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Amanda's fall, a story for children about traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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Amanda's fall, a story for children about traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Language

eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Amanda's fall

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

a story for children about traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Summary

Amanda's Fall, with charming illustrations by Bijan Samaddar, depicts an event common in schools today. Young Amanda gets a concussion after falling and hitting her head during recess. While she can hear people talking, she cannot respond. Amanda is taken to a doctor for evaluation. Wisely, her parents ask for a prognosis, which in Amanda's case, is a good one. Author Kelly Darmofal offers readers her third book on TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), encouraging parents and caretakers to alert schools and, hopefully, doctors when any child is concussed; side effects can then be ameliorated. Studies show that Traumatic Brain Injuries represent the leading cause of death and disability in young adults in industrialized countries. According to the CDC, at least 564,000 children are seen each year for brain injury in hospital emergency departments and released

Target audience

juvenile

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