Educational skills: Long-term outcome and predictors following paediatric traumatic brain injury

Given that reading, spelling and arithmetic skills are acquired through childhood, their development may be compromised following a childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI). The present study examined educational skills (reading accuracy, spelling and arithmetic) at a mean follow-up interval of 6.8 ye...

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Published in:Neuropsychological rehabilitation 2009-10, Vol.19 (5), p.716-732
Main Authors: Catroppa, Cathy, Anderson, Vicki A., Muscara, Frank, Morse, Sue A., Haritou, Flora, Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V., Heinrich, Liesl M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Arithmetic
Biological and medical sciences
Brain injured children
Brain Injuries - diagnosis
Brain Injuries - pathology
Child
Child clinical studies
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children
Educational Measurement
Educational Status
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Head injury
Humans
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Intelligence
Intelligence Tests
Literacy
Male
Mathematical Concepts
Medical sciences
Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology
Prognosis
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reading
Recovery
Severity
Severity of Illness Index
Spelling
Time Factors
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Traumatic brain injury
Writing
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Summary:Given that reading, spelling and arithmetic skills are acquired through childhood, their development may be compromised following a childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI). The present study examined educational skills (reading accuracy, spelling and arithmetic) at a mean follow-up interval of 6.8 years post-injury in children who had sustained a mild, moderate, or severe TBI at two ages: 'Young' (age at injury: 3-7 years, n = 48) and 'Old': (age at injury: 8-12 years, n = 36). Comparisons between the young and old TBI groups resulted in inconsistent findings. While a dose-response relationship for severity was evident for the young group, this was not always the case for the old group. Significant predictors of outcome included both severity and acute intellectual function.
ISSN:0960-2011
1464-0694
DOI:10.1080/09602010902732868