http://www.chrisjohnsonmd.com/2008/03/16/traumatic-brain-injury-in-children/ A doctor's blog on caring for critically ill children Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:42:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.chrisjohnsonmd.com/2008/03/16/traumatic-brain-injury-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Christopher Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:08:16 +0000 http://www.chrisjohnsonmd.com/blog/2008/03/16/traumatic-brain-injury-in-children/#comment-113 Karen-- Thanks for your note. Indeed, milder forms of TBI and the relationship to learning disability is something we are just learning about. Not surprisingly, the brain turns out to be a delicate organ indeed. Karen–
Thanks for your note. Indeed, milder forms of TBI and the relationship to learning disability is something we are just learning about. Not surprisingly, the brain turns out to be a delicate organ indeed.

]]> http://www.chrisjohnsonmd.com/2008/03/16/traumatic-brain-injury-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Karen L. Alaniz Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:09:55 +0000 http://www.chrisjohnsonmd.com/blog/2008/03/16/traumatic-brain-injury-in-children/#comment-112 I followed you from AW. Very interesting blog, and very informative. I taught special education for fifteen years and saw my share of Traumatic Brain Injuries, both mild and catastrophic. When we tested a child who had simple difficulties learning, for learning disabilities, it almost became a joke amongst the testing team. One of the questions asked was whether the child had ever fallen and hit his/her head. The parent almost always said, "no." So after a couple of years of doing this,and hearing the same stories, I learned to be more specific and ask if the child had ever fallen from a shopping cart onto his head. The answer was very often, "YES." A check of hospital records would often reveal a "minor head injury." And the parent was told the child would be fine. Now, I haven't read any studies or anything. This is all anecdotal, but it is curious, don't you think? I followed you from AW. Very interesting blog, and very informative. I taught special education for fifteen years and saw my share of Traumatic Brain Injuries, both mild and catastrophic. When we tested a child who had simple difficulties learning, for learning disabilities, it almost became a joke amongst the testing team. One of the questions asked was whether the child had ever fallen and hit his/her head. The parent almost always said, “no.” So after a couple of years of doing this,and hearing the same stories, I learned to be more specific and ask if the child had ever fallen from a shopping cart onto his head. The answer was very often, “YES.” A check of hospital records would often reveal a “minor head injury.” And the parent was told the child would be fine. Now, I haven’t read any studies or anything. This is all anecdotal, but it is curious, don’t you think?

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