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Educational professionals’ understanding of childhood traumatic brain injury
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Linden, Mark A. Braiden, Hannah-Jane Miller, Sarah |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Primary objectives: To determine the understanding of educational professionals around the topic of childhood brain injury and explore the factor structure of the Common Misconceptions about Traumatic Brain Injury Questionnaire (CM-TBI). Research design: Cross-sectional postal survey. Methods and procedures: The CM-TBI was posted to all educational establishments in one region of the UK. One representative from each school was asked to complete and return the questionnaire (n = 388). Main outcomes and results: Differences were demonstrated between those participants who knew someone with a brain injury and those who did not, with a similar pattern being shown for those educators who had taught a child with brain injury. Participants who had taught a child with brain injury demonstrated greater knowledge in areas such as seatbelts/prevention, brain damage, brain injury sequelae, amnesia, recovery and rehabilitation. Principal components analysis suggested the existence of four factors and the discarding of half the original items of the questionnaire. Conclusions: In the first European study to explore this issue, it is highlighted that teachers are ill-prepared to cope with children who have sustained a brain injury. Given the importance of a supportive school environment in return to life following hospitalization, the lack of understanding demonstrated by teachers in this research may significantly impact on a successful return to school. |
| Related Links | https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/31960185/educational_professionals.pdf https://core.ac.uk/reader/10076527 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/02699052.2012.722262 |
| ISSN | 02699052 |
| e-ISSN | 1362301X |
| DOI | 10.3109/02699052.2012.722262 |
| Journal | Brain Injury |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 27 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2013-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Education Research Education Traumatic Brain Injury Children Misconceptions |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Neuroscience Developmental and Educational Psychology Neurology (clinical) |
