TY - JOUR
AU - Waugh, Mary‐Clare
AB -  Virtually all papers on the subject of paediatric acquired brain injury (ABI) begin with a reminder of its importance as a public health problem: the leading cause of mortality and – almost tautologically – acquired disability, outside infancy. Yet, it remains a hugely challenging area to research. Just as people regularly question the usefulness of the ‘cerebral palsy’ concept in an era of advanced neuroimaging and neurogenetics, so the ABI construct requires regular scrutiny. Much of the justification for its continued use relates to service planning and delivery. The common challenges these children and families experience are in large part because their needs are not well served by systems largely designed for children with cerebral palsy and developmental learning disabilities. The needs of a child with ABI are often literally acquired overnight. The responsiveness and flexibility required to meet these suddenly acquired needs pose a major challenge to generic services. The inadequacy of the generic response is widely recognized and has led to efforts of varying success to provide ABI‐specific services, and/or to advocate for the specific needs of these children in their contact with generic services. Acquired brain injuries are often ‘patchy’– multifocal with islands of preserved 
TI - Paediatric brain injury – getting there from here
JF - Child: Care, Health and Development
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01044.x
DA - 2010-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/paediatric-brain-injury-getting-there-from-here-0yt0xCrsL1
SP - 1
VL - 36
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -