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Advances in Understanding the Outcomes of Pediatric TBI: Implications for Practice and Policy

January 22 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$50

This webinar will review progress in understanding the outcomes of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) since the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation special issue on “head injury” in children appeared in 1986. The webinar will highlight the critical role that prospective, longitudinal cohort studies have played in advancing knowledge about both mild and moderate-severe pediatric TBI and describe conceptual and methodological innovations that the past 40 years of research has spurred, along with implications for practice and policy. The webinar will also summarize remaining challenges, including the need for comparative effectiveness and randomized controlled trials to determine what interventions are effective, as well as for implementation science to translate research into clinical practice, with the goal being to provide better care and improve outcomes for children with TBI and their families.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe major advances in knowledge about outcomes of pediatric TBI.
  • Discuss implications of past research regarding pediatric TBI outcomes for practice and policy.
  • Identify future challenges in research on pediatric TBI outcomes.

Presenters:

Stacy Suskauer, MD, is a pediatric physiatrist and Vice President for Rehabilitation at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. She is also Director of the Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation and a Professor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  In her leadership roles, Dr. Suskauer leads the pediatric rehabilitation providers across a four-hospital pediatric rehabilitation network.  She also co-directs the Brain Injury Clinical Research Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute where she leads federally funded research related to understanding and optimizing outcomes in children with varying types and severities of acquired brain injury.

Keith Owen Yeates, PhD, ABPP, FCAHS, FRSC, is a Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics, and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He has a 35-year track record of funded research focusing on the outcomes of childhood brain disorders, especially traumatic brain injury and concussion. Dr. Yeates is inaugural Chair of the Canadian Concussion Network and Editor-in-Chief of Neuropsychology. He has served as President of the Society of Clinical Neuropsychology and of the International Neuropsychological Society. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the Royal Society of Canada.

Includes 1 ACBIS CEU.

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