Growing Strong: Helping Your Young Child Recover After Brain Injury

Caring for a young child after a brain injury can feel overwhelming. This webinar will help parents and other caregivers understand what to expect and how to support them during their brain injury journey. Participants will learn how brain injury may affect early developmental milestones, behavior, and communication, and what signs to watch for as their child recovers. The session will also provide practical tips for creating a safe and supportive home environment, building routines, and working with healthcare providers and early childhood programs to promote recovery and well-being.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how brain injury may affect development, behavior, and communication in children under age 5.
• Discuss practical strategies to support healing, daily routines, and play-based learning at home.
• Explore opportunities to work with healthcare providers, therapists, and early childhood educators to support ongoing recovery and development.

Presenter:

Jennifer P. Lundine, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at The Ohio State University and a clinical research scientist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She has over a decade of experience working as a speech-language pathologist on a pediatric rehabilitation unit. Her clinical, teaching, and research interests include cognitive-communication disorders associated with complex pediatric medical conditions, such as acquired brain injury (ABI). Specifically, her research focuses on improving gaps in access to and utilization of services designed to support children and adolescents with ABI and identifying specific approaches that would improve assessment and treatment practices following pediatric ABI.

This webinar originally aired on June 4, 2026