Coordination procedures in the transition process of children with traumatic brain injury

• Main Author: Kelly, Eliza J.
• Other Authors: Germani, Mary J.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Head > Wounds and injuries.; Head > Blunt trauma.; Brain-damaged children > Rehabilitation.; Brain-damaged children > Education.; Speech therapy.
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/187286; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1246463

This study surveyed school-based speech language pathologists regarding their expectations for children returning to school after suffering a traumatic brain injury. Limited literature exists discussing the coordination procedures that should occur between hospital and school personnel. The survey was developed based on the existing literature and was sent to school-based speech language pathologists in the state of Indiana. A total of 38% of the surveys were completed and returned. Results of the surveys found that many of the coordination procedures in the literature were not consistently being followed. Participants who reported having experience with this population in the schools seemed more aware of the procedures that should be followed, based on their answers to the survey questions. It can be concluded, based on the results of the surveys, that increased knowledge and experience of school personnel about the effects, implications, and needs of students with traumatic brain injury would benefit children returning to the school environment after sustaining this type of injury. === Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology