Evidence-Based Approaches To the Management of Cognitive and Behavioral Impairments Following Pediatric Brain Injury

Abstract

Much is now known about the short- and long-term sequelae of pediatric acquired brain injury, with impairments found in general intellectual ability and in more specific domains, including attention, memory, executive functioning (e.g., planning and organization) and educational achievement (e.g., spelling and arithmetic). More recently, researchers have investigated behavioral, adaptive, social and mental health outcomes, and similarly, difficulties have been reported in these domains. While the availability of evidence-based treatments is currently limited, the need for the management of such sequelae has led to an emergence of research with a focus on the development and evaluation of management strategies and intervention programs in order to provide such treatment options.

Keywords:

• acquired brain injury
• behavioral
• cognitive
• interventions
• management
• parenting
• pediatric

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the support of Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children‘s Hospital, University of Melbourne and the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Scheme.

Financial & competing interests disclosure

The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with an organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

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Notes

Adapted from [85].

Adapted from [94].