title: Service provision for children and young people with acquired brain injury: Practice recommendations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Providing appropriate rehabilitation services for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) in childhood presents a number of challenges for caregivers, health and education professionals and the young person as they develop.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To record the challenges and possible creative solutions generated by an international group of professionals to address the needs of children with ABI. Review of information: Recommendations were generated from children's special interest group meetings of the International Brain Injury Association (Turin, Italy, 2001; Stockholm, Sweden, 2003; Melbourne, Australia, 2005; Lisbon, Portugal, 2008) and through meetings of the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society (IPBIS), formed in 2009. Delegates participating in the workshops were representative of nations from around the world and included The Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Finland, Germany, South Africa, the US, Canada, Sweden, Brazil and Italy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The information presented is based on a retrospective review of those meetings and the summaries of the topics considered.
authors.affiliation: a Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences , University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McKinlay
authors.affiliation: b School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University , Belfast , UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linden
authors.affiliation: c School of Speech and Language Pathology, University of Akron , Akron , OH , USA.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DePompei
authors.affiliation: d Child and Youth Rehabilitation , Östersunds Hospital , Östersund , Sweden.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aaro Jonsson
authors.affiliation: e Murdoch Children's Research Institute , Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: f Rede Sarah de Hospitais de Reabilitação , Salvador , Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.affiliation: g Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castelli
authors.affiliation: h Heliomare Rehabilitation Centre , Wijk aan Zee , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Koning
authors.affiliation: i Faculty of Medicine , The University of Warwick , Coventry , UK.
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hawley
authors.affiliation: j Brain Project, Sittard , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.affiliation: k Department of Pediatric Neurology , Uppsala University Hospital , Uppsala , Sweden.
authors.forename: Ingela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kristiansen
authors.affiliation: l Goukam Health , Riversdale , South Africa.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madden
authors.affiliation: m Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital , Toronto , Canada.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rumney
authors.affiliation: n Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, NY , NY , USA.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.affiliation: o Beth Wicks Consultancy , Nottingham , UK.
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wicks
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000569:Americas; D044362:Australasia; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005060:Europe; D014943:Global Health / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000592:standards*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Rehabilitation; education; neurotrauma; paediatric; recovery