An iPad-based intervention to improve visual-motor, visual-attention, and visual-perceptual skills in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus: A pilot study.

Purpose: Develop and pilot an iPad-based intervention for improving visual-motor coordination, visual-spatial processing/reasoning, and visual attention in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus (HCP).

Methods: We developed an intervention protocol targeting visual-motor coordination, visual-spatial processing/reasoning, and visual attention. Fourteen participants with HCP completed 30 h of training over 6 weeks.

[Formula: see text] The role of family burden on informant discrepancies between parents and youths with protracted recovery from mild traumatic brain injury.

Previous literature shows that family burden can lead to symptom-report discrepancies between parents and children. The present study sought to extend this research by investigating the influence of family burden factors, including socioeconomic status (SES) and family stress on informant discrepancies between parents and youths with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Participants were clinically referred youths with mTBI ages 8-17, consecutively seen in a hospital-based neuropsychology concussion clinic ( = 81; females = 54.

Noncredible effort on the Nonverbal-Medical Symptom Validity Test (NV-MSVT): Impact on cognitive performance in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.

This study examined failure rates on the Nonverbal-Medical Symptom Validity Test (NV-MSVT) and its impact on cognitive performance in a sample of youths with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Participants were 184 children and adolescents who presented to a multidisciplinary concussion clinic for a targeted neuropsychological evaluation. Performance Validity Tests (PVTs) were a part of the standard battery, including the NV-MSVT.

Sensitivity of the Memory Validity Profile (MVP): Raising the bar.

The (MVP) is a performance validity test (PVT) designed specifically for pediatric populations and utilizes specific cut-points for identifying noncredible performance at different ages. This study aims to evaluate the MVP using a to determine optimal cut-off scores for detecting noncredible performance in youths with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) across different age-groups. Participants were 114 youths (age 5-17) with mTBI who were referred for neuropsychological evaluation in a hospital-based concussion clinic.

Bridging gaps in care for children with acquired brain injury: Perceptions of medical and educational service providers.

Purpose: Significant gaps in service delivery for children with acquired brain injury exist between healthcare and educational systems, such as the lack of coordinated efforts to transfer rehabilitation strategies to school settings. This paper attempts to address these issues and offer recommendations to bridge these gaps in care.

Methods: The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), Brain Injury-Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (BI-ISIG), Pediatric-Adolescent Task Force constructed and disseminated a survey to medical rehabilitation (N= 44) and education professionals (N= 40).

Optimizing Neurocritical Care Follow-Up Through the Integration of Neuropsychology.

Background: Pediatric critical care survivors often suffer persisting multisystem health problems and are left with treatment needs that go unmet due to limits in current care models. We proposed that integration of neuropsychology into neurocritical care follow-up provides incremental benefit to the identification and treatment of persisting complications and reduction in co-morbidities.

Basic Procedures: The aims of this study were three-fold.