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Children and inflicted brain injury - video available
Tuesday, 23 March 2010 13:55
During Brain Injury Awareness Week 2009 Brain Injury Australia held a forum at the Childrens Hospital, Westmead on "Children and Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury". Video of some presentations from the forum are now available to download.
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Children and Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury
Monday, 15 February 2010 10:38
During Brain Injury Awareness Week 2009 Brain Injury Australia held a forum at the Childrens Hospital, Westmead on "Children and Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury". Some presentations from the forum are now available to download:
Dr. Susan Marks - Head, Child Protection Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead; "Inflicted Head Trauma in Young Children - How it Can Present; Recent Case Examples". [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 282.73 KB]
Dr. Ray Chaseling, Senior Staff Neurosurgeon, The Children's Hospital at Westmead; "Non-Accidental Head Injuries - a Surgeon's Perspective" [PowerPoint Presentation - 3.69 MB].
Suzanne Benson, Senior Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist and Martine Simons, Senior Social Worker, Brain Injury Service, Department of Rehabilitation, The Children's Hospital at Westmead; "The Long-term Impact of Brain Injury on Children and Families" [PowerPoint Slide Show - 1.85 MB].
Dr. Kathryn Edward, Paediatric Rehabilitation Fellow, The Children's Hospital at Westmead; "Not all Children Bounce - Falls from Heights" [PowerPoint Presentation - 161.5 KB].
Brain Injury Awareness Week 2009
Thursday, 20 August 2009 12:20
2009's Brain Injury Awareness Week was about children and Acquired Brain Injury, especially those whose Traumatic Brain Injury was the result of abuse. Traumatic Brain Injury is the leading cause of death and disability in children who have been abused. And infants are at the greatest risk. Brain Injury Australia held a special public forum on inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury at The Children's Hospital at Westmead (Sydney) on Thursday September 17.
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