" Synthesizing cutting-edge knowledge from multiple disciplines, this book explores the impact of acquired brain injury and developmental disabilities on children's emerging social skills. The editors present an innovative framework for understanding how brain processes interact with social development in both typically developing children and clinical populations. Key issues in assessment are addressed, including ways to measure both so ..."
Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury(1stEdition) New Frontiers in Clinical and Translational Research by VickiAnderson, Keith Owen Yeates Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-521-76332-5, ISBN: 0-521-76332-0
"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents around the world and represents a global public health issue. Major improvements in the medical treatment of the initial injury have increased survival rates resulting in the focus shifting to consider the subsequent and longer-term cognitive, emotional and behavioral consequences for the recovering child or adolescent. These disabilities ..."