Comprehensive community-based education and neurorehabilitation for children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury

✍ Scribed by James K. Luiselli; Rita Gardner; Michelle Arons; Helen McDonald; Colleen Madigan; Nina Marchese; Elizabeth Peck; Andrea Potoczny-Gray; Michele Simon

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 177 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1072-0847
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-078x(199808)13:3<181::aid-bin16>3.0.co;2-p

✦ Synopsis

Children and adolescents who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI) typically have sensory, cognitive, behavioral, and functional skill challenges that must be addressed in acute and postacute rehabilitation settings. This article describes a community-based school that combines educational, medical, nursing, family, residential-living, and psychological services in a comprehensive program of pediatric neurorehabilitation. The operational, administrative, and clinical features of these service components are presented. A critical aspect of the program is an emphasis on applied behavior analysis procedures for purposes of assessment, treatment formulation, and evaluation. Data are reviewed to demonstrate demographics, patterns of service delivery, and outcome. The school program represents an educational alternative for students with TBI who are discharged from acute-care settings and require comprehensive support services to facilitate their transition and re-entry to public school and community living.