Pediatric Brain Injury, Second Edition is a pragmatic and insightful resource book for use by families, clinicians, and educators to provide recovery information for children who demonstrate acquired brain injury. The second edition includes new information related to the differences between acquired and traumatic brain injury, information on mild brain injury, including concussions in sports, and more detail about the midbrain structures and their relationship to outcome. The role of the chaplain is now included with new information about family grief and personal stories from the authors. This book is organized around the Rancho Los Amigos 8 Levels of Consciousness and includes specific information on therapy techniques at each level. The new edition also has added information on the treatment and outcome of dysphagia in the pediatric brain injury population. Additionally, the role of violence as the cause of brain injury is addressed and the prognostic interface of central autonomic dysfunction is discussed.
