Hear why adolescents and young adults need personalized follow-up monitoring and support even after the initial recovery from brain injury. Instead of viewing children as "little adults," research scientist Lori Cook, PhD, argues we can improve the prognosis for young people recovering from TBI by designing interventions to meet the unique needs of developing minds and implementing research-based strategies designed to exercise neuroplasticity in real life.
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0:00 Why Younger Isn't Necessarily Better
0:50 Top Three Takeaways
1:34 What Is TBI?
2:29 How Does TBI Affect Kids?
3:14 Typical Follow-Up for Pediatric TBI
4:03 Cognition and Gist Reasoning
5:26 Test of Strategic Learning (TOSL)
6:20 A Top-Down Approach to Challenges
7:31 Take-Home Messages