Pediatric Rehabilitation

Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Symposium

(644379) Mark Ylvisaker Memorial Pediatric Brain Injury Symposium: Pediatric Cognitive Rehabilitation: How did it start? Where are we now? and Public Health Implications

Presenter(s)

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  Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, PhD

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

Moderator(s)

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  Drew Nagele, PsyD, CBIST, CESP

  Clinical Professor
  Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cognitive Rehabilitation is an intervention to address the primary impairment resulting from TBI: Cognitive functioning. Over time, the healthcare length of stay for children has been significantly reduced and reports indicate unmet needs for cognitive remediation following TBI. At school, children apply cognitive skills to learning; however, the relationship of cognitive intervention to learning at school has not been fully explored. This talk will present the early viewpoint of pediatric cognitive rehabilitation and the evolution over time. The view of cognitive rehabilitation related to child development, service delivery, and the effects of TBI on school performance will be offered.

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Identify the factors that contribute to cognitive rehabilitation in children following traumatic and acquired brain injury.
• 2. Describe the current service delivery model for children and how cognitive rehabilitation is covered in systems where children are seen for care.
• 3. Determine how to implement current evidence about cognitive rehabilitation practices for children into existing systems for children.