Brain Injury

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Cross-Cutting

Symposium

(627011) Taking action for children with TBI: Year 1 Report from the Galveston Brain Injury Conference

Presenter(s)

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  Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, PhD

  Senior Health Scientist
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Atlanta, Georgia
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  Stacy Suskauer, MD

  Associate Professor
  Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Baltimore, Maryland
• 

  Wayne Gordon, PhD, FACRM

  Jack Nash Professor
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  New York, New York

Moderator(s)

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  Dennis Zgaljardic, PhD, ABPP/CN

  Program Director/Neuropsychologist
  University of Texas Medical Branch
  Galveston, Texas

The identification and management of TBI in children is complex, and dependent upon multiple service delivery systems. These systems are not optimally coordinated to provide care across the child's lifespan.This symposium will present a response to action items from the Galveston Brain Injury Conference as a follow-up to the CDC's 2018 Report to Congress on the Management of TBI in Children in three areas: Recognize, Monitor and Care.

Learning Objectives:

• The learner will be able to describe action items proposed by the CDC Report to Congress on the Management of TBI in Childrenaddressed during the Galveston Brain Injury Conference.
• The learner will be able to identify potential solutions to the challenges of identifying and diagnosing TBI in children.
• The learner will be able to describe strategies for monitoring children following a diagnosis of TBI.
• The learner will understand gaps in care for children with TBI and proposed solutions for addressing these gaps.