Pediatric Brain Injury Archives – Page 2 of 3

Convergent and Divergent Thinking Task Examples and Activities

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource provides a list of convergent and divergent therapy activities and built-out examples of each.

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Homework Planner/Organizational Chart for Pediatric Patients to Support Executive Functioning

April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This daily and/or weekly organizer helps individuals carry over executive functioning skills to the home environment. Video on how to use this resource:

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Comprehensive Assessment Tools for Pediatric TBI

April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This clinical reference is utilized to determine how to create, implement, and track progress using non-standardized assessment tools for children with a traumatic brain injury.

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Self-Sufficient Teens: Executive Functioning Tasks Targeting Care Plans, Medication Management, and Self-Regulation

April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This worksheet provides outlines for teens to use for organizing any medical needs they may have on a regular basis.

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Nonstandardized Assessment of Cognitive-Communication Abilities Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Scoping Review (2021)

February 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

As a field, we continue to learn more about pediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) year after year. The goals of this paper were to describe and synthesize existing research on nonstandardized assessment of cognitive-communication impairment in children with TBI and to identify gaps in the literature in order to inform future research. Researchers looked at […]

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Pediatric Discharge Checklist

February 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This checklist can be utilized to ensure appropriate, thoughtful, and thorough discharge planning for anyone on your caseload.

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Attention Activities for the Pediatric Population

February 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource combines a list of simple and low-prep attention activities for traumatic brain injury (TBI) recovery in the pediatric population.

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Routine & Activity Board with Guide

January 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource includes a routine board and an activity board that may be used across the home, school, and extracurricular settings to help children transition through tasks and maintain motivation for successful completion of tasks.

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Trauma-Informed Care in Clinical Practice

May 6, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.

This course furthers participants’ understanding of the principles of trauma-informed care and the neurobiological impacts of exposure to trauma across the lifespan. Participants will learn about the challenges individuals with trauma history face when accessing healthcare and how to utilize a range of personal and organizational practices to implement trauma-informed healthcare services.

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Trauma Stewardship – The Science and Soul of Early Life Adversity

April 8, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.

This course will introduce the learner to the biology of toxic, traumatic stress along with short-term and long-term consequences. However, it is not just the patients and their families that are impacted, but the clinicians as well. Trauma stewardship opens hearts and minds to heal the hurts that often go unnoticed and discover creative, evidence-based […]

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