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What is TBI? |
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Definitions of TBI
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Each year, about 1 in 500 children suffers an injury to the brain serious enough to require hospitalization. Most traumatic brain injuries (TBI) occur in motor vehicle crashes when the child is a pedestrian, bicyclist, or passenger. Other causes include falls, sports injuries, physical abuse, and gunshot wounds. Children may also experience brain injuries (acquired brain injuries, ABI) as the result of tumors, strokes, infections, illness, or loss of oxygen. What is TBI? Other definitions: Oregon official definition: "Traumatic brain injury" means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term includes open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, including cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem-solving; sensory, perceptual and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. The term does not include brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or brain injuries induced by birth trauma. From: Oregon Administrative Rules 581-15-005 IDEA Definition of TBI: Our nation's special education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) defines traumatic brain injury as...
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