Paediatric brain injury

Authors

  • Antonia Enseñat Cantallops Degree in psychology. Neuropsychologist Hospital de Neurorehabilitación Instituto Guttmann. Barcelona.

Abstract

Brain injury in children have increased significantly in recent years. Traumatic brain injury, the main cause, produces physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional and social impairments. Brain-injured children present attentional disorders, memory and learning problems, slowed information processing and executive dysfunction. These deficits have an effect on the child, their family and the school. Neuropsychological intervention must also incorporate the school. This article proposes a set of guidelines to improve brain-injured children’s learning abilities.

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Published

2010-07-01

Issue

No. 29 (2010): Summer 2010 (1st period)

Section

Educational Psychology and Counselling

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