Children, young people and families living with an acquired brain injury (ABI), whether through accident, illness, injury or abuse, are rarely offered psychological therapy, and yet the benefits of such interventions can be profound. This important new book, providing a selection of practice examples and insights from frontline practitioners, will be essential reading for any paediatric therapist or clinician. Beginning with a "life story" of the brain where emphasis is placed on how brain development is fundamentally related to its environment, the book offers key background knowledge before showcasing the core topics of assessment, psychological formulation and intervention. It features a range of therapeutic models, includes direct and indirect work, group work and family therapy, with settings varying from inpatient neurorehabilitation to community work and the transition to education. The long-term needs of those in the criminal justice system are also addressed. The closing chapters focus on the debate around effective outcome measurement and outline a vision for better services. Elevating the voices of our children, young people and families living with ABI, this pioneering book will provide practitioners with the confidence to work collaboratively across a range of children and young people with disorders of consciousness or communication to those with behaviour that challenges others to manage. It offers new ways to understand both children’s pasts and their futures, and will be essential reading for anyone in the field.

This book is aimed at clinicians who work therapeutically with children and young people (CYP) who have experienced an acquired brain injury (ABI). It begins with an overview of paediatric neuropsychology and takes the reader, in stages, through the process of assessment and psychological formulation towards multiple interventions. It utilizes narrative, systemic and integrative models of therapy whilst, in parallel, drawing on developmental neuropsychology and paediatric neuro-rehabilitation. It is a pioneering book - the only psychotherapy book dedicated to CYP with ABIs - written by frontline innovators in the field. The book will be richly illustrated by case examples exploring the psychotherapeutic, rehabilitative and adjustment processes of the CYP, families and the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency systems around them.

The psychological impact of an acquired brain injury (ABI) can be devastating for both the person involved and their family. This book describes the different types of psychological therapies used to ameliorate psychological distress following ABI. Each chapter presents a new therapeutic approach by experts in the area. Readers will learn about the key principles and techniques of the therapy alongside its application to a specific case following ABI. In addition, readers will gain insight into which approach may be most beneficial to whom as well as those where there may be additional challenges. Covering a wide array of psychological therapies, samples range from more historically traditional approaches to those more recently developed. Psychological Therapies in Acquired Brain Injury will be of great interest to clinicians and researchers working in brain injury rehabilitation, as well as practitioners, researchers and students of psychology, neuropsychology and rehabilitation.

While brain injury can be a potentially devastating childhood medical condition this book explores the developing field of neuropsychology to suggest it is not inevitable. It draws together contributions from leading international clinicians and researchers to provide an authoritative guide to help children with brain injury using neuropsychology.

New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury provides an evidence base for clinical practice specific to traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained during childhood, with a focus on functional outcomes. It utilizes a biological-psychosocial conceptual framework consistent with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, which highlights that biological, psychological, and social factors all play a role in disease and children’s recovery from acquired brain injury. With its clinical perspective, it incorporates current and past research and evidence regarding advances that have occurred in outcomes, predictors, medical technology, and rehabilitation post-TBI. This book is great resource for established and new clinicians and researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows who work in the field of pediatric TBI, including psychologists, neuropsychologists, pediatricians, and psychiatrists.

The book aims to acknowledge the complexity of working with clients who have an acquired brain injury but aims to give the interested reader practical and useable guides to develop their practice. Throughout the text, case studies and practical suggestions are forwarded to facilitate do-able practice. It is hoped that the book will become a gold standard in this particular area and is aimed at a range of professionals in training (for those responsible providing training in psychopathology, neuropsychology and psychotherapy), and those who have an interest in working with the issues commonly seen post acute brain injury rehabilitation settings.

"This is a small, rapidly digested monograph reviewing the psychological consequences, assessment and therapy of children following traumatic brain injury. This book will serve as a useful introduction to the topic for neuropsychologists, as well as teachers, occupational therapists and speech therapists. Conversely, generalist clinicians may find useful insights into the psychologist's approach to children suffering head injury, that may suggest intervention strategies for less severly affected children for whom specialist help is not available." --R. Forsyth in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents represents a set of dysfunctions that broadly impact the individual, family, and society in general. In this brief yet comprehensive volume, the authors address the key issues and procedures pertaining to the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents who have sustained such injuries. They explore different types of brain injuries, including related neuropathological mechanisms, and review case study material on outcomes across a variety of developmental parameters.