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Children and Adolescents with Traumatic Brain Injury: Impact on the Family

Darlene Aulds Martin is an assistant professor in community health care and health care ethics and law at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. She received her PhD from The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston and was a Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Fellow in Biomedical Ethics at Rice University. She has served on the professional advisory boards of numerous organizations for disabled persons and is the parent of a child with traumatic brain injury. Address: Darlene A. Martin, 2202 Spring Creek Dr., Austin, TX 78704.

The occurrence of a traumatic brain injury to a child can create substantial disruption and stress within a family. The family's ability to survive the trauma intact and adapt to the injured child is crucial since they are often the key to the child's successful rehabilitation and reentry into society. This article examines the potential impact of the injury upon the family and the complex array of factors that appear to be related to effective family coping and adaptation.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 21, No. 8, 464-470 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948802100803


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