...I was asked to research an article over Closed Head-Injuries on young children, and discuss the long term effects. I chose to use brainlinekids.org in referrence to my opinion on close head-injuries and the long term effects that it has on young children. According to brainlinekids.org children who sustain traumatic brain injury can experience significant cognitive deficits. These deficits may significantly impair their functioning in the classroom , resulting in in the need for academic and behavioral modifications. Behavioral and social problems can be the direct and indirect result of brain injury. Difficulties in paying attention, staying on task, and predicting the consequences of actions may be associated with behavioral problems. The article goes on to say that children with head-injuries are more likely to experience Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Some indicted that children and adolescents who experience this injury come from the background of (poor family functioning and economical difficulties). While some results may appear quickly after the injury, and other may not come for monthes sometimes years after the injury. However children and adolescents who suffer more severe head injuries tend to develop behavioral difficulties earlier in their course of recovery than do those who suffer a mild to moderate brain injury. Having experiencing this myself I cannot agree with this article even more. At the age of 13 I was pushed out of a car that was...
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