate from the University of Georgia. Dr. Semrud-Clikeman was a school psychologist in Wisconsin for 13 years prior to beginning her doctoral education. She completed a neuroscience fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and received the early career award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology in 1999 for her contributions in clinical neuropsychology. Dr. Semrud-Clikeman's current interests include the neuroanatomical and neuropsychological underpinnings of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and developmental disorders, interventions, and issues in the training of school psychologists.