Familial Brain Injury: Impact on and Interventions with Children

Psychological Approaches to Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 475-507

  Daisley, Audrey ^a   Webster, Guinevere ^b  

^a OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child relatives the forgotten victims of TBI; Child focused support; Developmental considerations in understanding children's reactions to familial TBI; Educational 'activity group' intervention for children of brain injured parents; Engaging children and assessing their responses to familial TBI; Familial brain injury and impact on children; Familial brain injury on children; Familial TBI the challenges to children; Interdisciplinary team working; Younger school aged children and adolescents' and young adults'

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889440737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301762.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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